VENUS
Rules Taurus and the 2nd house
Libra and the 7th house
Dignity: Taurus and Libra
Detriment: Scorpio and Aries
Exaltation: Pisces
Fall: Virgo
Orbit: 225 days; Revolution: 243 days
Mean daily motion: 1 degree 12 min.; Revolves East to West
In a sign 3 1/2 to 4 weeks when direct
Retrograde period about 6 weeks; Stationery 3 to 4 days
Size and mass equal to Earth's
Surface pressure 100 times that of Earth
Surface temperature: about 1,000 degrees F.
Venus is covered with thick clouds and appears a brilliant white
to yellowish color.
It is never more than 48 degrees from the sun, and has no sattelites.
Also called: Aphrodite; Goddess of Love and Beauty
Its function is to develop awareness of others and attract one's
desires.
Rules: Neck, throat, thyroid, kidneys, veins and venous circulation,
ovaries, skin eruptions and equilibrium.
Also rules: Love, beauty, money, possessions, aesthetics, desirability, affection, attraction, unity, balance, cooperation, sociability, values, music, voice, art, jewelry, flowers, sweets, fragrances, dimples, self-indulgence, hedonism, sensuality, laziness, women and children, copper, Friday, ages 15 to 24, the number 6.
It is associated with a sense of color coordination, a melodious voice, a becoming manner and an attractive appearance.
Keywords: Harmony, balance, devotion, refinement, affection, responsiveness, flirtatiousness, superficiality.
Roles and functions: How we attract, appreciate, cherish or value something. The way we love. Love, sensuality, attracting what one desires. Harmony, grace, beauty and compassion.
In Taurus she values possessions and the physical senses.
In Libra she values relationship and the 'other'.
Dignified Venus gives charm, refined manners, beauty, popularity and good taste.
Detriment or fall gives vanity, self-indulgence, laziness, extravagance and discord in relationships.
Wherever Venus is located in a chart indicates an area of life (by house) important in resolving karma through balance, appreciation and love. It indicates where (house) and how (sign) we learn lessons of love.
Venus retrograde inhibits outward expression of social interaction. The individual is reticent in social behavior. Financial development may be slow, but will eventually reach the full potential indicated by the chart.
VENUS IN THE HOUSES
Venus in First:
You have a natural grace and charm, a friendly, pleasing manner that attracts people to you. You likely have a very attractive appearance, and you take care to look good. You are artistic and sensual, and dislike coarseness and vulgarity. You are generally easy to get along with, having innate understanding of harmony and balance. You have excellent taste in art and decor.
Venus in Second:
You have a natural love of possessions and the material world, and an easy, natural ability to attract abundance. You value art and all that is beautiful and fine. Your sense of taste and artistic discrimination are excellent. Any occupation involving art, decoration, real estate, building or finance should be very lucrative for you.
Venus in Third:
You love to communicate and pursue conversations. Early life is pleasant and relations with siblings are harmonious. The mental world appeals to you, and you are very discriminating but appreciative when it comes to concepts, ideas, thoughts, and the like. You value good research and real inquiry. You may create art with your hands, and/or teach art to young people. You are gracious and gentle in speech and manner.
Venus in Fourth:
You have a strong need to own your own home, which will be fulfilled, and you enjoy making it beautiful and comfortable. You love your roots, whether home and family, ancestors, or history in general. You are probably a collector and very discriminating in this area. You appreciate emotions and have an attractive, optimistic nature which tends to make you popular. The end of life will be peaceful, and in comfortable surroundings.
Venus in Fifth:
You probably love the theater and all that is creative, expressive, and artistic. Gain through speculation, and through children, whether of body, mind or emotions. You are attractive to the other sex, and are successful in affairs of the heart. You appreciate the dramatic, and emotional scenes are a sign of life to you. You love action, sports, and putting your heart and feelings on the line. Can be of great service to young people in their teens and twenties.
Venus in Sixth:
You like to do things with care and enjoy being discriminating and exact. You are diplomatic and get along well with co-workers, acting as peacemaker or mediator at times. Your critical faculties are excellent, and you can always pick out what is worth saving and what is not. You appreciate a caring attitude and are service-oriented. Very favorable for health, but need to avoid over-indulgence which could result in excessive weight.
Venus in Seventh:
Harmonious relationships due to the friendliness of Venus in this house. You love social life and relationships of all kinds; partners, marriage, teachers, etc. You are very responsive yourself and value this in others. This placement gives a happy marriage. You draw happy conditions due to a loving nature. Very fair-minded, you don't play favorites and are quite reliable when it comes to your responsibilities.
Venus in Eighth:
You are very likely to inherit money, either from the partner or family, or benefit from a legacy or trust. You are very sensual, and value passion in a relationship. May need to guard against laziness.
Venus in Ninth:
Long journeys bring much happiness. You may marry someone from a distant country, and/or move to another country. Good relations with in-laws. Your love of truth makes philosophy and religious ideas a life-long habit. You appreciate things of a global or universal level and probably love to travel. Appearances mean little to you, and you value honesty and candidness in friends and partners.
