“The invisible world wants to help us,” declares visionary activist and astrologer Caroline Casey, “but spiritual etiquette requires that we ask.” I especially like asking Venus for a little extra juju, using the Santeria ritual for Oshun (described by Casey in her Making the Gods Work for You). As the Yoruba goddess of fresh waters, Oshun oversees the same delights that … [Read more...]
Venus and Pluto enter a bar
Venus and Pluto rule the opposing signs of this Full Moon—Taurus as form and Scorpio as emotion—which prompted the following question from my guest blogger Bekah Finch: Can the Goddess of Love harmonize with the Lord of the Underworld? Venus does not bow to another's will easily. While her light side is all that is loving, thriving, sensual and beautiful, her dark side can be … [Read more...]
Full Moon Magic at the baths
I have a history of painful separations with this particular Venus retrograde. Every eight years she retrogrades in Aries through my 8th house of births and deaths. First there was the loss of a husband, then friends, my community--and now, my partner had left to take a job in California. His move is a good one and we keep in touch almost daily through Skype. Still his absence … [Read more...]
When Venus meets the Moon
I'm not an early riser, but one morning years ago, I awoke at 5:00 am. Something urged me out of bed and toward the front door, where through a window, I saw Venus glittering beside the Crescent Moon. Transfixed, I watched for several minutes--as something happened that I couldn't quite name. Even now I can't tell you what it was, except that I was deeply touched and changed. … [Read more...]
Venus Admiring Orion
Most evenings now, I commune with Venus. She appears at twilight, blinking from the blue sky as though behind a veil, winking coyly. She tells me things. And she listens when I pray to her for blessings. Often we’re silent together. When the sky fully blackens, she blazes bright and sends transmissions that invigorate my too often closed-down heart. Still, it took awhile to … [Read more...]
