Our Moon in partnership-focused Libra will sextile Mercury at 9:22AM EST (send the email, talk it out, connect with a sibling, local community or transportation issue) do this early in the day, because things get more challenging as the Moon moves into her testy squares with Saturn (3:07PM EST - authority, responsibility, limits) and then Pluto (6:23PM EST - power plays, control, manipulation) making the later part of the day better for solitary work.
Last night Venus (love, money, beauty, women, our values and self-esteem) moved into Aquarius (through January 13th).
Aquarius Suns and Aquarius rising (Aquarius ruler of first house of your natal chart) get more attractive. Both easier on the eye and able to attract what they want (Venus).
All of our natal Aquarius houses become more attractive, too.
Our Aquarius house is a space we experience and evolve through Aquarian energies. Maybe by experiencing unexpected situations and unusual experiences. Maybe by being able to detach and get enough distance from something to be able to see it clearly. Maybe through flashes of genius or rebelliousness. Maybe through chaos. Our natal Uranus placement (ruler of Aquarius) and its contacts will tell us a more complete story.
Now, we have Venus moving into/through this space.
As she moves through Aquarius she will make contact with not only any planets/points we have in Aquarius, but also the planets/points we have in Leo (by opposition), in Scorpio and Taurus (by square) and other planets, too (by sextile, trine, etc).
This is where knowing our natal chart can come in handy.
As a collective influence, for all of us, Venus moves out of Capricorn (the rules) and into Aquarius (the space we let go of the rules).
Beautiful Venus drops her briefcase full of "shoulds".
She takes her hair out of its tightly constructed bun and shakes her head. She kicks off her too-tight, office-ready pumps. She wears whatever she wants to wear now. She can do whatever she wants to do now. There is no one to impress in this new space. There is no one to answer to.
Now subconsciously we all feel this
(even though there is a hell of alot of planets in Capricorn, including the Sun tomorrow, and Saturn is home in Capricorn, so we don't get to drop all responsibilities, obviously)
- a kind of relief as Venus disentangles us a bit from what is required of us to be 'acceptable'.
Maybe we start to notice (attract) things we would have otherwise missed. The strange and unusual will catch our eye now.
We will be attracted to things/situations/solutions/people that are different.
Ruled by unpredictable Uranus, Aquarius is the space that is hard to forecast. When we step outside the rules (Uranus is outside Saturn's boundaries) our outcomes become less predictable, too.
Venus (beauty) in Aquarius (unique) allows us to see the beauty in things we wouldn't normally regard as beautiful. What would it take to see our crooked teeth as beautiful? our messy house? a real loss?
Wouldn't it take detachment? Wouldn't it take an ability to step back a little farther from whatever we are looking at?
To see the big picture -
(maybe those slightly crooked teeth have allowed us to evolve, as we grow to appreciate them, from mumbling our words through a mostly, un-moving mouth to speaking our well thought out opinions clearly and emphatically - maybe without those slightly crooked teeth, we would have learned this lesson in an even bigger, more painful way).
To see what other people, who are not closely connected to the things we are connected to, are seeing
(that messy home looks like a busy, happy family lives there).
To see the future -
(that loss now is creating a space something bigger and better will be filling in five years).
Detachment is one of the gifts of Aquarius (and also one of the curses if taken too far - think about technology that detaches us from reality).
Venus's transit here allows us to step back from what we are usually most attracted to. When we step away we can see things we couldn't see before. And keep in mind people (and situations) could step away from us a little bit now to get a clearly look, too. This isn't a permanent disconnection (unless it is) - this is a transit remember. It's a part of the process. A kind of 'sowing our wild oats' part, where we all need a bit more space. A part we skip at our own peril.
Aquarius is the genius, rebel, criminal, humanitarian - the outsider.
This is a good time to step outside of ourselves and view our situation more dispassionately. To be more objective. The energies at play now will assist us. If this was someone else's situation/life we were looking at what would we see?
Venus is about what we want.
Can we step away from what we want just long enough and just far enough to give everything and everyone some fresh air? to gain some different insights? to try something else.
With Uranus in Taurus answering to Venus and Venus in Aquarius answering to Uranus - the two planets are in mutual reception now, which empowers them, but will also make their square stronger when they aspect each other on Sunday.
How can it be 5 days until Christmas?!?
xo all
photo by the talented MATZU
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