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When your Venus is in Libra

By Dana Gerhardt

 

Below is an excerpt from the findings of my Venus research (more info about that here):

My boyfriend brings out the goddess in me. He tells me what a beautiful body I have and that I make him feel more masculine. What turns me on? Run your fingers very lightly and slowly over every inch of my body—there is no place that wouldn’t respond to that kind of touch. –PK

Soft, silky fabrics are a must. I buy things based on how they feel. I love things that sparkle and shine. I always have fresh flowers.  I like candles but am careful with scents because my husband and I are both easily overwhelmed by anything too strong. Too many people overdo it.  And less is more when it comes to touch. I like light feather touches. ––LL

My father was a bodybuilder and my mother was a beauty queen and won dance contests. Beauty and sex appeal and being joyous about your physical self runs in my genes. –JZ

Your Venus in Libra is paying attention to things.  She’s  listening and adjusting, always reaching for that perfect point of equilibrium, as harmony in relationship.  She is looking for a kindred spirit, but there’s also this sense that “If I’m soft, I need you to be strong; in fact I can help you feel more strong and masculine by holding that soft feminine part of the polarity. So I’m excited by your strength, but I want you to respect my sensitivity—touch me softly, like I’m a soft silky fabric.”

One woman said “I like to be pet like a kitty.” One gentleman said, “Sometimes my skin is so sensitive it actually hurts to be touched in an erotic way—at that time only the “official erogenous zones” can be touched, because the rest of my body feels like it’s on fire.”

Be gentle with me

There can be a bit of a “Princess & the Pea” sensitivity with your Venus sign, who typically dislikes anything crude or rough.  Surprisingly, the Venus-in-Libras in my survey weren’t especially comfortable with flirting.  They felt that if they were rejected, they would just die.  A few told really painful stories of being humiliated as their partner flirted with another woman in their presence (something a Venus in Sagittarius might not even notice).

One woman told a childhood story about the time she caught the measles at boarding school.  She brought it home for the holidays and when her boyfriend came to visit, she hid in her room.  Her face was so swollen she felt hideous.  Yet her mother insisted.  Fifty years later this Libra Venus still remembers the horrified look on her boyfriend’s face.  That was the last time she ever saw him.

So there’s a delicacy with your Venus in Libra.  She’s refined, artistic, sophisticated.  She has a nose for the finer things in life. A highly developed sense of aesthetics.  One Venus in Libra’s fantasy was to walk between two rows of gorgeous naked men, while gently brushing her silk scarf over their erect penises as she passed.  The silk scarf part is Venus in Libra, but the two rows of naked men were her Moon in Taurus in the 8th house!

I once had a lover who was so beautiful that straight men and gay women swooned over him. My sister-in-law actually blushed when she met him; my mother couldn’t speak, and a close gay friend literally broke out in a sweat—and the beautiful man in question laughed with him about it, with the grace of a god. I got taken to a place that felt like holiness just looking at him. I drank him in, in every way I could, as if to heal myself. His beauty was healing for me. Our lovemaking took me to the place where beauty originates, neither mortal nor gendered—it was divine. I now know how Venus felt about Adonis. –YK

The raw energies inside your Libra Venus

When astrology was a sacred practice, it was understood that life itself, our very bodies, were infused with the divine.  The first astrologers knew the Gods as the powerful, vibrant and creative play of emotions running through their world.  The gods appeared as sandstorms, thunder claps, bird song, floods, abundant harvests, calamities, shouts of sorrow and joy.

Gods are immortal which means we can still find them as the ancients did.  Astrology can help.  Signs point us to the raw energies that define each sign–the underlying element and mode.  The element describes the dominant energy your Venus likes to run.  This is her fuel.  The mode describes her preferred speed.  Together they suggest the sensory coordinates to use when dialing in your Venus.

Air

Libra is an air sign.  Air is light, fresh, alive, in motion.  Use your imagination to make these sensations more vivid. Imagination is the control panel that takes us into the invisible world.  Think of a rain forest, teeming with activity, ripe with odors, its green forest leaves busily returning oxygen to the air.  Think of blood circulating through your veins, air moving in and out of your lungs, sound and scents traveling on the wind.  Air sign planets say things like this:

I’m a people person.  I like to socialize.

I see things from all sides.

My mind is acrobatic.

I like to be liked.

I enjoy hanging out in my head–which is often too busy to meditate.

Sometimes I’m scattered, distracted, indecisive.

I love restaurants and coffee shops–the buzz of chattering people invigorates me.

I can go into denial around feelings–mine or another’s.

I’m restless.

