Just after Venus arrives in Aquar­ius, she bumps (squares) into Jupiter. Though these two are called the “benefics” in Astrol­o­gy, too much of any­thing is still too much! When plan­ets square one anoth­er, their com­bined effects can lead to each going to a more extreme expres­sion. So be care­ful tonight so as not to overindulge or go to excess…about or with any­thing or anyone!

Squares always pose chal­lenges and choic­es; they seem­ing­ly force you into the posi­tion of hav­ing to choose one thing or anoth­er. Here you think you must choose between what Venus is ask­ing for, or to choose what Jupiter is stand­ing for. As always, the right and true path is the mid­dle road, the path­way of integration.

Venus is attract­ed to what is beyond the ordi­nary now…if it is dif­fer­ent, unusu­al or excep­tion­al it must be good. Jupiter in Tau­rus rais­es the reminder of a “but”…different and unique is fine, but Jupiter asks is your rela­tion­ship wor­thy, last­ing and sen­si­ble too? It seems as if you must choose between the sparkle of excep­tion­al­ism and the com­fort of the reliable…but you can (and must) have both. How? Easy, you must believe that it is possible…and then it is!

Remem­ber, this is your real­i­ty and your own self-made dilem­mas are what you encounter…and so you can change them by being true to the whole of you. Real­ly, both ways are true and necessary…measure to mea­sure they should bal­ance, sup­port and inform one anoth­er. For what was excep­tion­al once will become the expect­ed; and what is now expect­ed will always attract a refresh­ing vis­it from the exceptional.

Venus and Jupiter are mere­ly remind­ing you that in order to live a life that is true, you must believe in and then live a life of one­ness, not of divi­sion and denial…

You must be true to all of yourself…and equal­ly to one anoth­er. For only then will you secure for you and yours the boun­ty of life and love, to have your “Bread and Ros­es” too.

Venus turns toward her gre­gar­i­ous side for the next 3 weeks as she leaves the for­mal, duti­ful realms of Capri­corn for the con­trar­i­an, friend-filled play­grounds of Aquarius.

While Venus was in Capri­corn it was all about the sta­tus quo, tra­di­tion and practicalities…these were the mea­sures of wor­thi­ness, this was the way of love.

Now it is time to move upon that “path less tak­en”, to cel­e­brate your indi­vid­u­al­i­ty, inde­pen­dence and to take delight in eccen­tric­i­ties.  Why go with the ordi­nary when you can be extraordinary?!

The plan­et of love is mov­ing in Air now; your heart and mind are entwined with and enter­tained by com­pan­ion­ship and fellowship…you are moti­vat­ed by ide­al­ism and by the shar­ing of hopes and dreams…by being among your friends.

Love is focused upon rec­og­niz­ing the spe­cial­ness of the oth­er and cre­at­ing a space and style of being that encour­ages each and every to be more of that, to be more of what you essen­tial­ly are…to expe­ri­ence the free­dom to be one­self in and through your rela­tion­ship with one another.

Venus in Aquar­ius wel­comes you to the expe­ri­ence of love that asks sim­ply that you be…yourself!