Venus and the faces of love

Let’s start this article with a practical tip, very objective: do you like books and articles that talk about signs? When the article is well written, it is a pleasure to read.

But keep in mind that if you want to know about your love life, it is very likely that you will have to read about another sign.

That is, the fact that you are a Taurus does not necessarily imply identification when you open the chapter that talks about “Taurus and love”.

All this because of Venus. Venus, for Astrology, represents the affective function. More directly, it is the way we express our affections, it also represents our tastes and appreciations. It’s the way we live and understand love.

Having said all this, here is a technical explanation: when we are in a sign, the position that Venus occupies in our birth charts can be two signs before, two signs after, or the same sign activated by the Sun.

For example: let’s say you are a Libra. You can have Venus in Leo, Virgo (the two earlier signs), Libra (the same sign), Scorpio or Sagittarius (the two later signs).

You are a Libra sun sign, but your “way of loving” could be Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio or Sagittarius. As an example, let’s say you are a Libra with Venus in Scorpio.

If you read the chapter “Libra and love” in your possession of an astrology book, you probably won’t identify as much as you would if you read “Scorpio and love”.

It is for these and other reasons that many people do not identify with some of the things they read in books about signs. Still on the example cited above, Venus in Scorpio is a jealous type.

But the fact that you’re a Scorpio doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a more jealous person than usual. If you are a Scorpio with Venus in Libra or Sagittarius, for example, you will be the type to give your partner much more freedom.

On the other hand, if you are a Sagittarius? that is a generally very “relax” sign? nothing guarantees that you will be an equally relaxed person in emotional matters.

If you have Venus in Scorpio, you will be a very jealous type.

In addition to the sign activated by the planet Venus, it is also important to check which aspects this planet makes with other planets in the solar system.

The analysis of the “pure” Venus in the sign is already much better than evaluating only the solar sign, but the complete analysis only takes place when we also observe the existing angles between the planets, the so-called aspects.

Elemental and rhythmic forms

Basically, we can say that there are four elemental forms and three rhythmic forms for Venus. Multiplying 4 by 3, we have 12 signs.

The four elemental forms are Fire, Earth, Air and Water.

The Venus of Fire (Aries, Leo and Sagittarius) is a type that feels the deep need to always be in love.

Love is an adventure that always demands new projects, trips, activities, and boredom and routine are felt as death.

For this type, to love is to live, and love is felt as something light, happy, in which individual freedoms are respected.

The danger, for this type, lies in the difficulty in accepting that things are not always so “lively”. Routine hurts him more than other types.

Venus de Terra (Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn) excels in sensuality, in appreciation of physical demonstrations of love. It is one of the most sensual (and sexual) Venus positions.

Does a terrestrial Venus appreciate all the good, carnal things life has to offer, not just good sex? good food, comfort, etc.

Earth types run the risk of eventually being accused of being “dumb” as their affects are more internalized, but the fact that an affect tends towards the introverted does not mean that affection does not exist.

The Venus of Air (Gemini, Libra and Aquarius) is the type that most appreciates communication in relationships. Loving, for this type, does not only imply physical demonstrations of affection and affection.

You have to say, listen. Being a social type, the Venus of Air appreciates situations in which she can interact with many different types of people.

Types like this tend not to be very secure in relationships, always demanding demonstrations of security.

Finally, the Venus of Water (Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces) makes up an affectionate, dedicated, usually jealous and extremely attached type. Love is felt in the context of intimate relationships, without extreme social interactions, that is, it is the world of “you and me on a desert island”.

The negative side of this type involves possessiveness, jealousy and the illusion that a couple becomes a fusion of a single being.

The three rhythmic forms are the Mutable form, the Cardinal form and the Fixed form. Mutable types (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces) are affectively more unstable and oscillating.

They have, as a quality, the ability to live relationships with a good dose of flexibility. As a defect, they fluctuate from hot to cold sometimes on the same day! Fixed types (Taurus, Scorpio, Leo and Aquarius) are more stable, firm, constant in their affections, but also very dominating in their relationships.

And, finally, cardinal types (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) are the most willful – when they identify what they want, they go in the direction of the loved object, with great tenacity.

Anyway, as you could see, love is on the map, but not necessarily as the sign of the Sun, but in the images of Venus, whose name comes precisely from the Roman goddess of love.

study the sign of Venus in your chart and have more knowledge of your affective processes. It will make a big difference in your understanding of your own way of living relationships.