Cardinal

This is the rhythm section–the bass line in your Venus song.  With cardinal signs, the tempo is quick, upbeat.  Libra is active, on the move, maybe searching for something.  She is especially energized by making connections.   Can you sense how alive your Venus is? Find her in the delight of her charmed receptivity.  Notice how typical cardinal voices (below) are less passive and accomodating than the usual descriptions of Venus in this sign.  Can you find the initiating energy of the cardinal tempo in your Venus?

I’m ambitious and enterprising when I want something.

I’m fearless and competitive about what interests me.

I may do too much too soon, and escape things before they’re really over.

Give me a crisis—anything—something! I hate being bored

It’s not that I like to argue—I just enjoy being connected.

I create rules and I break rules–I don’t particularly follow them.

I’m great in emergencies.

I want what I want when I want it.

 

You can learn even more about your Libra Goddess in my Venus Unleashed report!  Available here.

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About Dana Gerhardt

A popular columnist with The Mountain Astrologer since 1991, Dana Gerhardt is an internationally respected astrologer. She has lectured extensively and written for astrology publications on several continents. Her ongoing passions are the moon and living the intuitive life. Dana worked for many years in the corporate sector, where she observed the undeniable influence of natural cycles. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude from Occidental College in Los Angeles and did graduate work in literature at Columbia University and CSULA. Dana can be contacted by email.

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  1. Ullhas says

    May 16, 2020 at 7:36 pm

    Dana,

    Fabulous is what i felt while readind it. Only that my neptune is conjuct with it. And this is in the sixth house and Taurus ascendent, while my Sun, moon and mercury are in scorpio in the descendant.

    Thanks for your insights.

    Ullhas

    Reply
    • Dana Gerhardt says

      May 17, 2020 at 9:02 am

      You’re welcome!

      Reply

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Astrologers use a variety of house systems, or methods of dividing up the sky into twelve sections. I use the Porphyry house system; another popular house system is Placidus (this is the default on https://astro.com). If the chart I send you looks different from what you are used to seeing, then likely a system other than Porphyry was used. Whole signs, Equal House, Regiomantus, and Campanus are examples of other systems. If you find all of this confusing, do not worry. It is likely not critical to your report.

m  Conjunction:  Like peas in a pod, planets in conjunction tend to come from the same place. They act together, but it’s also hard to tell them apart. This aspect can increase talent, focus, and intensity (“two are better than one”). Or one planet can disappear as the other dominates. Their connection feels so natural, it’s easy to think everyone blends these planetary energies just as you do—but mostly, they don’t!.

p  Sextile:  Planets in sextile are compatible, though without any fireworks. This aspect doesn’t demand your attention. It quietly presents an opportunity. You can join these archetypal forces. Donna Cunningham has called this the “Oh, that!” aspect, because that’s generally what her clients say when she describes their benefits.  To get the most from sextiles you need to actively work them.

q  Square:  Squares are wild and wonderful—but difficult too. The power struggle between these planets was likely defined in your youth, when they were impossibly challenging. People are usually aware of their squares. They force the issues that make you to grow. And that’s their gift. They ensure you learn your lessons. When you rise to the occasion, they bless you with energy, action, and success.

r  Trine:  Michael Munkasey has dubbed this the “goddess aspect” because it’s so lovely. Identifying talents you may have perfected in a previous life, trines can bring you joy. There’s a nice flow of energy between planets in trine. They support and reinforce each another. But without any struggle, you might take them for granted—neither using nor developing their gifts. An unattended trine can sometimes trick you into negative behaviors.

t  Inconjunct/Quincunx:  Your quincunx planets are innately incompatible. Bringing them into harmonious expression requires constant adjustments. This can be stressful, also motivating. You’ve got to keep changing your process, opinions or attitude—which promotes highly creative solutions.

u  Opposition:  They say opposites attract—and planets in opposition are never far from each other, though they’re constantly bickering. You may be triggered into awareness of this aspect by other people who seem to resist or undermine you.  An opposition can make you feel uncertain, insecure, or discontent, until you can accept and see yourself in both energies. Typically people find it easier to identify with one side and project the other onto unsuspecting others in the outer world.

First House: Personality, physical body, beginnings. Includes the Ascendant and rules physical appearance, the image you project to others, your general outlook on life, how you start things; may describe your role in your family system, often guides your first impression of immediate environment.

Second House: Money and personal finances, sense of self-worth and basic values, personal possessions, talents.

Third House: Communication, thoughts, language skills like writing and speaking, early schooling, siblings and neighbors, short trips, coming and going around town.

Fourth House: Your home, psychological foundations and roots, family, parents, domestic life, instinctive behavior, ancestry, your connection with the past, sense of security, domestic life, real estate. conditions at the end of life.

Fifth House: Children, creativity, romance; pleasure, entertainment, self-expression; all forms of “play”, speculation, gambling, and attitude towards taking risks; hobbies, attitude towards romance, lovers as opposed to partners, attitude towards having fun.

