So many astrologers talking about Venus retrograde in and of itself. Yet I see nobody posting about the fact that the retrograde period has extended the opposition between Venus and Saturn—probably one of the most challenging and keenly felt transits that there is.
If you are struggling to see the beauty in things, if life seems to have lost some of its lustre, if the world seems a little more cruel and arbitrary than usual, be not alarmed. This too shall pass.
If it feels as though a vice is being tightened around your heart, or if you feel like you’re squeezing the last drop of juice from life’s lemons, losing hope for sweet lemonade in the face of life’s apparent dwindling, remember: this too is part of the plan, part of the cycle.
Saturn puts pressure on what we value in the most vulnerable and tender of ways, not, ultimately, to destroy it, but to strengthen it, by forcing us to become aware of what is truly valuable about it, at its core, once all the glitz and glamour has been stripped away.
If you’re feeling challenged by this time in the ways I’ve described, make some time to be alone and feel the full force of your emotions, whatever they are. Do whatever you need to do to bring them to the surface. Journal, breathe, run, stretch, sit still, cry, yell—whatever it is, even (or especially) if you are resisting it internally.
Then, having honoured whatever it is that is coming to the surface, look for that fundamental core of value, that diamond in the rough. Whatever has been challenged in recent weeks by negativity or pessimism, look closer at it.
To borrow Ram Dass’ metaphor, find the glowing ember in the ashes: “the only thing that’s important is that ember.” Slowly, patiently, diligently, protectively, even laboriously (honouring Saturn), build the fire anew.
Venus-Saturn is a challenging opportunity to rummage in the rubble of all our failed experiments in frippery and frivolity, and find amongst the discarded detritus and disillusionment, the smallest, toughest, most durable and meaningful fragment of what we actually value in the most fundamental sense.
It’s not easy work, but its what can help us to move incrementally closer to a life which is ultimately more aligned and involved with the deepest yearnings of the heart.
It’s a challenge to be hard and soft, and let the two live together, in love.
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