Astrology Today -- Venus in Cancer -- Part of a Grand Water Trine
Editor's Note: At the moment Venus in Cancer is part of an extremely benevolent pattern ... a Grand Water Trine between itself, Jupiter in Scorpio and Neptune in Pisces. I wrote a whole post on what to expect from it here.
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hangin' out close to The Sun
Venus and Mercury are the two planets in the solar system closer than the Earth to the Sun. In Astrology, Mercury is never more than one sign away from the Sun; Venus is never more than two. If you have Venus in Cancer, you have your Sun, either in Cancer, Gemini or very late Taurus ... or on the other side of the circle, your Sun will be in Leo or very early Virgo.
Venus also deals with two major areas of life -- relationships and love interests ... and possessions and financial support. Mainstream Astrology distills these down to the broad categories of “love and money,” but there’s an even broader category that describes Venus interests ... things of value.
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there's no place like home.
Your Venus sign shows the character traits and qualities you will use in handling relationships, attracting love and managing your material assets. Cancer is a deeply intuitive sign, profoundly domestic and concerned with security matters.
Thus, Venus in Cancer is emotional, compassionate and sympathetic. It is very focused on issues that deal with home, family, safety and protection. It invites you to see everyone in your relationships as members of a large extended family and treat them accordingly. This can be both a good thing and a not-so-good thing.
At its best, family can be soothing and intimate, encouraging and supportive. At its worst, it can hurt you more than anything else in the world. So, when life is good for Venus in Cancer, home and family are the happiest places on earth. And because energy always flows in reciprocal directions, when home and family are safe and well, Venus in Cancer is contented. Joy and peace are abundant. Everything and everyone thrives.
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You don’t express your love with flashy passionate gestures or dramatic declarations of deathless emotion. (How’s that for poetic alliteration?) Seriously though, your love rises from deep wellsprings of feeling. It is as profound and sensitive as anything poets ever described.
You treat your loved ones with tenderness and compassion. You care about their welfare and safety. It is one of the most basic expressions of love -- by anyone’s measure.
You meet each new acquaintance and friend with the welcoming warmth that says this could be a new family member, a member of your personal tribe you have only just met -- but are certainly willing to adopt and embrace. All you need is a show of reciprocal interest. Your intuition will tell you if it’s there or not ... and if it’s real. Disappointment can seriously wound you, so you want to know what’s what early in the game.
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which it is at the moment ...
- When Venus is in Cancer, people are sensitive, intuitive, protective, and sentimental.
- They look to family members and those they consider "part of the family" for emotional support ... and they want to strengthen those connections.
- Home life, privacy, and security needs assume priority in relationships.
- There is also noticeable nostalgia, concern with tradition, and emphasis on memories and the past.
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As I mentioned also in the post noted above, there are two wonderful trines working with Venus at the moment. One from Jupiter in Scorpio and one from Neptune in Pisces.
Venus trine Jupiter brings a gracious, optimistic view of life. It may not be trouble-free, but you are able to take the attitude that “everything is working out for the best.” Even if it’s kind of a stretch to get there.
Venus trine Neptune brings heightened intuition, a more spiritual take on life and closer connections to your creative talents. Inspirations (especially ones with spiritual themes) are common with Venus trine Neptune ... and you may create from your own works of art the messages of faith and support you so earnestly need to hear.
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But part of this pattern now involves the opposition from Pluto. These are the “complications” I mentioned. Oppositions from Pluto mean, if not trouble, at least challenges and adjustments. Oppositions bring relationship issues, problems from other people or outside conditions. So let’s call this a mixed blessing for now. Pluto oppositions especially suggest upsets, power struggles, and serious changes you simply can’t avoid.
So all this support to a sensitive Venus may not spell “peace and love” so much as course corrections with unexpectedly fine side-benefits. Things are still awfully tricky, and nothing is stable. Don't take anything for granted -- and understand that everyone's feelings ... including yours, need special care and handling and can be easily hurt.
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Money, Venus' other big concern, is equally touchy. To Venus in Cancer, money represents safety, security, protection and the ability to care adequately for family interests. Anything that threatens your savings or income threatens this whole infrastructure -- and you'll react strongly because of that.
As long as life in your financial world is steady and smooth, everything else is also fine. But it doesn't take much disruption to set off alarms. And Pluto oppositions pretty much define “disruption.”
In these two signs -- Cancer and Capricorn -- it may show something as simple as a genuine desire to retreat into the bosom of home-and-family, enjoy the comforts your private life affords and spend some extra coins to spruce up the place ... make it pretty and comfortable.
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But demands from your professional life interfere. You have public commitments to meet -- and people depending on you. So you have to somehow compromise between these two equally strong obligations (or desires.) After all, you’re only one person, and you can’t be in more than one place at a time.
If things are more serious, there could be some kind of professional change or crisis that requires your family life to adjust -- or a family-and-home based transition that requires you to shape your outer life commitments to fit those. In practice, it could be some combination of all this ... so be prepared for surprises, consider your options -- and let Life deliver a basket of goodies you may not have expected at all.
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