“I want your love and I want your revenge…I want your love, I don’t want to be friends.”

This line from Lady Gagas’ Bad Romance sum up Venus in Scorpio perfectly. Venus in Libra was all about partnership, appearances, beauty and charm. Venus in Scorpio is truth and honesty and loyalty and intense compulsion.

The Venus we saw in Libra was a milk chocolate girl- sweet and pretty with a lovely texture and melt in the mouth soft centre. The Venus we saw in Libra was a little detached, charming and just a tad on the conservative side. She was looking for a partner, her “other half”, the one who would balance out her weaknesses and maximise her strengths. That Venus was a social butterfly, equally at home somewhere fabulous for cappuccino and cakes with her girlfriends as dressed to the nines somewhere else fabulous having cocktails.

This Venus, Venus in Scorpio, is very different. This Venus is a bittersweet dark dark truffle, perhaps with a touch of chilli. This Venus is private, obsessive and dark around the edges. This Venus can be kinky, a dominatrix and all consuming. This Venus doesn’t want a partner, she wants a soul-mate- she wants all of you for herself. She wants everything. She wants your ugly, she wants your desire. She wants your passion. She doesn’t want to be friends. And she is irresistable. Sound delicious, scary or straight out weird?

Venus is in ruler-ship in Taurus, Scorpio’s opposite. This means she is in her detriment in Scorpio. She finds all the intensity and undertones just a little too much work and way too messy. Venus is in the business of attraction and pleasure, but in Scorpio she mesmerizes. In Scorpio she wants it all. In Scorpio she doesn’t just taste, she consumes.

Venus is Scorpio doesn’t know how to love just a little. She doesn’t flirt, she doesn’t play games- and she is all the more magnetic for that. She is as she is and when she wants something or someone, she wants all of it with all of her being- and doesn’t care how long it takes. Sort of like when you have a craving for, say, Pinot Gris, but all that is in the fridge is Chardonnay.

If, like me, you have Venus in Aries, you will drink the Chardonnay anyway, even though you know it will give you a headache after 2 glasses- anything for quick gratification. If you have Venus in Scorpio, you will wait until you can drink the Pinot Gris, and not settle for anything else. Why eat the dairy milk when you can hold out for the 70% cocoa Lindt. Venus in Scorpio is directly focused when it comes to her pleasure- and is prepared to wait for it…in need. Unfortunately I have Venus exactly inconjunct Pluto, so not only do I go for the quick fix (ie the chardonnay), I will still crave what I truly want (ie the pinot gris in this rather poor example).

When she does fall in love, it is with every fibre of her being, and she will assume that you will be the same. This can be tricky if you are not a watery type. Scorpio doesn’t like to talk about it- you are supposed to just “know”. It is about feeling your way- words mean nothing.

When you have been loved by a Scorpio, you will know you have been loved. She will be jealous, she will be possessive and if you cheat, she will never forgive you…and she will take her revenge, eventually.

Will she cheat on you? By now you should know my thoughts on this one- any sign has the ability to cheat given the right motivations, circumstances and mindset. Venus in Scorpio is so contained and so private, you will probably never know- she is a master at compartmentalizing.

Scorpio is fixed, private and stubbornly loyal- once you have earned her trust. She will demand absolute honesty and fidelity from you, but is not above falling for another if she feels that you have betrayed her, become distant or are not as fully into her as you should be. If your Scorpio woman does cheat, don’t discount power or control as being the motivating factors.

If she suspects you are not entirely honest, she becomes the most brilliant forensic detective- and will continue to pursue the truth until she has either proven your guilt, or accepted your innocence. With Scorpio, innocent until proven guilty does not apply. Just make sure you have removed all traces of any incriminating texts or emails…

Having said that, Venus in Scorpio attaches deeply and emotionally, and has difficulty in separating sex from love. Sex for Scorpio is an 8^th house transformative, life changing experience, not 5^th house fun. Don’t mess with Scorpio in love unless you are prepared to pay the price if it all falls apart. But, if you are prepared to take the risk, Scorpio is absolutely unforgettable.

Find all of this a little disturbing? Venus in Scorpio is like the forbidden apple- you know it’s not right, but by god does it feel good!

If you are a man with Venus in Scorpio, this is pretty well how you approach love and relationships- with single minded intensity…and your prey will not stand a chance! You will be attracted to women who are in touch with their darker, more base instincts. She will have either a strong Scorpio signature to her chart, or a strong Pluto element to her chart- eg Scorpio personal planets or Pluto closely aspecting her personal planets (especially the Moon or Venus). She may have a full 8th house or Pluto in the 7th. Either way, you are a man who likes a challenge and may enjoy the odd power game, so to speak.

From a fashion viewpoint, Venus in Scorpio favours the darkside. She is the classic femme fatale, Mata Hari or the male equivalent. She is clad is a sharp pencil skirt, spike heels and a silk blouse. She is a leather clad, stiletto shod domanitrix. She is the Emo hanging around Flinders St station with piercings and ink. She is all of these and none of them. Even when she is at her most conservative, there will be an edge of some sort to what she wears.

As for interiors, think black, dark purple, blood red, leather, silk and sumptuous gothic underworld crypt-ish glamour. Check out the photo below. It was taken last year at Spellbox- The Witches House in Melbourne. Unfortunately the shop has now closed (but Spellbox the original remains very much alive in the Royal Arcade), but the interior was Venus in Scorpio personified. With gothic styled book-shelves containing apothecary bottles of all conceivable herbs and powders, scrying bowls, owls, mortar and pestles and twigs of birch as accessories. Drapes of purple and jewelled blue fabrics from the ceiling and turquoise walls, with the only light coming from candelabra and crystal chandeliers, this shop was Venus in Scorpio interior decorating bliss…although for home use you may want to tone it down just a tad!

J’ai ton amour et je veux ta revanche

J’ai ton amour, I don’t wanna be friends

…you and me could write a bad romance…

Lyrics from Bad Romance by Lady Gaga

Does this read like you or someone you know? If you are a Scorpio woman or a man or woman with Venus in Scorpio or Venus conjunct, square, inconjunct or opposite Pluto, this may read a little too true (and tempting) for comfort!