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And now — Venus opposite Arachne. In honor of the first chapter of Mars Calling coming out today, this edition of Astrology & Adventure is only for guys from this point on. Note, to purchase just Aries, which comes out at about 8 pm Eastern Time, use this link.
Venus is the planet of love, attraction and what we value. Generally it represents women, how we feel about them and how they feel about themselves. Venus is in Aries. I have learned from writing Mars Calling that with Aries, you get two layers: the surface, and the rest of the universe. The rest of the universe takes you back into the cosmic waters of Pisces. Aries represents what is new, but what was already there was the cosmic ocean.
Venus in Aries therefore gives us two layers of self-awareness: glamor and reality. Glamor is easy — you put on an expensive surface layer, adjust your face and your attitude and add sunglasses — then you take on the world.
Reality is you are a person with feelings, needs, contradictory emotions and most of all, confusion where your inner orientation is concerned. You wake up every day and the world is a slightly different place. You are not sure what’s right or wrong for you. You might have a hunch what is right, but not how to get there. No matter how much effort you put in, you’re not sure about it — the effort does not make it right.
Arachne represents the story we tell ourselves and others. She is the goddess-as-spider, sitting at the center of her web, weaving the world of which she is in control — and making sure that the present bears a distinct resemblance to the past.
This is, on one level, creativity — spider medicine, as referenced a few days ago in this space, is all about the creative force, that weaves truth or maya. She is also about the interconnectedness of people and things: the rumors we spread or listen to; the webs we weave when first we practice to deceive. It can be about intentional conspiracies between people as well.
In any event, where you see Arachne in a chart, you can note the possibility of story, interconnectedness and creativity (for better or worse). Points in the chart that Arachne contacts will feel conspiratorial. It may be subtle; it may involve a point of view or a way of life not quite abandoned after junior high school; it may involve people actually doing things behind the back of your chart native, or vice versa. But if you listen carefully you will hear the story.
Today’s story is about a conspiracy of purity, of piety, of making sure that you are perceived as a proper person, with no particular passions to which you are subject, even if this comes at the expense of truth, passion and the enjoyment of who you are. The conspiracy relates to mandatory/obligatory relationship models and the need to maintain the image of perfection, even if it’s crushing you on the inside.
Hey, today the Sun is sextile Chiron. This at least gives us a little leverage from the world of the individual to the collective around us. Sun sextile Chiron asks: are we the same person from situation to situation? Do we practice “What you see is what you get?” Do we say yes and no like we mean these words, or are they reflexes? Finally, how susceptible to group pressure are we? In particular, do we groom our image to be acceptable to a group? Or do we present ourselves to the people around us as we are, as an act of hour-to hour integrity?
On that note, I leave you with today’s full aspect list, courtesy of Serennu.
Aspecs for Wednesday 09 April 2008
Arachne (3+ Libra Rx) trine Ceres (3+ Gemini)
Nessus (14+ Aquarius) sextile Great Attractor (14+ Sagittarius)
Mars (14+ Cancer) quincunx Ixion (14+ Sagittarius Rx)
Venus (3+ Aries) opposite Arachne (3+ Libra Rx)
Sisyphus (23+ Libra Rx) trine Neptune (23+ Aquarius)
Mercury (12+ Aries) septile Ceres (4+ Gemini)
Sun (20+ Aries) sextile Chiron (20+ Aquarius)
Sun (20+ Aries) quincunx Logos (20+ Virgo Rx)
Sisyphus (23+ Libra Rx) septile Saturn (2+ Virgo Rx)
Venus (4+ Aries) sextile Ceres (4+ Gemini)
Chiron (20+ Aquarius) quincunx Logos (20+ Virgo Rx)
Mercury (13+ Aries) sesquiquadrate Orcus (28+ Leo Rx)
Mars (14+ Cancer) trine Hidalgo (14+ Scorpio Rx)
Apollo (17+ Cancer) conjunct Varuna (17+ Cancer)
Sun (20+ Aries) sesquiquadrate Hylonome (5+ Sagittarius Rx)
Pallas (13+ Aries) quintile Hades (25+ Gemini)
Today’s Oracle – Jan 23, 2004 – Taurus – Weekly
If you suddenly experience a loss of faith in a certain situation, in yourself, or in the cosmic plan, just be with it. What you’re experiencing is an echo of a past situation rather than an omen for the future. The world is not a perfect place and the mind is not a perfect instrument of the divine. There are moments of struggle and moments of clarity. Often, one leads to the other in that precise order. On one level, what you’re obsessing over is quite small; on another it is symbolic of something far deeper and wider.