Carrie Fisher

Chapter 5. Venus in Your Chart

Astrologically speaking, the planet Venus is the force of affinity. Venus represents a good part of what you attract, cherish, enjoy and are receptive to. Venus describes much of what makes your life worth living Carrie Fisher: love, civilized sex, seduction and creativity. Venus is also an indicator for many of the qualities you look for in a mate and your sense of femininity. More than a symbol of your values, Venus represents beauty, devotion to pleasure, appreciation of art and romantic longings. Venus rules such things as skin, hair & kidneys.

Femininity has many aspects. Women have a different kind of power when they are younger than when they are older. Both are pertinent to the personality of Venus astrologically.

This "goddess of beauty and lady of battle" was an historical personage known both as Ishtar and Indira. While Venus first and foremost loves her pleasures, she also knows that it is sometimes necessary to prepare to go to war to secure them. To gain deep rappport with Venus, study her ways in one of the glorious cities named in her honor such as Vienna and Venice. Starting in the next paragraph, some of your "Venusian" sensibilities are described Carrie Fisher.

Venus in Virgo

HELPFUL AFFINITY

Practical considerations matter to you. You're more cautious and not attracted to love the way that other people are.

You're searching for perfect love. You appreciate good hygiene. You can be so clinical and analytical that you may enjoy playing games of doctor and nurse. When you want a sultry date, try a bathing ritual.

TIP: Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey.

When no one is looking, strange things happen. You can reverse polarity and become slovenly, disorganized and anal.

Worry less about the rain forest and do more to cultivate your garden. Pay more attention to your heart. Become more decisive and favorably inclined toward love. Make a desert from scratch. To curry favor in love, make a home cooked meal offering yourself as several of the courses.

You have a sense of moral purity and can give some energy to the underdog. You may find it easier to give your love to a cause or a pet than to a person. In fact, you may lavish your affection on details, pets, small animals and your garden.

Venus Opposite Mars

AFFINITY CHALLENGES MOTIVATIONS

To be happy, follow your passion. It may prove helpful to learn new social skills. Find more personal inputs and outlets. Make safe places to assert your charm and share your warmth. Give lively expression to your emotions. Create and live in your own brand new kind of romance novel. To the degree that your love life isn't working, you're probably working against yourself. Try a new approach to self love and self confidence. To act decisively, you must first resolve inner conflicts. Start by breaking free from love hate relationships. Then consciously become more tactful and sensuous.

Short term sexual self discipline can bring long term benefits. Find the right balance between duty and sex, between love and love making.

Venus Conjunct Jupiter

AFFINITY UNITES WITH ENCOURAGEMENT

You have magnetic personal powers working for you and lots of them. Be cheery and friendly and you can enchant and lure what you want to you. You can regulate your force of attraction through will power. People will respond to your honesty. Your creative and artistic expressions can bring you cash. Your socializing can lead to business. Your business can be other people's pleasure. You can gather others around you in the spirit of fun and love. If you run out of money, mail a letter soliciting donations. One way or another, you can cash in on your talent for dealing with the public.

As you are probably aware, to be happy you need to accept that your moods have cyclical aspects. Enjoy different activities at different times of your cycles. Learn when it's time to win new friends. Know when it's time to reorient your position and reach out to new people. A sense of humor can prove to be a one of your biggest assets. You can also learn to see sex in harmonious and positive lights. You can grasp how to make yourself higher and higher, and figure our how to bring yourself and your lover to the limits without going over the edge. Master some Taoist sexual practices for extending, increasing and improving orgasms.

TIP: Read The Tao of Love and Sex by Jolang Chang. It's the ancient Chinese way to ecstasy. ISBN 0-14-019338-3.

Venus Quintile Saturn

AFFINITY BRINGS OUT TALENT OF CONCEPTS

Does your value system sometimes put you in conflict with authorities and the law? You can take relationships seriously. When you get needy you get a grave quality that keeps folks away, even as you hold onto feelings for them. Sometimes, it may seem that you will be denied the love you seek.

Because the amount of affection you receive seems to have limits, relationships aren't always easy for you. You and your spouse may be married to your work and duties. You may struggle to create a warm personal place. With effort, over time, you can raise the limits on love. Marriage can be prevented or delayed and will tend to work better if you marry after you are 30 years old. You can enjoy some golden romantic years when you are 56 to 60 years old. Some but not all of your romantic feelings may be sacrificed or sublimated for duty, perhaps to the care of an elderly parent or relative. You may be psychologically bound to a parent and thus restrained from attracting romantic love.

Responsibility may only temporarily thwart your romance. With time and effort, a great love may be secured. You can find love with older, more mature individuals. If you learn your lessons, your love life will improve as you mature. You may marry one whose age is somewhat different than yours.

TIP: To be happy become a genuine optimist.

You can find happiness with the "right work". When duty fits your values, happiness will follow.

Venus Novile Uranus

AFFINITY MUSES WITH LIBERATION CUTE AND KINKY

"Unpredictable" creative energy will find its place in your life. You can be excited by the unexpected. You can be turned on by novelty. Choose to do some exciting things. If you want to be a creative genius, you must free yourself enough to be original. You can develop unique social skills and a flair for public relations. You're a bit self willed, and emotionally intense. "An eccentric is someone with a unusual idea, until they succeed." Mark Twain

TIP: To make more money, cultivate more character.

To be happy, develop the natural sparkle in your personality. Be coy and venture to become an original piece of work and don't let others take you for granted. To be delighted, create some unconventional relationships. In your love life, when things happen it can be sudden, surprising, fast and not necessarily long in duration. Feel free to do things that are cute and kinky. You have a switch that can turn your emotions on and off abruptly; and you have the unique ability to jump start romance.

Venus Quintile Node

AFFINITY BRINGS OUT TALENT OF INTERCHANGING

To be fulfilled, you need other people and you might not be cut out for regular social intercourse. Drive yourself to seek some new friendships. Once you increase your social connections, you will increase your political influence. Seek and find alternative community groups. Once you develop a more sociable, obliging manner, you could open new gates to the future. Right now, kindred souls on other planes of reality could be exchanging loving energy with you. Once you remove the magic block, you can be happy meditating.

Venus Trine Midheaven

AFFINITY COOPERATES WITH WHAT WILL BE

Put some work into learning manners, tact, and style. Study some fashion magazines. It will help to advance your career. Make an extra effort and you can use your creative talents professionally.