Sixth House: Work and job (as opposed to career), daily life, attitude towards service and coworkers, helpfulness, pets, attitude towards routine and organization, how you refine and perfect your skills.

Seventh House: Partnerships, one-to-one relationships, marriage, the first marriage, the “significant other”, business partnerships, competitors, open enemies, lawyers, mediators, counselors, contracts, negotiations, agreements. clients/the public.

Eighth House: Transformations and crisis, your ability to meet and rebound from crisis and change, sexuality; sex, death and rebirth, rituals and personal growth, your partner’s resources, addictions, psychology, other people’s money, taxes, divorce/alimony, inheritance.

Ninth House: Attitude toward expanding horizons, religious beliefs and personal philosophy, higher education, long-distance travel, morals, foreign languages and cultures, personal truths, publishing, commerce, advertising, your sense of adventure.

Tenth House: Career and profession, your contribution to society, social status, public reputation, material success, how you carve out a public identity for yourself; attitude toward authority figures, parents, caregivers, bosses, governments, attitude towards responsibility, desire for achievement.

Eleventh House: Friends, groups, organizations; hopes, wishes, aspirations, personal goals; your philanthropic attitude, concern for the collective, humanity; like tenth, can bring recognition and honors for fulfilling hopes and dreams.

Twelfth House: What’s hidden beneath the surface, karmic dustbin, limiting childhood/past-life messages, self-undoing, hidden enemies, hidden weaknesses, dreams, secret affairs, lost items, hospitals and prisons, hidden strengths, spiritual studies and soul growth.

A  Sun: Our vitality and magnetism; self-identity, ego.
Roles: The Self, the Hero, the Performer, the King.

B  Moon: Intuition, emotion, nurture.
Roles: The Mother, the High Priestess, the Child.

C  Mercury: Mind; physical dexterity and mental agility.
Roles: The Thinker, the Communicator, the Student, the Trickster, the Merchant, the Thief.

D  Venus: Our capacity for pleasure, receptivity, creativity, and social connection. Also indicates our relationships, self esteem, and financial abundance.
Roles: The Lover, the Seductress, the Artist.

E  Mars: Desire, initiative, anger.
Roles: The Protector, the Athlete, the Warrior.

F  Jupiter: Luck, opportunity, expansion, higher learning, religion.
Roles: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Traveler, the Monk, the Professor.

G  Saturn: Hard work, commitment, focus, inadequacy, leadership, suffering, loss.
Roles: The Task Master, the Grim Reaper, the Wise Old Man, the Builder, the Cynic, the Boss.

H  Uranus: Change, breakthroughs, upsets, discoveries.
Roles: The Revolutionary, the Humanitarian, the Visionary, the Snob.

I  Neptune: Imagination, spirituality, idealism, addictions, deception, compassion.
Roles: The Artist, the Romantic, the Guru, the Addict, the Martyr, the Victim.

J  Pluto: Transformation, power, psychological dynamics, helplessness.
Roles: The Terrorist, the Detective, the Psychotherapist, the Dictator, shady people.

a  Aries: Pioneering, competitive, selfish, impatient, courageous, reckless, independent, dynamic, domineering, “Me first!”

b  Taurus: Patient, stable, lazy, dependable, practical, sensual, stubborn, artistic, possessive, greedy, gentle, loyal.

c  Gemini: Intelligent, curious, adaptable, quick-witted, restless, clever, scatterbrained, lacking follow-through.

d  Cancer: Nourishing, intuitive, protective, moody, sensitive, maternal, domestic, childish, cautious, creative.

e  Leo: Proud, dignified, vain, expressive, romantic, generous, childish, overbearing, self-assured, creative.

f  Virgo: Perfection-seeking, practical, methodical, petty, critical, studious, discriminating, cautious, never satisfied.

g  Libra: Charming, sociable, peace-loving, refined, diplomatic, artistic, indecisive, apathetic, easily deterred.

h  Scorpio: Passionate, secretive, penetrating, resourceful, suspicious, manipulative, jealous, sarcastic, intolerant, determined, aware.

i  Sagittarius: Freedom-loving, philosophical, optimistic, enthusiastic, careless, impatient, talkative, a know-it-all, broadminded, athletic, honest.

j  Capricorn: Serious, responsible, practical, hardworking, stubborn, brooding, inhibited, status-conscious, domineering, unforgiving.

k  Aquarius: Progressive, individualistic, unpredictable, cold, intellectual, artistic, eccentric, shy, impersonal, scientific.

l  Pisces: Compassionate, intuitive, ungrounded, romantic, impractical, self-sacrificing, seductive, musical, artistic.