The planet Venus has just entered Taurus. It’s as if the Goddess of Love is coming home to her lush, fragrant, peaceful garden temple after a long journey abroad. She can breathe, rest and access all the resources she needs to get her work done — and Venus’ work is about managing relationships, enhancing beauty and overseeing the intricacies of love. As Venus crosses the threshold of Taurus, she is also forming a 90-degree square to Pluto in Aquarius, and Pluto has just turned retrograde. It’s almost as if the Lord of the Underworld simply can’t face the radiant beauty of Venus standing proudly in her garden. This aspect can bring about power struggles in relationships — a search for stability versus a craving for change, a challenging temptation toward the taboo, or a financial conundrum between safety and risk. All in all, though, Venus remains queen of her castle, and love will rule the day.
Here are your horoscopes for the Venus-Pluto square. Read for your rising and sun signs.
Taurus
April 20 – May 20
Self-love is taking over, and you deserve it wholeheartedly. Appreciate your own personality and the way you move through the world. Do what you feel is appropriate to enhance your natural beauty. There is a struggle taking place at work between sustaining yourself and changing. Choose yourself first, then make your decisions.
Gemini
May 21 – June 21
You may be feeling a tug-of-war between a luscious love for solitude and a powerful drive for adventure. The need to get out and explore is not going anywhere, so enjoy the beauty of your alone time now and feed the wanderlust later. Let your reverie for places beyond fill your time while you luxuriate in isolation. Oh, and try to love your enemies right now and see where that goes.
Cancer
June 22 – July 22
Soak up the love of your friends that is and will be enveloping you, Cancer. There is a great impulse to just be with the people who support you, and I highly recommend giving in. At the same time, there is an intense drive to seek opportunities for collective investments of time or money. Enjoying time together may be stifled by the call to invest, so strategize on your own, but be present with your people.
Leo
July 23 – Aug. 22
Your work world is receiving a beautiful blessing. Perhaps an office renovation is taking place, money is starting to flow in or your colleagues are being extra pleasant. Soak up the grace taking place. Some intensity in an important relationship may challenge the pleasant environment at work, but now is the time for reflection rather than action in this relationship.
Virgo
Aug. 23 – Sept. 22
Step out of your comfort zone. You are awash in love for new places and ideas, and I highly recommend jumping on that train without an itinerary. There is a powerful pull to focus on transforming the routines that structure your everyday life, and this might discourage an adventure. I promise the work will be there when you get back. Go on … scram.
Libra
Sept. 23 – Oct. 23
There is a lovely project calling you to invest and to be a part of it. Whether the return on investment is financial, social or moral, the return will shimmer with goodness. Dive in and trust the collective work. You may feel a powerful challenge to turn away and focus on your own creative endeavor, but your work will always be there and this opportunity won’t. So there.
Scorpio
Oct. 24 – Nov. 21
Love for the other, love for the other, love for the other. Whoever your other is, take this opportunity to bask and bathe in your love for them. There may be some powerful and perhaps unconscious complexes from home and family that challenge the simplicity of loving a partner, but take this time to set those aside and know that you can come back to them later. See what transpires when you let your heart take the helm.
Sagittarius
Nov. 22 – Dec. 21
Time to get your hands dirty and love the feeling of the soil under your nails. While work and toil are not always a source of joy, right now the grind is offering you some bliss. Get into a routine, put your nose to the grindstone and watch the beauty emerge like gold from straw. You may feel an intense tug to keep on planning, but now is a time for action.
Capricorn
Dec. 22 – Jan. 19
Inspiration is everywhere, and you are fertile soil for it to take root. However you produce as a creative being, it is currently the best time for you to plant, water and grow your creative projects. Don’t fret, just do. There may be a powerful desire to ensure that your creative output creates financial return, but catch your muse now and address money later.
Aquarius
Jan. 20 – Feb. 18
Home. Family. The place you rest your head and plant your feet. Roots. Whatever these things mean to you and however they show up in your life, they are shining for you to appreciate them. Face them, stand in awe, and help them grow with your acknowledgement. You probably feel your usual demons about yourself popping up, but set them aside and appreciate what grounds you.
Pisces
Feb. 19 – March 20
Step outside, walk your block, take an extra moment to appreciate your grocer, check out your neighbor’s garden, love your immediate and usual surroundings. What surrounds you regularly influences and informs how you think and communicate, so imbibe your environment with gratitude now and enjoy what has always been there in a new way. Do your best to ignore the powerful impulse to isolate.
Aries
March 21 – April 19
How is your material foundation doing? Yes, your bank account, but also food in your cupboard, the art on your walls, the pillows on your bed. Do you have all you need? If so, radically appreciate that. If not, turn on your peripheral awareness and what you need will emerge. A powerful urge to socialize may pull your attention, but get your own “stuff” right first.
