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𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘
𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐢'𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭.
𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞 𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬, 𝐧𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐨. 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐞, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨!
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞: 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥'𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟.
𖤓 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧: don't be scared to show off; your path involves potential for success and power, and you have to refine your confidence and ego. you could be someone who has issues and trauma involving authority, and this is an indicator of having unresolved trauma connected to your father figure. to feel whole is to achieve your heart's wish. if you want to become a singer, athlete, or anything else, do it, or you'll always feel like you're searching for something.
- you need to remember that there is light at the end of the tunnel, and through that period of becoming a better version of yourself, you have to overcome the behaviour or feeling that you are less than, which causes you to not pursue your goals. on the other hand, it could also mean you might overestimate yourself and dismiss stories that have to be learned before you become your better self.
☽ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧: your feelings do matter, but how you project them is what is important. to feel whole is to be around people who are considerate of your feelings, but you have to make sure you're giving the same manners and emotional intelligence that you want from other people. allow yourself to sit in your feelings and find a way, or you will always think of the past when you're supposed to be pushing forward.
- could overcome challenges and cycles that happen within the family, and you could have complicated relationships with your family or your mother-figure. you could be someone who is searching for a home, but before you do, you need to feel at home with yourself before you give yourself to other people. don't be shy to show your face and feel beautiful too!
☿️ 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐲: to feel at home is to be courageous about the ideas that appear in your mind. do not allow people to make you feel less than because your ideas could be out of the box. make connections with other people; isolating yourself makes you numb. you could have a complicated relationship with people in your family, specifically your relatives like siblings, cousins, and could even go as far as aunties and uncles.
- need to keep your mind in harmony; have something to turn to, whether it be a journal, music, or a person. your anxiety could stop you from remembering how to ground yourself and even feel confident in what you want to complete in this life. you could be a student of life or be someone who guides others in understanding something you're insightful on.
♀ 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬: it is clear that your soul intends to be in love, but loving does not always have to be directed to someone else; it could also be learning how to love yourself and allowing yourself to love and to be loved, platonically or romantically. you could be someone who might feel uncomfortable with your "feminine" side, and it could unintentionally project onto women in your life. you embody Venus' grace easily, but the challenge is being aware of it, being harmonious with how you love yourself, and still being comfortable in other people's confidence.
- you are someone who has to experience adventures that could impact how you love, the type of people you're interested in, or the creativity and imagination you could hide. your duty is to be abundant in your joy, and remember that love also enters our lives through different things, and remember the lack of affection from someone else does not mean you are nothing. overcome the idea that not everyone will have the capacity to carry your spark, vice versa...
♂ 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐬: when Mars carries the highest degree for you, this could mean you might have unresolved karma involving your temper or even your relationship with men or people with prominent masculine energy. you could be someone who allows other people to walk over you, but as time progresses, you are someone who learns your own self-power, and this can intimidate other people who might be used to you being a walking mat. your soul intends to create and lead, you'll find yourself in situations where you have to be your own leader and carer, especially when you're young.
- you have to harmonise your innovative energy and comprehend where is it you have to direct it towards. you might be someone who has so many ideas, but sometimes you might get confused about what you want to do. this can cause short-term ambition and to get the life you want, you have to refine the energy that carries so much fire to begin something in the first place. you could also have to overcome challenges that could put you in environments or eras of life where you bend to ideas that could be very macho and even patriarchal, your life's path is to remember that you don't have to follow the rules of other people all the time to feel like you are a part of something or progressing somewhere.
♄ 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧: when Saturn carries the highest degree for you, this can mean that you might feel you are put through life's trials and tribulations all the time. though you need to become someone who comprehends that fate turns the wheel for everyone, and that also involves you. you are someone who needs to figure out what it is you want to master; you could be the type of person who feels a calling but could avoid it due to what you think everyone else expects you to follow.
- the degree being the highest here can also mean that you are someone who needs to harmonise your self-control, your need for power, and even authority. in your family, you could feel like you've been burdened to notice all the obstacles that block your family's way to progression, and the themes that occur in your family line likely plays in your life too. to be emotionally fulfilled means overcoming the fear of judgement; you cannot succeed in life if you're wondering what the person next to you is thinking. this is also an indicator of having issues with institutions and people in power.
