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The planet/archetype Venus in our can be afraid to be alone or in any way
birth chart symbolically describes our separate so refuse to say what they need
relationships — the desire to connect, and feel which eventually can have some
to relate, to express and receive love and very severe consequences. Those severe
affection. It is also going to show what we consequences may not show up right
find beautiful, what we value and what away, but our discomfort and unease
gives us pleasure. No two of us are exactly will grind away at us internally every
alike so a big part of being true to ourselves time we keep silent to get along. This can
is to be able to love and value who we really eventually take the form of dis-ease as our
are. Our values are not just what we find unconscious has had no other way to get
in the outer world in aesthetics, nature and us to be real and true to who we really are.
pleasurable objects, but also what we can
find in our inner world, what motivates us We can also be afraid to appear selfish,
to become who we came here to be. rock the boat or take a stand that would
risk disapproval, so it is much easier to
The planet Venus also acts as an be what everyone else wants from us or
ambassador for the Sun (the solar urge expects us to be.
in us) which describes our desire is to
affirm our identity and creatively express Probably the biggest hurdle we will ever
ourselves as a unique and separate get past in this life is to finally grow up
individual. The sign our Venus is in, the and cut the umbilical cord from our
placement by house and aspects to other parental imagos. We may be physically
planets will show what those needs are separate from them; they can even have
inherent from birth. When we express already left the planet and yet we can still
our desires of what pleases us and define be allowing their influence through our
our own values, we are expressing our partners since most of us marry aspects
individuality. As I said last month, our of our parents although none of us would
birth chart is who we are as well as willingly admit this to ourselves. We can
who we are becoming which can take a even unconsciously reenact their marriage
lifetime to develop. in an attempt to heal the mother and father
complexes still driving us from below the
We may say to ourselves, “I value who I threshold of our conscious awareness.
am,” but there are times in everyone’s lives
that we do not. Suppressing or denying When we are afraid of loss, we stop
our Venus function is indicative of placing being authentic and honest with our
too much emphasis on society’s approval “beloved.” We begin to act. Then, we are
and conformity at our expense. Some surprised when we lose the initial desire
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