By Len Wallick
Venus will form a conjunction with one of the newly-discovered planets, Varuna, on Friday. Varuna is a slow-mover, spending more than a decade in the sign Cancer, and is one of those behind the scenes influences. In fact, one of the key ideas of Varuna is that it’s behind everything, and since it’s in Cancer, it’s an emotional influence. Most likely you will feel this conjunction as a change of heart. This would be nothing sudden, but rather something that develops over time.
There are three things to remember about conjunctions. First, it is the beginning and the end of a cycle for the objects involved. It’s very much like a New Moon, when the luminaries come together to start a new month, familiar in its phases yet distinguished by a unique context.
Conjunctions also merge the identity and expression of the aspect’s constituents. Sometimes it’s an easy blend of the archetypes. Other times it is a strange brew. Every time the location is a part of the mix, as is the residue that each participating planet carries to their merger from other, recent encounters.
Finally, the close quarters of a conjunction imply the existence of a blind spot. Being deeply involved with a person, place or situation can obscure what is apparent to a detached observer. Perhaps this accounts for the term “love is blind.” The phenomenon may have positive results, facilitating growth and healing. Often it does not. It is always quite an awakening when time and/or separation removes the blindfold.
Venus splashed into Cancer on the Fourth of July, breaking the surface tension of a solar eclipse unseen by any human from the face of the Earth. It proceeded to gather cardinal elements of grace, embellishing its archetype of attraction. This began promptly with a baptismal water trine from retrograde Neptune in Pisces. What followed was the consummate, cumulative continuum of a grand cross as Venus squared Uranus and Saturn, interposed with an opposition to Pluto, all in the course of seven days. Then, last week, the brightest planet disappeared from our view, into the Sun’s golden shroud. Is that epic or what?