Venus enters the sign of Taurus at 5:36p PDT on Friday, 29th April 2016. When it does, the focus on your relationships shifts from who best supports and encourages you being your unique and independent self to who supports and encourages you being able to physically, materially, and financially support your individual self on a fundamental level.
Venus is the ruler of Libra – a cardinal air sign. Though Venus and Libra are associated with partnerships, it’s important to note that this refers to partnerships of ALL kinds. It’s also important to note that air energy is intellectual, logical energy. Venus and Libra aren’t focused on the emotional bonds produced in partnerships – they are focused on the balance of the partnership in intellectual or logical terms. In other words, does the partnership make logical sense? Does it have balance, equality, fairness, and justice as its tenets?
Taurus is focused on our lifestyle resources (my fancy term for survival needs). How do we go about making sure we have the resources we need to sustain ourselves in life? Food to eat, shelter to keep us dry and warm, clothes to wear, financial security, etc…this is all addressed by Taurus (and its ruler, Ceres).
Therefore, when Venus is in Taurus, it brings to your attention the role your partnerships play in your livelihood. Who is supportive and encouraging of you when you are finding material, physical, or financial success or making advancements in those areas? Who tries to tear you down or belittles your progress or accomplishments? Who gives you a hand up when you’re struggling physically, materially, or financially? Who abandons you when you’re going through rough times? Who treats you fairly, justly, and/or as an equal? All of these questions will be of paramount importance over the next few weeks.
The people you encounter and interact with during Venus in Taurus are intended to help you see where you stand in these matters of your life. Therefore, it’s important for you to choose your company wisely. This 2016 Venus in Taurus will help you recognize who your allies are in your ability to provide for yourself and the lifestyle you want to live.
During this run, you may find yourself confronted with some facts about your lifestyle. You may need to face and deal with the fact that you’ve settled for the conditions you are living with or in, or maybe the fact that you’re living in conditions you’re unwilling to accept or allow to continue. You may find yourself at a breaking point with what you consider to be unfair or unjust circumstances, or you may find yourself being given an opportunity to step up to a new and/or ‘better’ quality of life…but to do so, you may need to leave your comfort zone, familiar surroundings, and some relationships behind.
Allowing yourself to move forward and upward may be your biggest challenge under Venus in Taurus. It’s tough to leave your comfort zone behind, especially when your friends or partners are there. You may also notice that some of your partners or friends may try and guilt or shame you into staying put. They’ll have their reasons…but their reasons and questions will only bring up questions for you to ask yourself:
- What are MY reasons for making this change? Do I really want to make this change…or am I making it for someone or something else?
- Am I taking steps to feel solid, safe, secure, and provided for in the areas of life important to me…or areas which are important to someone else?
- Am I using my resources in my own best interests (providing for myself and my livelihood)…or in the best interests of others (before making sure I have what I need to sustain myself and my lifestyle)?
- Am I depending on others for my lifestyle (or my survival)? Do I feel my life or lifestyle is in jeopardy if I move on and/or up from where I am now?
With those questions to answer, some of the choices you face in these next few weeks may not be easy. It’s never really easy to leave behind what is easy or comfortable or familiar in favor of change and uncertainty. Yet it begs the questions – 1) what are you really looking for your lifestyle to be?…and 2) are you surrounding yourself with people who are supportive and encouraging of your ability to provide for yourself and the life you want to live?
There’s an old saying that the 5 people you spend the most time with are a reflection of the life you choose to live. Look at the one-on-one relationships you have with people in your life. Who are you spending the most time with, and what are they teaching you about yourself, your resources, and the lifestyle you are choosing to live?
Here are some of the upcoming transits for this 2016 Venus in Taurus which may help you gain more clarity about who and what is part of your lifestyle and what may be best for you from here:
Taurus Venus opposite Scorpio Juno Rx, exact at 6:29a PDT on Wednesday, 4th May – What kind of life are you committed to living? Do your current circumstances, conditions, and relationships (of all kinds) reflect your commitment? Are you willing to make the changes to step out of the familiar and into what you truly desire?
Taurus Venus sextile Pisces Neptune, exact at 5:41a PDT on Monday, 9th May –Don’t get mad at the people who are reminding you to keep your feet on the ground while you aspire to your dreams – they may be trying to help you build a solid foundation for success.
Taurus Venus conjunct Taurus Mercury Rx, exact at 12:11p PDT on Friday, 13th May – This is a powerful feedback day – use it to pay attention to the people you choose to have around you, and learn what they teach you about yourself, your resources, and your lifestyle. If you’ve been making necessary changes in your life, you may notice around this time which friends and associates are supportive, encouraging, and empowering for you as you make these life changes. You may also notice who isn’t being so supportive and may need to be left behind.
Taurus Venus trine Capricorn Pluto Rx, exact at 7:20p PDT, also on Friday, 13th May – If a friendship or partnership comes to an end around this time, it’s probably for the best. The relationships which fall away at this time are not needed for you to find success moving forward. Think of it as the outdated and outgrown falling away, making room for you to empower the relationships which best support as you take your next steps upward and onward.
Taurus Venus sextile Pisces Chiron, exact at 5:28p PDT on Thursday, 19th May – One-on-one interactions bring opportunities to help you heal long-held emotional-spiritual wounds and solutions to help you make peace with your lifestyle and the resources which enable it. If you’ve been playing resource and/or lifestyle victim or martyr to your partners or friends, you may be able to break that pattern around this time.
Under the influence of this 2016 Venus in Taurus, you may realize that the people in your life have more influence over you and your life than you’re aware of.
Choose your company wisely, my friend. Choose wisely, and in your own best interests so you may feel solid, safe, secure, and provided for by the foundation you are building for yourself and your life.
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~ Light, Love, and Blessings,
Grace