♃ 𝐣𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫: when you have Jupiter as your highest degree planet, this could mean that you are someone who has to learn how to be comfortable in receiving the abundance you're supposed to have in your life. you might've been someone who was told not to be too confident in your wins; this would also advise you to go where you are celebrated. on the other hand, it could also advise you to balance how much you take and give, do not become addicted to the things that flow to you; remain balanced before you can be your own downfall.
- you could be great at teaching other people advice, but you could be someone who needs to follow what you advise people. this could also mean that you might have to overcome challenges when it comes to your philosophy and worldly thinking: are you fair or do you follow a system that grows due to the expenses of other people? you also need to remember that you're still a student of life.
♅ 𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬: the clear point of not caring how much you stand out in a crowd. this could also mean you went through periods of being aware that you stand out because of something about you, and that experience aids you to not fearing being who you are in front of crowds. you also might've had much experience understanding both the highs and downs of society, this makes you someone understand Humans really well.
- however, it could also mean that you're someone who needs to stop focusing on other people's liberation and look at what could make you feel stuck now and then. your degree being the highest also means you're not supposed to be alone, so you could find yourself in different friendship groups learning different and whimsical lessons.
♆ 𝐧𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞: you could be someone who knows how to morph into other people, but you also need to question what it is that belongs to you? what sets you apart from other people? opposite to those who have uranus in their highest degree, who have to understand that through community you can learn so much about your distinction. neptune being the highest for you could insinuate that you have to learn what is it that triggers you to want to follow the crowd.
- you are very intuitive, so it could sometimes be hard to differentiate reality and your dreams, so this could make you someone who loses themselves in habits that can trigger addiction and obsession. you need to harmonise what you want to become and lean away from the extreme paths you might take to attain it. With Neptune ruling over glamour, it could also be asking you what is beautiful and what you're actually comfortable in.
♇ 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐨: when this is your highest degree, your soul's potential is to attempt to become its best version of itself, but this could mean you might feel yourself go through transformations to more than actually understand who you are. it is implied that people with Pluto at the highest degree likely had a strong sense of authority and position in a past life, and what you have to do in this current life is to harmonise the need to one-up other people and feel comfortable with yourself, knowing you're not always going to be the biggest person everywhere. this is not to humble you but to point out those very arrogant with this placement.
- you might've grown up around people who misused power, and your karma is to make sure to not become similar to those people and become that person who uses your influence for good. you are someone who carries experience when it comes to handling obsessive people or being the obsessed person, and a large part of your life story involves not becoming the person who breaks down over things that are not for them, whether it be about love, money, or popularity. there's an issue with overcoming the challenges of wanting to feel important, stop trying to get the attention of people who repeatedly show you that they don't find you as important as you find them.
☊☋ 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐞: in this lifetime to not lose yourself to anger or misery is very important here; doing what makes your inner-child feel good is important for people who have the nodes in the highest degree. you have to resist the urge to adapt thoroughly to something to make the people around you comfortable. allow yourself to feel angry and allow yourself to be motivated; people with nodes at the highest degree likely think that their feelings are too or less important than those of the people around them.
- you also have to remember that it is normal to go through ups and downs, and that shouldn't stop you from the lane you're focused on. this degree placement could also mean you have to learn how to remain emotionally fulfilled independently, instead of relying on the stability of something else or even a piece of comfort, instead of looking within and learning what it is about yourself that you love. you have to learn how to harmnoise your head and your heart, go for what you want instead of feeling guilty about it.
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬. 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬, 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦, 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫.
𖤓 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧: to have your sun with the lowest degree means that you are someone who attracts significant others who are likely popular, people who like the attention, or individuals who like to feel comfortable in power. you could also attract emotional patterns that have you question your stability, your authority, and even confidence in a romantic relationship. some of this could be qualities within yourself you might detach from in the beginning.
