Sunday, April 9, 2017

Venus square Saturn

Sun square Pluto

Moon in Virgo

Moon into Libra

I struggle with Saturn – I’ve said that before – and my experience of Venus is an impulsive one. The thing is, when Venus is square Saturn, a little tough love might be the order of the day. Now, before you miss understand me, when I say “tough love” I don’t mean anything involving power games, I mean the “for your own good” type of tough love.

This type of aspect is one of those where you might want to blame someone else – when the problem is actually coming from you and your perspective. It’s about making tough decisions, jumping a few hurdles, putting in the hard yards to get what you want. You also might need to practice a little restraint. Even then you mightn’t get what you want – but it could be just what you need. Besides, Venus is still retrograde – do you even know what you want?

The warning, under any Saturn influence is that you might find yourself worrying too much, feeling dissatisfied over something that is really not worth the energy. Saturn likes to look at things from a half full mentality.

Then again you might be getting a glimpse at what is really going on – you might be getting a glimpse of a deal breaker.

If this is the case, given that Saturn is also retrograde, before you do anything you might later regret, step to one side, withdraw a little if you need to, and:

• Remind yourself that you are both human, with all the frailties and imperfections that implies
• Remind yourself that if you are only human with all the frailties and imperfections that implies, so too is your relationship
• Remind yourself that often the dissatisfaction we have in relationships is projected from within
• Remind yourself that only you are responsible for your happiness

Also up there today is another toughie: Sun square Pluto. This one can be challenging, testing, and lots of other words like that – especially if it’s happening on a key part of your chart. (in case you’re interested in the technicalities, this is happening at 19 Aries/ Capricorn, while Venus/Saturn is at 27 Pisces/ Sagittarius).

Another short-lived transit, it can be a trigger point for something deeper that’s no longer working – or that you’re holding on to past a valid use by date. Essentially it’s a planetary reminder that something has to give, change, or be reformed.

The best way to deal with this? Let go of what needs to be let go of. Note that I didn’t tell you to throw it away? Let it go.