VENUS UNVEILED: The Venusian archetype in Astrology

VENUS DIGNITY:

DOMICILE: Libra (primary) — Taurus (secondary)

EXALTATION: Cancer

TRANSPARENT EXALTATION: Pisces

FALL: Capricorn

EXILE: Aries (primary) — Scorpio (secondary)

VENUS ARCHETYPE: DESIRE — PLEASURE — LOVE

Just as MARS is the direct prehensile arm of the Sun, the one who translates the will of the Sun into action, so Venus is the left arm of the Moon, the one who inwardly pulsates desire.

Desire (in italian Desiderare) has the Latin etymology de-siderare (sidera = stars), which indicates the practice of sailors who turned to the stars to orient themselves in the immense dark seas of nights, for understanding their longitude.

The prefix de indicates origin, but also lack.

And from the stars sailors of life receive orientation, influence, direction.

So de-sire means to be devoid of stars and looking for their light and clarity.

Being without direction, the desire is vague, passive, often does not give in to action (that’s why Venus is yin, is passive).

MARS IS ORIENTATION: Mars is a vector, it is an arrow, it has a direction, that’s why it can attack.

If I really long for something and I don’t move to get it, then the PRINCIPLE OF ATTRACTION develops from this open desidere. It is from desires that the will can be (or not be) activated.

That’s why we can say that VENUS ACTIVATES / DEACTIVATES MARS, as explained very well in the paining Venus and Mars by Botticelli. 

Read the specific article about Venus and Mars. 

Giulia Maria Miscioscia