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another through commitment and building a life
together, as well as through sensual pleasure and
sharing responsibilities.

Venus, the goddess of love, represents female relationships
and social interactions at every level. She rules your social
attitudes and behaviour, along with your aesthetic tastes and
inclinations. Venus indicates your values. Her placement
describes your inclination toward romance, marriage and
other partnerships, capacity for humour, and the pursuit of
pleasure. From a romantic point of view, Venus in a man's
chart shows the kinds of women most likely to desire, whilst
her placement in a woman's chart indicates the ways in
which the subject is likely to present herself to attract the
interest of romantic partners.

In ancient mythology, Venus, the beautiful love goddess,
was always getting up to something with Mars, the fierce
god of war. None of the other gods could ever work out
what the lovely Venus saw in the headstrong, arrogant
Mars, but she certainly fancied him, no matter what
anyone else said or thought.

• Represents the emotions of sympathy, love, sex
attraction, love of beauty, refinement and culture,
appreciation of art, luxury and of civilization;
harmony with family relations and obedience to
law, convention and propriety.

• Good aspects to Venus bring happiness,
prosperity, enjoyment and pleasures. If the native
is of marriageable age, they favor marriage, if the
native is married they favor birth of children.
• When Venus is afflicted by aspects trouble,
scandal, disease and discredit may come through

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