Give and take is a pervasive principle of your existence. From the very matter of which you are made, all the way to that which matters most for you, meaning is derived from exchange and reciprocation. This week Venus (surging across earthy Virgo) and Mars (cruising watery Cancer), are symbolically demonstrating that principle through their orientation to each other and the rest of the zodiac.
It begins with the nature of Venus and Mars as used in astrology. When you see, feel or embody the active or energetic, that’s Mars present and accounted for, working in your life.
Conversely, Venus is the receptive and attractive. When you are drawn to people, things or circumstances through through no action on their part, or when they are drawn to you, though your role be passive, that’s Venus in your pocket.
It is only through their give and take that the nature of Venus and Mars become evident in astrology. One archetype without the other is as meaningless and inconceivable as one side of a coin without the other.
Right now, Venus and Mars are in a functional, albeit developing, sextile, one of at least five other concurrent, spatially sequential sextiles constituting this week’s grand sextile daisy chain around the zodiac. The specific aspect between Venus and Mars will perfect on Friday when they are 60 degrees apart. In the meantime, the intrinsic collaboration between Venus and Mars is both lending to and deriving from the symbolism of the grand configuration.
In the words of Robert Hand, sextiles represent “a time of balance” in the relationship between the participating objects and/or points (and what they symbolize). That’s give and take if anything is. Since our present grand sextile consists of at least six functional sextiles in an unbroken circle, the indicated interpretation is one of universal give and take, and an imperative to participate in kind if you want to be on the bus.
Assuming that interpretation applies, you might consider Venus and Mars to be the drivers of the bus for a handful of reasons. First, they are in a participating sextile themselves. Also, their symbolic symbiosis is very nearly synonymous with what a sextile represents. Additionally, the two planets are placed to represent the two elements (earth and water) underlying the grand constituency. Finally, because Venus and Mars are moving faster than all the other grand sextile participants (except the Moon), it will be their separation that ultimately takes the grand sextile away from us for the time being — but not before they give us the basis for the next big chapter in the unfolding astrology of 2013.
When the sextile from Venus to Mars is exact to the degree on Friday, the point of balance between them is where the Leo New Moon will take place a week from today. In addition to beginning a new lunar cycle, that New Moon will very possibly initiate an new era of give and take on a fundamental level of human existence where things have been very out of balance for a very long time; but that’s getting ahead of ourselves.
For now, position yourself to catch the bus by being conscious of where your giving and taking can not only make a difference, but also set an example for others. For now, think of it as getting back in touch with where you come from and what you are part of. For just as is the case with Venus and Mars, give and take is the source of meaning that comes through the source of all meaningful things: relationship.
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aword: Thank you for your insightful support.
be: Thank you for your correlations from experience, and thank goodness the glitch in your computer has been relieved.
It’s really true; what they say about Mars aspects being felt days before they are exact. I had three examples of Venus in Virgo sextile Mars in Cancer (and Mars was conjunct my Ceres). First in the Post Office I realized I had forgotten to put a stamp on my car insurance payment and went to use a self-service machine to buy some. Turns out that it only took credit cards (or debit) so I was going to have to stand in line to get them from a clerk. A young woman who had been right before me offered to use her card so I wouldn’t have to wait and I paid her for the stamps instead. How very thoughtful she was. Venus in Virgo!
Then I went to Trader Joe’s and was standing in line when a nice young man who worked there scooped up my purchases and took me to a check out lane where there was no line and I was out in record speed. Finally, I went to Best Buy fearing the worst for my computer which wouldn’t start. A very courteous young fellow registered me and said I could sit in the waiting area and someone would be with me soon. About 10 minutes later he told me I was next and sure enough another young man called my name. I told him my problem and in just a couple of minutes he had it up and running . . .a “glitch” in my Dell model caused it to go into hibernate mode sometimes. No charge.
I’m wondering if I reminded these young people of their mother.
be
Len, the wheels on the bus may go ’round and ’round, but this time ’round they are not spinning in the muck, but definitely moving forward and going somewhere.
It’s good to think of Venus and Mars as co-drivers seeing as they represent the give and take that makes the world go ’round. Best to have a balanced alignment before heading out on a new journey.
Thanks for a wonderful description of our astro world.