Today is Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Chances are you’ve run across the statement “Well-behaved women seldom make history” many times, whether on a bumper sticker or a greeting card. It’s a catchy, inspiring phrase embraced by many a woman determined to make her mark on the world – or, at least, to live her life fully and by her own rules. It could also be the slogan of today’s Venus-Uranus conjunction on the Aries Point.
The Aries Point is the first degree of Aries, a sensitive spot where personal issues have political, worldly impact and vice versa. Uranus, the high-energy outer planet of spontaneous and revolutionary acts and awakenings, has been hanging out in this spot for months, talking to Pluto as the two of them foment some cultural reorganization (Arab Spring and Occupy are just the beginning).
Now add Venus to Aries – the sign of its ‘detriment’ – where its energy is harder to express and access naturally. You could think of Venus here as rather like a young child without the words she needs to express herself: the tools she has to use may tend toward things like tantrums rather than articulate, empathetic therapy-speak. Offering her a little understanding, clear boundaries and some assistance focusing is (generally) more appropriate than putting her in a corner – unless she needs some quiet time.
Of course, Venus making a conjunction to Uranus looks like too much excitement for any corner-sitting anyway. These two planets conjunct in any sign can bestow personal magnetism, unusual creative energy, a strong self-will and unconventional loving (along with emotional highs and lows). This is Venus plugging into a light socket (or, to return to the child metaphor, eating a pile of candy). The question is, how do you work with that much energy, especially if it’s coming in an unrefined and unpredictable form? As with the child, it takes clear boundaries, empathy and focus coming from someone or somewhere else. And given the powerful position of this conjunction – a point where personal and cultural issues feed each other and make shit happen – it’s worth it to seek out that assistance and use it well.