“And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make.”
-The Beatles
Venus will turn a tide with a water trine to Chiron as Wednesday ebbs into Thursday. It will be nothing less than a cosmic call to open your heart. During its swift cruise through the currents of Cancer this week, the brightest planet will cross the cardinal square from Pluto’s Capricorn landing to Uranus on Aries shore. In the midst of that turbulent strait, Venus will receive from Chiron’s Pisces port a flowing trine to fortify its highest manifestation, and by implication, your own.
Robert Hand avers that “In its highest manifestation, Venus is love, the emotion that brings people together without force or compulsion.” In the days to come, it will be important to remember that you are the means by which planets are expressed on Earth. That is especially so for highest manifestation of Venus.
As the living expression of Venus, you have it in your hands to manifest love, both for yourself and others. First, however, the astrology indicates that you must navigate the stormy straits of your own inner tension as represented by the ongoing Uranus-Pluto square. The strain of compulsory transition coupled with the shadow of uncertainty expressed by Pluto can scuttle any trust that forms the bulwark of affection. Trust, however is bound only by expectation. Allowing some slack in your expectations can reduce your tensions and have a transformative effect, enhancing your capacity to love and be loved prior to engagement. Transformation however, implies vulnerability, and vulnerability is a manifestation of Chiron.
Any being in the process of transformation risks being vulnerable, yet that is the indispensable risk. Vulnerability is at once the greatest inhibition and the most powerful invitation to love, and it is the opening you look for. The opening is the place where love and healing can be received and reliably enough, where it is most needed. Recognizing the Chironian opening begins with examining yourself.