From September 22, 2020 to October 17, 2024, love, money and resources, and personal values take a deep dive as Venus moves into the mysterious, passionate water sign Scorpio for the next three weeks. Now’s the time to consider approaching love and money matters with intensity and depth.
Get ready to face the shadow self around bonding with another deeply, sharing resources, power dynamics, and understanding how facing the shadow can lead to experiences that evolve and transform. This transit encourages us to be vulnerable with carefully vetted people and explore what is deep, dark, and taboo…because that is what leads to transformation.
PLANETARY ASPECTS
VENUS IN SCORPIO TRANSIT
- 10/4-Venus in Scorpio trine Saturn in Pisces
- 10/8-Venus in Scorpio trine Mars in Cancer
- 10/14-Venus in Scorpio opposition Uranus in Taurus
- 10/15-Venus in Scorpio trine Neptune in Pisces
- 10/17-Venus in Scorpio sextile Pluto in Capricorn
A PENETRATING CONNECTION
SOUL BONDING
Have you ever had anyone know you from your depths? Have you always wanted to be paired with someone that generally knows who you are…flaws and all? Have you ever desired a union where you know that you can be your authentic self while evolving and transforming? These are questions to ask as we navigate the Venus in Scorpio transit.
Oftentimes, people wonder why they feel so disconnected in their relationships. This is largely because many people connect with others superficially. Small talk, good looks, and base attractions, but what comes after this?
This is where the Venus in Scorpio depth prompts us to consider carefully with whom we bond with intimately and to explore if our closest relationships are capable of helping us evolve and transform individually and as a bonded pair.
Scorpio is a fixed, emotional water sign that desires deep bonds that allow for intimacy and exploration of the self on the most profound levels.
If you’ve always desired to have a connection where someone sees to the depths of your soul, the Venus in Scorpio transit has much guidance to offer you.
Those who prefer emotional distance and less invasive partners may find the depth and vulnerability of the Venus in Scorpio transit quite unnerving.
However, Venus in Scorpio is unapologetic about its desire for intense, emotional bonds, and the desire for piercing soul connections. Venus in Scorpio wants to know all of you. It wants to see you at your best and at your worst because this is the epitome of being known to the fullest.
Some would question the desire for such as penetrating connection. Well, because it’s real and authentic. Sorry, but no one is “nice” all the time. People are multi-faceted. People are happy…people are sad. People can be mean, and they can also be kind. Venus in Scorpio desires an all-encompassing understanding of themselves and the other. With this energy, there is the willingness to delve into not only the light but especially the shadows for an thorough, intimate understanding of the self and of the others.
You know you’re doing the Venus in Scorpio transit worthwhile if you are willing to go deeper than what you see. If you are willing to know yourself and others in the throes of happiness and in the sorrows of pain. These are the type of soulful bonds that Venus in Scorpio desires for evolution, growth, and transformation.
SPIRITUAL INTIMACY
TOUCHING THE SOUL
What is intimacy? In a world where connecting with others is dominated by social media DMs and transactional exchanges, true intimacy can be hard to cultivate. Venus in Scorpio urges us to move beyond the shallow and seek the profound in intimate awareness of the self with another. Intimacy involves emotional vulnerability which is beautiful and transforming…with the right person.
This is why Venus in Scorpio energy is keenly and intuitively discerning about the selection of partners. To achieve intimacy, it is necessary to decide who is capable of “baring all” with sincerity. This will require that you select someone that has the capacity to hold your vulnerability with sacred hands and vice versa.
This is no easy feat because a pretty face does not equate to the capacity to be vulnerable. This is not easy because someone can look good on paper but not have the capacity to be an emotionally available, intimate soul partner.
With Venus in Scorpio there is this insatiable desire to explore the depths of the self with another TRUSTED person, so the ability to choose the right person is vital.
If you are single, it is highly recommended to use the Venus in Scorpio transit to harness the ability to discern whether potential love interests are capable of the intimacy desired.
If you are already coupled, Venus in Scorpio provides the energy to deepen connections for mutual growth, evolution, and transformation.
Some individuals will find that they are able to do this with the person with whom they are currently partnered. Others will go through the very necessary revelation that to obtain the bonded intimacy and transformation desired a letting go to make space for a more optimal, spiritually bonded union is required.
AUTHENTICITY & EVOLUTION
FLAWS & ALL
Question…Is it really love if you only know your other half at their best? The beauty of Venus in Scorpio energy is it takes you to Hades. It takes you to the darkness so that you can see and test the resolve of the self and the other. Yes Scorpio energy is known for “testing” people. Some would say this is manipulative. Others see it as a form of “curing” and separating the wheat from the chaff so to speak. This testing is a means of determining whether an individual has the capacity to truly withstand the depth and emotional intensity that Scorpio placements require.
So how do you really know if you’ve bonded with someone if they don’t accept you…flaws and all? The truth of the matter is no one is always at their best, and the Venus in Scorpio transit will highlight this in yourself and others. Are you capable of being in union with another and working through the shadows to become elevated versions of yourselves together?
Only you and the person that you’re dealing with intimately will be able to know if the both of you can go on the journey of transformation and evolution together. If both of you manage to go on the transformative, soul-bonding journey together, seek the higher expressions of Venus in Scorpio.
Do your best to avoid the trappings of Venus in Scorpio where wallowing in the darkness of personal and joined shadows is preferred over evolution and transformation.
