On April 30th, Venus is moving out of the psychedelic storm drain of Pisces and into the hot pants and hellfire of Aries, where she shall reign until June 6th.
Venus in Aries meaning
Venus is a personal planet, meaning her movements have a direct bearing on those of us who are living, loving, striving and struggling on this space rock of rot we call Earth.
Named for the goddess of love, Venus colors attraction and attachment, assets and aesthetics.
As Aries is ruled by Mars, this Venus transit is the marriage of the divine feminine (Venus) and the cardinal masculine (Aries).
While we are all under the influence of this transit, four signs are poised to feel the burn.
Venus is blooming in your first house of identity Aries— the theme is ‘love to love you baby.’ This transit is a summons to find not what jolts you awake but keeps you engaged — what art, sex, people, clothes and pleasurable pursuits not only light your fires, but tend them.
Venus in Aries invites, neigh, lovingly shoves you into the spotlight, moon child. While direct attention can be uncomfortable for you, deliberately dimming yourself is a disservice to all.
Remember, Cancer, you can be both humble and visible, and when you exist as both, you offer the lantern of that dual possibility to everyone watching.
Venus in Aries in your seventh house of partnership is here to light fire to notions of pleasantries, white lies, and concessions made for the purpose of people pleasing.
Author and activist Nadine Gordimer writes, “The truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.”
Seek your fill, Libra
T.S. Eliot tells us that home is where we start from, but in the baptism by fire sign of Aries, make home where you begin, again and again, Capricorn.
This transit asks what makes you feel safe and what spaces feel like love when you walk through them?
Activating your fourth house of origins and ancestry, Venus in Aries invites you not to be limited by the lens of nostalgia, but alight with the possibility that you can make a home in the world that’s a better, truer reflection of where you are, who you are and what you need.
Start with a hard edit that culls everything useless and uninspiring in your immediate environs. Cut the fat and grow strong and tall on what is beautiful, essential and nourishing.
Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and irreverently reports on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture and personal experience. To book a reading, visit her website.
