Catherine Bell

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 Catherine Bell: 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 Catherine Bell.

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 Semi-Sextile Mars

AFFINITY HELPS CLARIFY 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 Tri-Septile Chiron

AFFINITY NON-CONFORMS WITH MENTORING

Connect with a group of like minded individuals. Join together with more social mavericks. For instance, you could find happiness in a writers or artists co-op, or a meditation or healing circle, or astrology club. Spend and earn more money in new age ways. For example a variety of seminars, creative works, individuation processes and mentoring sessions can all benefit you. The key to success in to do it in groups as opposed to going it alone.

Venus Biquintile 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 Semi-Sextile Midheaven

AFFINITY HELPS CLARIFY 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.