If you’re doing Venus in Scorpio “right”, you will find that the bonds formed lead to an authentic expression of all parties and the evolution of the soul. Pluto, Scorpio’s ruler, will have it no other way. These are the types of soulful unions where a life review clearly reveals how the union with a person has significantly altered you forever. Venus in Scorpio seeks bonds with people that can help them be more than what they currently are.
Usually, though, there is a price to pay…a giving up of something within the self in order to bond with the other person to reach the evolved states.
Transformation and evolution of the Scorpionic type is never free, but it is worth it.
VENUS IN SCORPIO SEXUALITY
SEX IS HEALING
With Venus in Scorpio, sex is a conduit for transformation and healing. An increased interest in sexuality that goes beyond the physical hedonism of orgasmic feeling is likely during this transit. Tantra, Kama Sutra and other sexual practices that honor the use of sexuality as a vehicle for healing and intimacy is encouraged in a healthy, respectable manner.
The other side of Venus in Scorpio encourages the exploration of what some would refer to as “sexual taboos.” This is a deeply personal, private, and intimate sexual expression that is shared with those that have the capacity to allow sexual exploration and expression without judgment.
This energy is It is not for the faint of heart, the uptight, or even those who deem themselves to be “nice.” The exploration of these “sexual taboos” under the energy of Venus in Scorpio is supported between consenting adults who understand and respect the vulnerability to acknowledge the depths of sexuality on one’s own terms.
With Venus in Scorpio, even the taboo can be sweet…when explored with sacredness, maturity, and respect. In the spirit of honest, it should be noted, that the taboo can also be quite dark and not so sweet. At times scary and maybe even vile depending on preferences.
The Venus in Scorpio sexuality is thorough in ways that span the range of debauchery and enlightenment. Again, not for the faint of heart, but authentic…nevertheless.
MONEY & VALUES
SHARING RESOURCES
Venus governs not only love but also money, personal earned resources, and personal values. The next three weeks provides an opportunity to consider how joint resources are shared. Venus in Scorpio could bring light to the ability to access other people’s resources such as the earnings and assets of the spouse/committed partner, inheritances, and monies from loans, grants, and windfalls. This transit also highlights debts both personal and joint.
With Venus transiting Scorpio, now is the time to consider how another person’s values could help transform your life. By default, many of the values we hold come from our family of origin. However, there are circumstances where these deeply ingrained values can limit growth and evolution. Venus in Scorpio supports the willingness to integrate the value systems of carefully vetted individuals in exchange for releasing the outdated and stagnant for growth, evolution, and transformation.
VENUS IN SCORPIO CONSIDERATIONS
As with any astrological energy, there are some considerations and precautions for
the Venus in Scorpio transit.
JEALOUSY
The green eyed monster of jealousy can be quite prominent during the Venus in Scorpio transit. Because Scorpio energy desires to bond very deeply with another, this energy doesn’t take lightly to the intrusion of outside energies. If jealousy rears its ugly head, explore the shadow to determine why it is present.
OBSESSION
Speaking of jealousy, let’s move on to the Venus in Scorpio obsession. This energy can become enthralled by the intensity of soul bonding resulting in obsession with the person with whom there is soulful energetic exchange. If you are obsessed, why? Your shadow will inform you as to why.
VINDICTIVENESS
&
REVENGE
You can’t talk about Venus in Scorpio without mentioning the less than pleasant themes of vindictiveness and revenge. This transit may prompt some to pull out their stingers for some “get back” especially in circumstances where there are betrayals in the love and money departments. Be careful with revenge…Scorpio energy is known for stinging itself in an attempt to sting others.
Betrayal is hurtful, but as the ancient Persian poet Rumi states, “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” Embrace the phoenix and choose evolution and transformation over vindictiveness and revenge.
MANIPULATION
In a quest to hold onto these deep intimate transformative bonds, Venus in Scorpio energy operating at a base level can resort to manipulation. We are talking about manipulation of the Machiavellian nature. This can show up as overt and covert tactics of control, subterfuge, psychological puppeteering, and much more.
Whether on the giving or the receiving end of this maleficent energy, it is important to consider why manipulation is being employed. If anything, the desire to manipulate is an indicator of the desire for control and even a fear of loss. Again, Venus in Scorpio energy encourages the exploration of the shadow to address the desire to manipulate and the motivations for doing so.
TOXIC LOVE PATTERNS
Finally, while Venus in Scorpio energy can be quite transformative, this transit can highlight toxic love patterns. Venus in Scorpio urges us to sit with ourselves to consider why we love in the way that we do. This also goes for how we handle resources of the shared/joint variety.
Examples:
Why do we manipulate lovers? Do we use sexual energy to manipulate? Venus in Scorpio will give you an idea as to why..if you are willing to explore this shadow aspect of yourself.
Do you feel like a partner and/or family member uses resources to control and manipulate? Are you doing this to a partner or family member? Venus in Scorpio offers profound insight into the shadow tendencies around the access and handling of resources connected to others.
As dark and uncomfortable as this may be, don’t run from this. The shadowy Venus in Scorpio revelations in love and money offer the space for transformation and evolution if so desired.
Overall, the Venus in Scorpio transit calls us to consider how we operate when it comes to love, sex, money, shared resources, and values from a place of depth and authenticity and to be willing to face our shadow selves in the process.
People are scared of the dark, but Venus in Scorpio shows us that acknowledging the shadow offers the potential for transformation and evolution.
So, don’t run from Venus in Scorpio. Embrace it. The shadow can transform and evolve…if you’re willing.
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Take care,
Candice
