Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
— William Shakespeare, The Tempest
For most, there will be another side to the tempest now being endured by those of you in the eastern United States. On the other side of millions in misery, there will be November. On November 1, from its Libra high ground, Venus will oppose a Uranus retrograding through the vernal fields of Aries. Venus opposite Uranus will recall the quoted line from The Tempest, and the versions that followed, in ways that will test and reveal the current state of humanity.
Venus, as used in astrology, is not anathema to Uranus. As a matter of fact, there is a nominal connection so ancient as to be almost lost. Not lost is the energetic difference between Venus and Uranus.
Venus is about attraction, receptivity and charisma. The brightest planet’s expression in your life often involves no energy at all. Therein is both its charm and curse. When you are working with Venus properly, abundance is drawn to you spontaneously without effort or grief. If, on the other hand, a Venusian predominance is not handled mindfully, stagnation prevails. Working with Uranus presents very different prospects.
First among the planets in our solar system properly identified with a telescope, Uranus is associated with initiative. Having been an unexpected find confers it with the element of surprise. Discovered between the American and French revolutions, Uranus will long be connected to sudden, galvanizing change. In other words, Uranus has abundant, but unpredictable, energy. Much like the storm now afflicting the eastern seaboard, Uranus can wreak havoc by itself. A waxing opposition with Venus, however, indicates both unusual alliances and serendipitous associations could initiate an unprecedented path to recovery from havoc present and past.