Venus in Capricorn: connecting from behind a mask
Disconnected by Erin Ko.
Venus moves into cool as a cucumber Capricorn on 8 January, after spending the last month in fiery Sagittarius.
The problem with Venus in Capricorn is that her coolness doesn’t come from a place of detached, quiet acceptance. Instead Venus in Capricorn tends towards the strategic in relationships and remains a little apart and emotionally uninvolved because it suits her need to be objective and independent.
Venus in Capricorn avoids dramas of all kinds, seeing them as impediments to her progress, but this can mean that she fails to engage with others on a deeper level. As a result, she is prone to bottling things up. Even when she feels very deeply about something she may have trouble expressing her feelings to those she loves.
How will Venus in Capricorn affect you?
Venus in Capricorn will resonate most strongly for those with Venus placed in Capricorn or the 10th House natally, as I do. You may also feel it if you have natal aspects between Venus and Saturn.
The area of your life that will be most affected depends on which houses Venus is transiting through in your chart. To check this, look to see where the sign of Capricorn begins and ends in your chart. In my chart Capricorn begins at the end of the 7th House and continues through into the 8th, so this transit will impact my interpersonal relationships and intimacy.
Venus in Capricorn will affect our way of relating with others but some of us will feel it more strongly than others. If you’re one of those who will be personally affected you may feel as though a barrier has suddenly come between you and those you love. It may be difficult to express how you feel.
Are you feeling Venus in Capricorn? Please share your experiences below.
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Fear of the unknown is coming up quite a bit for me at the moment, maybe this is more fear of making a mistake
I get that a lot Liv… So debilitating! Have learned I have to just push through the fear and if I mess up I’ll deal with that as it comes xx
Faith, thanks for your encouragement, it means a lot to me
Do you have any information of Transiting Pluto conjunct nal Venus? Venus in 2nd house? Rules 6 and 11
Today, as Venus sextiles my Sun, I finally got around to writing (manifesting = capricorn) my part of a co-written (Venus) story. The story is very Plutonian/Uranian…I realize I may be tuning into the “vibe of the times.”
It certainly sounds like it Micheal :) I’d be interested to read your story sometime…
I didn’t know where to put this comment – either in the Aquarius post or here, but this quoute: “…Now in direct motion Mercury’s energy is again turned outward and things that may have been bubbling beneath the surface, particularly resentments towards those you feel are in a more powerful position than you, may erupt in dramatic ways” is really spot on.
The exact day that Mercury turned direct, I got fired from my new job! But this is where the Aquarius theme comes swimming in, on the waves of the P/U square activated in my 12th house where Pluto is lurking in the waters these years.
I now see the bigger picture of what this aspect was to upheave for my part. One of the things was my emotional maturity/resilience (transit Pluto squaring natal moon in 8th from 2013 – 2015) – but the thing is… I have gone from a totally “corporate girl personality” and career-style to the complete opposite. During these years I met a great man which I left my roots and home town for – and my job was all about performance and large corporate / enterprise stuff. Prestige? You got it! But… heart? No.
The man who fired me (my boss’s husband) was really nasty. Things exploding right in my head! But after a week or so I’ve come to realize that this was really for the best! Because after all of this upheaval, I’m not the same anymore. I don’t fit into the corporate spirit in the way I used to do. I want to use my skills in something totally new, something with a higher purpose for humanity (Hello, Aquarius!)
My ascendant is at 4 degrees Aquarius, Uranus is placed 4 degrees from my MC in the 9th house – and I have MC at Sagittarius. The 10th house is not only about career, but WHO ARE YOU in the public eye, in the outer world. And right now I simply can’t go back to this career life/style.. But WHAT then?
The fact is – I don’t know. But I finally feel “closure” on the past 3-4 years of upheaval. Pluto will be sextiling my sun in a short time, and I hope that this will strengthen my personality. Also, I am glad that Saturn will teach me WHO I REALLY AM during his visit to my 10th house.
So… sometimes getting fired is really an opportunity to find your real self, who you really are beneath all that armor of the daily life!
Also, I am a stellium Scorpio with 4 personal + Jupiter in the 9th house. Almost all my planets are in the 8th house or Scorpio, so it has taken a little while to sink in, since Scorpios are preeeetty steadfast once a course is laid out :P
So, making us listen AND change course + self image requires … lots of P/U squares ;-)
Sounds like you’re really riding these changes in a positive way Anette. Nice one! BTW have you considered joining the Know Yourself forum? I think you would really enjoy it… x
Hi Faith!
Oh I completely agree, finally I’m seeing the bigger picture here. I don’t think you can outrun your destiny, but at least a lot of what has happened now makes good sense to me. Life must be lived in forward motion but being understood in backwards motion as Kierkegaard once wrote.
I think all of us have had at least some area where our life has been turned upside down, but for a cardinal energy that has certainly been the case these past years! I’m only glad that it’s soon over, but also glad that I’m not a different (and – I think – better) person after all of this.
I will definitely check out the Know Yourself Forum – thanks for the tip!