All I’m asking for is a little respect
-Otis Redding (1965)
This weekend, you may find yourself revisiting issues of relationship and respect, and the choice of harmony or acrimony, based on a pair of events working together. Venus in Capricorn will square Saturn in Libra for the second time this year. Concurrently, Mars in Virgo will enter the degree where Uranus conjoined Pluto in 1965.
The cardinal square from Venus to Saturn will recall the Leo Full Moon in February earlier this year. That is the last time Venus was in Capricorn making this aspect to Saturn in Libra, and it carried a similar theme of relationships. It may be worth thinking back to that time to recall what was going on in your relationships then. The Mars transit will take us back to the soul of a great songwriter confronting an issue for the ages.
In your life, those issues of relationship and respect, and the choice of harmony or acrimony, may provide an opportunity to do something differently this time. The result will depend on whether you truly want mutually receptive relationships, or whether you just want what you want.
In astrology, the term mutual reception means two planets each occupying the sign that the other rules. Twice this year, Venus has been in Capricorn, ruled by Saturn. For its part, Saturn has continuously been in Venus-ruled Libra since 2009. The arrangement is supposed to be symbiotic and synergistic as long as both the planets in question are not in a detrimental placement. Venus in Capricorn is not impaired. Saturn in Libra is not weak. Yet somehow, this particular case of mutual reception is more labor than love, symbolizing a dilemma. The reason is in the aspect and what it means.