Astrology is thousands of years old, almost as long as we've been feeling connected to our surroundings, it's easy to imagine a time without light pollution, without noise, and above all without the psychological pollution offered by canned ideas, in which one could perceive how the stars and planets were united and were one with us.
A reflection of what was happening here on earth was sought in the sky, and Venus was taken as the planetary reference for love in all the facets in which it is possible to observe it, I will focus on what Western astrology considered as "pure" values, that is, what is considered the position of maximum power of Venus, the way in which the planet of love and human relationships produces the best results.
In astrology we call domicile and exaltation the places in which a planetary energy is in its expression of maximum power, Venus is powerful in Taurus, Libra and Pisces, this means that for classical astrology the optimal way to express love was different for the various aspects of life, in the material realm, Venus expresses itself as love of nature, as love of safe, stable values, valuing what is real over the desire for reality, valuing living beings over power over them, everything that can be counted and measured, livestock, land, harvest..., in the realm of ideas on the other hand the best form of expression of Venus is in Libra, balance, diplomacy, harmony, aesthetics and politics..., the best way to express Venus for classical astrology is to adapt in the world of ideas and not have an explicit desire to obtain certain values, because success is that they are shared and balanced values, curious isn't it?
In the emotional world, Venus is powerful in Pisces, Venus in Pisces is capable of wrapping everything, it can love everything, it makes no distinction between high and low, narrow or wide, far or near, because it is like water vapor that adapts to the space through which it travels, it is emotion free from bonds that expands without fear, for classical astrology on the other hand, values such as fidelity are only contemplated from the material point of view and absolute concepts are detrimental to relationships, for classical astrology and its form of valuation, the opposite of Pisces is Virgo, where Venus loves form and detail, the opposite of Taurus is Scorpio where emotional possession predominates, manipulation, and Venus in Aries, where you do not share values with others, you try to impose your own.
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