Venus moves out of the “perpetual student” energy of Gemini and into the “nurturing mother” energy of Cancer at 6:43a PDT on Tuesday, August 7th, 2012.
Venus is the planetary representative of one-on-one relationships of all kinds. It is the ambassador of partnership, which is why it is also usually associated with the ideals of love and beauty. However, Venus is considered the ruler of Libra – an air sign. Air is mental energy – intellect, detachment, objectivity. It is an important distinction to make as beauty and love are often in the eye of the beholder. Therefore, love is often what we make it, and what we make it is often what we think it should be rather than how it may actually show up or what it actually is.
Sometimes, our perceptions of love and beauty aren’t really even our own, but rather are someone else’s ideals of love and beauty that we have adopted as our own. It is very important for us to get in touch with what is real and True for us as individuals so we can find our true partners in all areas of our lives. In knowing what genuinely resonates as lovely and beautiful to us as individuals, we can then seek out the company of others with truly like minds and hearts.
When we remind ourselves that love is objective and unconditional, then we can embrace our relationships for what they are, and we can embrace the people we are in relationship with for who they are instead of trying to change them or make them into something they are not. It is when we accept others as they are that we are open to the Truth and actuality of Love, we are open to beauty in all its forms, and we allow ourselves to receive and embrace the expressions of love and beauty which come into our lives.
That said, with Venus entering the sign of Cancer, we revisit Cancer’s nurturing, caring and protective energy. With Venus in this sign, we may find ourselves being called upon to nurture and protect the relationships and partnerships that are important to us and which bring a healthy and balanced exchange of love and beauty into our lives.
Venus in Cancer is much like caring for plants.
If you don’t water a plant, it dies. If you over-water a plant, it dies. So it is important to water the plant, yet also important not to water it too much.
Water is often associated with emotional energy in the Zodiac and Tarot. Therefore, if we think of the water in the plant analogy as the emotions in our relationships:
- If we nurture and care for our relationships – if we give them just enough of the emotional attention (“water”) they need – then they can thrive.
- However, if we don’t give them enough emotional attention we may find that those relationships dry up and disappear from our lives, or sometimes, if we give them too much emotional attention, we can overwhelm them with so much care or protection that it’s too much and they feel the need to escape from our lives.
In this Leo 4 period, the energy is such where we are being called upon to establish and/or define the foundations or structures that support us in shining our unique expressions of Light into the world. When we bring Venus in Cancer in to that mix, it is important for us to notice the relationships that we are “watering” in our lives.
- Which ones do we say are important to us, yet we don’t nurture and protect?
- Which ones do we say are not important to us, yet we find ourselves giving plenty of emotional attention to?
- Which ones do we find ourselves nurturing and protecting even though they may be non-supportive, detrimental or destructive to our unique expression?
- And which ones do we find we are trying to kill off even though they may be encouraging and supporting us to shine our individual Light brightly out into the world?
Recognize the roles that others are playing for you in your life. Distinguish if they are a positive, healthy and genuinely supportive influence in your life, or if they are a negative or unhealthy influence for you, detracting from what you are committed to creating in your life.
Also notice if you have any resistance to people who want to support, nurture, and/or protect you and your expression of your True self out into the world. If you are resisting, ask yourself why.
- What are your fears or aversions to receiving this support from others?
- What are you afraid of giving up or letting go of in your life in order to receive the support you really need to grow and succeed in your expression of your unique and individual self?
- Is what you say you are committed to creating really in alignment with who you truly are, or are you resisting because you are adopting someone else’s ideals of love and beauty as your own and deep down you know it is not true to who you are or want to be?
There is a lot to consider as you move forward through the remainder of this Venus in Cancer cycle which continues through September 6th. It’s a quick trip through a very important period of 2012. I hope awareness of the energy available to you helps you make the most of this precious opportunity to establish a solid support structure for the next steps of your life’s journey.
Water the “plants” that are important to you. Help them grow…and know that you’re helping yourself grow in the process.
Until next post…
~ Light, Love and Blessings,
Grace