- though the more you attempt to pull away from things that could make you feel powerful, the more "little" you will feel about yourself when you meet with people who are comfortable in their power and vitality. you are someone who likely yearns for someone who makes you feel protected or potent, but you have to remember you can also find those qualities within independently.
☽ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧: if it's the moon in your chart that carries the lowest degree, this means that you are someone who desires to have a secretive partner; maybe you might've been someone who had your trust broken by many people. so, even with your heart on your sleeve, you barely tell people how you are actually feeling. this placement also indicates attracting partners who could be hard to read; they could also be multi-faced.
- in your relationships, there could also be an instability of staying truthful, or holding back emotions, or letting them spill too much. it might take you time to find a significant partner who is not emotionally closed; you might be attracted to being able to pull people out of their shells, which can sometimes fall into an addictive pattern, even sometimes one-sided. there could also be a detached connection you have with your family; take that point lightly, though.
☿️ 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐲: you could be attracted to sexually fluid partners, people who are not afraid to explore, because you're also someone who wants to have someone pull that side of you out. it's slightly hard for you to have a significant other who is slow-moving with their actions, so yearning for partners who could stimulate your mind and your passion is a big deal for you. it is advised for people with this placement to learn how to calm themselves down too.
- you could be attached to escaping; sometimes it is hard for other people to pin you down because of it. this is also an indicator of attracting partners who like having the attention of other people; they could be very flirtatious, but the idea of you being able to pin down someone dubious about their romantic needs could be entertaining for you. you could sometimes be someone who is attracted to bringing drama into your life; however, this can manifest as attracting partners who thrive in chaos.
♀ 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬: you are someone who is attracted to having a really beautiful significant other; you could be someone who wants them to match your aesthetic. this can make you seem very shallow, but it's still your preference. just make sure that the personalities match! this placement also means that you could attract people who are in love with the idea of love, so in the end, they become people who were addicted to the potential and not an actual long-lasting chance.
- you are someone who yearns for a partner that makes you feel beautiful, wanted, and appreciated. so when you don't feel like you're receiving it from someone you quickly pull away and give your attention to someone else. [good]. in relationships, you have to learn to be with people who value your needs the way you value theirs vice versa, you also need to learn that not every beautiful person is a good person.
♂ 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐬: you could be someone who could yearn for a partner who is dominant, protective, and someone you can rely on. though this could be traits that you should also have in yourself so you could avoid the emotional patterns of getting into connections with individuals who might prey on the fact that you don't believe in those qualities within yourself.
- this placement can also mean that you are someone who could be detached from your yang energy, or you might be someone who could not consider the importance of those virile assets that can also independently boost you up to feel the adroit future you might feel like you won't attract. because this can cause you to fall into connections with accomplished significant others to feel what it could be like instead of embodying and going for it yourself.
♄ 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧: having the lowest degree can be quite similar to the Mars context, though the difference saturn can bring is that you are someone who could yearn for a significant other who is much older than you because you might feel as if you don't have a stable foundation within yourself. so you could unintentionally lean onto maturer aged people because they are already expected to be figures of completion in some way; however, this does not apply to all older-aged lovers lmao.
- you could be someone who seeks out to have something for yourself that feels like completion, but there could be a thought in your head that tells you that you might not have the qualities for it, so the potential of even seeing yourself do something great is out the window. it could take you a moment to learn your lesson too.
♃ 𝐣𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫: this could mean that you're someone who could be yearning for opportunities; you are someone who likely wishes to go forward in life, but some people who have this as their lowest degree might want to "cheat" life by being associated with a significant other who is abundant. you could be someone who might feel as if you lack a lot of things, so finding a significant other who embodies something you believe you do not have is prominent in your story.
- there could also be something in your life you really want to learn about, or the idea of figuring yourself out, that is in arm's reach, but you are someone who needs to be encouraged to look at yourself as valuable enough to direct energy to. since the lowest degree can talk about what emotional patterns occur in your relationship, you could be someone who might go through connections where you give more than the other, or the other gives more but leaves because they know they deserve more.
