Venus Ret 2017 - Marina
Forty is mentioned in the bible often, but most famously when Jesus was tempted by Satan in the wilderness for forty days.
Could this be referring to the astrological phenomena of Venus retrograde?
After all, Venus has two sides to her.
She is the goddess of love and war according to the Babylonians.
The word Lucifer (which is often confused with Satan) means light-bringer and refers to Venus in her morning star phase.
The ancients said the first few days of her Lucifer phase was a particularly dangerous time. People born with Venus as a morning star are said to rush headlong into love affairs and are very passionate.
Venus as an evening star is has more of the receptive, traditional meaning of Venus, this phase is called Hesperus.
The retrograde period I think describes very well the transition between the two modes of Venus and her descent into the underworld before she resurrects as the wildly passionate, but occasionally treacherous morning star.
Venus Retrograde Meaning
So what does Venus retrograde mean generally?
Commonly it is advised one does not start a love affair or buy luxury goods during this time, because you might end up paying more than you bargained for.
During these forty days you may have to resist the seductive Lucifer side of Venus and her charms just like Jesus did in the desert.
Temptations could be an illicit affair or the lure of luxury goods. We can find significance in this journey of Venus if we regard her movements like the ancient sky-watchers did.
During the first phase of the Venus retrograde she is Hesperus, high in the night sky and loving, reflective and receptive.
I also think she is quite pure and virginal too. During this time we might feel like we need more love, but are extra shy about going out and finding a new lover.
Instead we might cling to a past relationship, which is why this period can bring the return of old flames and karmic connections.
Better the devil you know hey?
It might make you mournful of a love lost and very defensive if anyone new tries to step on the ghost of your beloved ex.
During this time it might be good to bring closure to any long dead relationship with a reflective post-mortem.
After that, when Venus goes invisible, give that bad romance a good funeral!
A ‘Dark Cupid’ Affair
For the last two weeks of the retrograde period Venus is Lucifer the morning star. This is the time when you are most likely to get involved in what I would now call a “Dark Cupid” affair.
You will most definitely be thinking with your reproductive organs and not your brain.
Your body is your temple so don’t give into the Luciferian psychic vampires.
Aphrodite’s bad points are often overlooked. She had a reputation for jealousy, revenge, possessiveness and infidelity.
The stress and misery caused by this behaviour can attract unwanted hyper dimensional entities which feed of the drama.
Sometimes we think we need a sexual fling because it has been a while, we just want to have fun and we feel we can take it or leave it. But with Venus retrograde we might develop an obsessive attachment to the so called “friend with benefits” which we hadn’t bargained for.
We could find we are kept in a very unpleasant psychic, sexual bondage.
So I would say proceed with caution with any new relationships.
I believe the first two thirds of Venus Retrograde could be an ideal time for creativity that explores your inner world. Make music, art or poetry just for yourself and not for the public.
Lucifer ~ Morning Star
During Venus Retrograde we might feel like retreating from socialising or a from a relationship, so this can be a very valuable time for learning how to love ourselves.
As for the dangerous Lucifer period, I would to go with the Babylonians on this one and suggest singletons stay celibate for the last two weeks of it.
This reflects the planet Venus’s descent below the horizon and its inferior conjunction with the Sun where she is actually also combust.
Then we have her resurrection as the morning star Lucifer after she has experienced the torture of been hung for death on meat hooks by her vengeful sister. This is a time of reflection (Venus’s symbol is the mirror) which may show us our shadow, self-sabotaging sister-self. With Venus, visuals will reflect back to us our deep psyche through paintings, visions, omens, dreams…
The Synodic Cycle
The shadow period is not so important with Venus retrograde.
It’s effect will be very subtle as it is stretched over a longer period of time than Mercury’s shadow zone.
It does mean however Venus will spend a lot longer in a sector of your chart than usual, and work like an outer planet.
The effects mentioned in this article will be felt much stronger if you have natal planets in Venus’s path. If you are in a relationship, any unresolved gripes might come to a head at the actual retrograde when Venus hits the planet a second time, but they should be resolved by the time the Venus Direct reaches the post-shadow degree. K
eep an ephemeris close to hand.
What is also very important is Venus’s synodic cycle which forms a pentagram in the sky.
Every 8 years Venus will make another point of this magical 5 pointed star so it is worth keeping a record of what happened at the Venus retrograde of 8 years ago and see if there is a pattern.
If you were born during a Venus retrograde then your birth synodic cycle should also reveal some valuable information to you.
Venus Retrograd (Hesperus/Lucifer) Aries Decan 1
~ Mar 17 to Apr 2
Things heat up as Venus moves closer to the Sun and with her transformation from evening to morning star.
Mar 17 Venus on Algenib 9º “one can count popularity and interest in art and literature and distinction; if no further configurations also point to similar gifts.”
“Generous, proud, quick temper, bad morals, drink or evil habits, favorable for financial affairs.”
Mar 25 Sun conjunct Venus.
This peace-loving combination finds a resolution no matter what, and this saintly avoidance of conflict might even appear too good to be true.
During combustion, the Sun’s ego can completely consume the grace of Venus.
It’s a fine line to tread so check times*.
On Mar 25 then there is a window of opportunity where Venus sits in the throne of the King and can bring peaceful and benefic alliances.
On the personal level this can be an ultra-creative, fertile and loving day.
Venus is bombastically combust from Mar 21 to 29.
Venus also becomes more troublesome after Mar 25 anyway since emotions lead the way once she turns into Lucifer.
Before that on Mar 23 Venus is pulled down a rabbit hole into the underworld, until she resurrects as the morning star and a very angry Eris on Mar 27!
Apr 8 Venus square Saturn.
On this day expressing affection is difficult, not because we don’t want to but because we fear rejection.
In order to connect romantically with another, we might prefer to go through a third party or flirt from behind some form of barrier.
This will bring out Venus’s dark, treacherous side, the Babylonian goddess of war Ishtar!! Here ‘sex’ and ‘conflict’ will be addressed one way or another. It could be through the catharsis of creative art or it can be through falling into the trap of seduction and indolence. Pisces tends to be a quite courtly sign, swooning and romantic but not with a particularly high libido.
The square from Saturn will add some fear and the need to protect oneself from seducers.
On the other hand the fixed stars here are daredevils, which could get those will no willpower into venereal trouble when it comes to sex.
Promiscuity is in the news, flirtations are misread and in some an inability to say ‘no’.
Apr 14 Venus station direct as part of an eye aspect pattern.
‘Exhalted’ narcissists could make stupid mistakes out of vanity, revealing who they are.
http://darkstarastrology.com/venus-retrograde/
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