2 posts tagged “venus in aries”
"Venus, currently retrograde, in Aries, has empowered me to speak boldly: I'm tired of all the bad news. I'm fed up with the media's blaring 24/7 pronouncements about the recession. I'm particularly done with political bickering. And I've had it with pundits, preachers, and prognosticators — even astrological ones — who swear that economic Armageddon is at hand. I refuse to be bombarded any longer by a negative story line. Yes, the situation is bad. But what I want to know is what are we doing about it? When Aries (and we all have Aries somewhere in our personal chart) gets irritated and impatient it barks with frustration, which turns its natural candor brazenly blunt. I don't know about you, but I'm done with the drama. I want a story that tells the truth without the toxicity of fear.
Venus is Retrograde in Aries until April 17, and except for a brief touchdown in Pisces mid-April, Venus spends most of her time in tempestuous, adventurous, and outspoken Sign of warrior — not the worrier. So don't be surprised if you find yourself taking a strong stand, made stronger by a direct declaration of your opinion, which, of course, you will not only feel entitled to but will also feel is completely correct. Don't expect agreement, and don't expect disagreement to alter your point of view, which means there's no need to send me an e-mail offering a counter point of view. Aries clings quite adamantly to its perspective.
And here's mine: The media keeps referring to this recession as if we've been in a halcyon period of milk and honey abundance for the last several decades. Hel-lo? Did I miss something? Most of us didn't strike it rich in the high, fast, free, and easy financial world. Most of us have been in a constant struggle to survive, especially as the spending habits of a small minority jacked up prices on necessities, especially rent and food, not to mention oil and health care. Since Reaganomics, normal life (whatever that is) has become increasingly expensive, as our system, bloated on its own greed, continued to devolve. Those of us who weren't in the small echelon of the rich attempted to maintain a personal status quo through plastic, which on one side of the coin was a godsend, but on the other was a ring of hell Dante could never have imagined. But if you listen to the media, none of that struggle existed. From the infomercial point of view, we've gone from an Ozzie and Harriet to Road Warrior overnight, and at any moment there will be rioting in the streets.
Yes, we are at a crucial period in our collective history, symbolized by the Saturn/Uranus opposition and the coming Uranus/Pluto square. But I refuse to make the worst possible scenario my picture of reality. From an astrological or a purely terrestrial point of view, our current crisis is cyclical. We've been through this before. From a spiritual perspective, these are the times that grow the soul. And that's a story worth telling."
