Venus in Scorpio ♀ 2023
Dec 4-29, 2023
With Venus in Libra since Nov 8, love & friendship are up for review (again!). We’re taking a good look at our relationships (or really, ourselves), and if something’s not working, Libra lets us know, sometimes forcefully! We no longer have the option to look away. So good luck, my friends, it’s not quite over yet. Two messages are very clear this time around: we’re done with codependence, it’s ok to be alone; and sometimes the best course of action is to just let everything go and move on.
Soon Venus will enter water constellation Scorpio and intensify the above themes, but with an emphasis on agency and self-empowerment rather than interpersonal politics. This is a more inward journey, one which will require us to be brutally honest with ourselves. This cycle is potent medicine for the blistered soul. It’s all good though because in the end we reclaim our personal power. We will come away from this transit feeling stronger and sexier.
Scorpio is the sign of transformation and rebirth but first comes the wounded heart, the spiritual crisis. Diving to the bottom of the scorpion cove brings us to breaking point. Blackest black gives way to light. This is the scorpion mission, to find the edge and careen into the abyss: renewal through obliteration.
Venus in Scorpio teaches us how to strike a balance between power and vulnerability. To be at once exposed and concealed: this is what the scorpion most fears and desires. Under her influence, we often become compulsive as we scramble to remain in control. But when we finally break down and let go of our need for control, we break through to a state of greater spiritual and emotional awareness. This is the paradox of the scorpion. Scorpio must learn that she cannot force or mold the path. The journey simply unfolds as it must, year after year.
Venus in Scorpio expresses her love with ferocious intensity. She does not want, she needs. She doesn’t stop until her prey is lying helplessly in the grasp of her pincers. Witchy Scorpio lives deep beneath the surface, circling mysteriously. This archetype is extreme, singular, fervent. She does not want to chat, she wants to make passionate love. She is driven, ambitious, prone to addiction and obsession, churning the inky night into a whirlpool of hot blood and desire. She is vehement, relentless.
But you know what? It’s perfectly fine to be dark and intense and macabre. I fucking hate toxic positivity. It is time to befriend the shadow of our most shadowy shadow. We all have a dark side.
Drawn to all that is morbid and aberrant, the scorpion feels most alive in the midst of chaos. Her stinger can destroy all in a moment…or she can hold on to her poison, turn it to gold inside her, and let it fuel her metamorphosis.
It is worth asking: what would happen if I “lost control”? What would that really look like?
Scorpio leads us to Sagittarius. Scorpio prepares us for the centaur’s effulgent starlight. But before we enter these sparkling amethyst flames, we need to look at our shit, truly. Want to piss off a Scorpio? Tell them: “just let it go and move on.” Why do we insist on dwelling, on miring ourselves in deep trenches of hatred and resentment?
With so much sexual/emotional/psychic energy flooding in, things are bound to get complicated…& delicious. Bear in mind that Venus in Scorpio is ultimately about self-discovery rather than sex or lust. The passion we seek in interpersonal relationships is really intended for self-love <3
First day of Venus in Scorpio (Dec 4) is also the Last Quarter Moon in Virgo: water & earth working in tandem.
Dec 5: Venus trine Saturn in Pisces. Blissful, oceanic vibes. Things are moving along. Saturn’s influence is grounding and supportive.
Dec 9: Venus opposite Jupiter Retrograde in Taurus. Body & mind depleted, low energy. Self-care is in order. Not conducive for socializing. Disappointment, crushed expectations, & interpersonal tension. Blurry lines & boundaries.
Dec 13: Mercury Retrograde begins
Dec 21 (Winter Solstice): Venus opposite Uranus Retrograde in Taurus. Relationship to self and others impacted negatively. Expect curveballs. Frustration, chaos, anxiety, control freak tendencies. The waves are choppy but we have to go with the flow to save our energy and make it out unscathed.
Dec 25: Venus trine Neptune Retrograde in Pisces. Dreamlike and beautiful. Easy breezy. Peace, tranquility, calm. Hopes and expectations soaring.
Listen to “Venus, Bringer of Peace” from Gustav Holt’s planetary suite. If you were born with Venus in Scorpio, this is your Venus Return. To find your personal Venus sign, click here.
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