Venus in Tenth:
You have success and honor before the public. Favorable placement for prosperity and good will, for you have a friendly and warm approach to the world. You enjoy large-scale organization, and career or business will always be close to your heart. Your sense of discrimination when it comes to practical issues is excellent, and you value clear-headedness in others. You like to work.
Venus in Eleventh:
This placement brings benefits through friends, who desire to help and further your objectives. You share in community projects and group work of any kind. Your sense of values finds you on the side of altruism and humanism at every turn. You appreciate goals and efforts that are beneficial to the whole human family.
Venus in Twelfth:
You can appreciate the difficulties of others and be understanding of the problems they may be having. You value a certain amount of self-sacrifice and a giving attitude. You can discriminate between superficiality and the reality beneath. You may keep your true feelings hidden, and probably seek solitude to strengthen your inner life. Possibility of a secret love.
VENUS IN THE SIGNS
Venus in Aries:
You exhibit great appreciation, intense love, and always wear your heart on your sleeve. Not too sensitive with others, you tend to be aggressive and can sometimes demand a lot of attention. Shy flowers, stand back! You are independent and single-minded, demonstrative and very passionate. Impulsive and restless, yet you are idealistic about love. Tendency to Narcissism.
Venus in Taurus:
Physical and sensual responses to emotions and feelings are strongly accentuated. You are demonstrative and affectionate, as well as passionate and possessive. You have a good disposition and very likely a pleasing voice. You love food, luxuries and all the creature comforts. Money and what it buys are very important. You are a gentle lover and like a good home life. You are very loyal, loving, and down-to-earth. You may like gardening and gift-giving. May demonstrate great artistic talent.
Venus in Gemini:
You are very friendly indeed, with great charm, wit and expressiveness. You love to communicate and to have deep, searching conversations. You appreciate change, variety, and making local connections. You have many avenues to explore and you love research. A delightful companion, though you are not too domestic, and loyalty is not a big issue. On the move, you have many different friends and places to go. Strong relationships with kin.
Venus in Cancer:
You are sentimental, gentle, kindly, receptive, and changeable, and are always unconsciously seeking for emotional security. With you, the domestic scene is ideal. Marriage, children, animals, gardens, the whole works. Loyalty to family is very strong. You like to feel secure. Sensitive, sensual and affectionate, you are dependent on others and like to be taken care of, even mothered. You love music, can be very emotional, and tend to be protective.
Venus in Leo:
Big heart, big love, you are seldom petty. Emotional responses are honest, frank and very expressive. Colorful personality, given to grand gestures and dramatic scenes, you love independence and greatness in all forms and are very regal. You can be generous to a fault, are always warm-hearted, kindly and compassionate. Children and animals are high on your list of priorities. Fervently loyal, you are courageous and demonstrative.
Venus in Virgo:
You have a fine sense of appreciation and are very attentive. You love to help out and take care of others, expressing a first-rate sense of compassion. You possess an almost infinite ability to respond to the needs and demands of others. Fragile, refined, you are perhaps too prudish. May find it difficult to choose a partner, as no one can measure up to your perfectionism. Excellent for creating art and working with your hands.
Venus in Libra:
You are refined, aesthetic and artistic. A social nature, you love decorum and etiquette, but relationships and friendships provide your deepest satisfaction. A peacemaker, you avoid all harsh and crude actions, people or things. A discordant atmosphere can have a detrimental effect on your health. You appreciate care, concern for life, equality, gentleness, and acceptance. Prefer to express on the mental and spiritual levels rather than on the physical plane. Well developed artistic nature and a strong sense of color.
Venus in Scorpio:
A passionate one, you are never lukewarm in love. You are in love with mystery, secrets, and intrigue, anything but that which is open or superficial. You have great personal magnetism and a loyalty that tends to possessiveness. You may be subtly aggressive and openly demanding, but you are never dull. You enjoy money and influence.
Venus in Sagittarius:
You are demonstrative and affectionate in love, but not always dependable or serious. You love all things plain and true, and possess an innate sense of religion and what's real. Not prudish, even communal, you insist on freedom in all things. You love sports, 'great' ideas, and travel. You are not particularly domestic, you regard the whole world as your home. An idealist, but not dreamy, you are frank and affectionate. May be a gambler and a risk taker.
Venus in Capricorn:
Behind your outer assurance is a timidity about love and expressing feelings. You are cautious, proud and reserved in expression of affection. You are in love with what's practical, right down to the last detail. You appreciate tradition and ceremony and are conservative in all things. You are loyal, seldom emotional, and always proper, even too serious. You like to be in control.
Venus in Aquarius:
Marriage is for convention's sake, if at all. You are idealistic in love, but not comfortable getting too personal or emotional. Personal freedom is a high priority for you. You are cool, calm and detached, a friend's friend. You love to work for a great cause or purpose, and for a better world. You appreciate what's fair and democratic, and feel most happy in a group or community.
Venus in Pisces:
You have deep commitments and are able to sacrifice and willing to suffer for the sake of love. Highly emotional and super-sensitive, at home in the world of the dreamer and mystic, you have great intuition. You are willing to sublimate and take the back seat. Domestic at heart, you love family life. Tender and devoted, a true romantic. Psychic, musical, psychological, poetic and gentle.
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