Venus tiptoes into the sign of the bull at 2:24 AM PST on the 5th of March, and we’ll hear a general sigh of relief as shoes are kicked off and toes run through new spring grass, armor plate is unbuckled and set aside for something soft and cozy, and we stop demanding what the ego wants and start filling our pie hole with the culinary glories we’re suddenly noticing all around.This is one of Venus’ two homes (the other being Libra), so she’ll be super-happy here, right?

Umm, not so fast–as she changes signs she positions herself in an exact semi-square from the transiting Sun. uh-oh. The great Isabel Hickey spoke of this, the only possible aspect of discord between Sun and Venus, noting that this mild negative is the most dissonance that there can be between the symbol of the Soul (the Sun) and the principle of Love (Miss V). This suggests that, at least at first, Venus will be gettin’ into the tangible comforts of home, the sensual, and the creative at least in part because she’s a little upset–maybe jealous, envious, or wanting ‘more’, all typical Venusian ‘faults’–or because her vanity, aesthetic needs, or attempts to show love are not being seen in a flattering light. Whatever it is, Venus retreats in what is essentially a passive-aggressive stance meant to say, “I’m done pushing forward (her time in Aries), I’m unhappy when I try to partner, or with the Other, who doesn’t appreciate me (her other sign, Libra), so now I’m going to hide away, indulge myself, and relax–with the added purpose of ignoring you, and concentrating on me.”

Watch the tone around the time of, and directly after, the sign change, and note where resentments seem to bubble to the surface, in ourselves and others. In just a day Our Lady of Love will sextile Neptune, and with both in their own signs, this may make for a potent elixir of Love, idealism, delusion, or deception, that turns us away from resentment and puts us on a creative, and hopefully kinder (to ourselves and others) path.

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