♅ 𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬: if you follow modern astrology and have Uranus as your lowest degree, this means that you are someone who seeks an open-minded partner, and this can imply being queer and wanting to have a partner that is comfortable with that. you could be someone who slowly learns how to accept what makes you stand out from others. this placement usually belongs to the people who want to live in the future.
- you could be someone who gets the friendship group you desire late in your life, but a reason why it could happen later in your life is likely because you are emotionally detached from people, and it causes you to isolate yourself. sometimes you might even be detached from your intuition. this placement is an indicator of yearning for a best friend in a lover, but it could make you hard to pin down. you could live through the emotional patterns of having partners who are explosive in their emotions, or you could be the explosive one.
♆ 𝐧𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞: similar to Uranus, individuals who have this as their lowest degree might be disconnected from their intuition because the possibility of seeing where you can be faulty in relationships can break the idea of the world they think they are living in. this placement also is another indicator of yearning to be with a significant other who is fluid in ther sexuality so you can learn how to be comfortable in yours.
- until you learn how to be comfortable with who you are, and this does not mean stepping out of the closet. it could just include deconstructing beliefs that were taught to you, whether it could be about your sexuality or how relationships should be. you could yearn for an artistically inclined partner; you likely find that attractive. but you could go through karmic lessons about learning how to be one, even while in a relationship.
♇ 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐨: when this is the lowest degree in your chart, it can be indicated that the person is attracted to chaos and being in connections that feel like confusion and unrest, just because you are someone who likely wants to feel a transformative event. however, this points to you being someone who might cause collateral damage because of how much you want it, instead of attempting to transform yourself into someone who can find excitement through something positive.
- learn how to breathe life into something that does not pull you behind, and this can manifest in your romantic relationships. you might unintentionally fall into the patterns of people who like to crave power and obedience, yet you could be someone who yearns for something or someone that embodies what you think power is.
☊☋ 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐞: this is another indicator of wanting to have a significant other that is queer and can explore different types of love and passion with you. you are someone who yearns for a ride or die, someone to be attached to you forever, but you can see how that becomes toxic, how it becomes something that can cause you to become possessive, obsessive, and even insecure if that person has an environment they can thrive in without you.
- you could be in relationships where the emotional pattern is depending on the other person to think or feel for you, or to understand you without proper communication. this placement shows that you are someone who could yearn to find a stable foundation, but you will never be able to find it, if you're not simultaneously trying to find that stability within yourself, or you'll just be pulled into a cycle of fighting what is good for you and lying next to what is not.
thank you so much for reading!
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sometimes you really do just have to burst into tears about it. and then it's literally fine
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Actually, you are enough. Even if you don’t work. Or study. Or go out. Or have friends. Or have family. You’re enough because you exist and your existence is enough to be enough because you are not a product. You are not a sum of output. You are not a task to complete. But because you are something the universe wanted and put here even if you’ll never understand why. Somewhere in the cosmos your existence makes a difference, even if it’s not the way others existences do.
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∧,,,∧ ( ̳• · • ̳) / づ♡ I give this to everyone that is feeling bad right now. It’ll be ok.
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WHERE YOU MAY MEET YOUR FUTURE SPOUSE — BASED ON YOUR 7TH HOUSE RULER ✦
before we begin: this is not “your future spouse will definitely appear in this exact location at 4:17pm on a Tuesday” 😭
The house containing your 7th-house ruler can describe the areas of life through which important partnerships may develop, the circumstances that repeatedly bring significant people into your life, or where relationship themes become especially active.
First, find the sign on your 7th-house cusp / Descendant, then find its ruler:
♈ Aries → Mars ♉ Taurus → Venus ♊ Gemini → Mercury ♋ Cancer → Moon ♌ Leo → Sun ♍ Virgo → Mercury ♎ Libra → Venus ♏ Scorpio → Mars traditionally ♐ Sagittarius → Jupiter ♑ Capricorn → Saturn ♒ Aquarius → Saturn traditionally ♓ Pisces → Jupiter traditionally
Then find which house that planet occupies.
That house can tell us where the relationship story starts becoming interesting.
☉ 7TH-HOUSE RULER IN THE 1ST HOUSE
Significant relationships may enter your life very directly.
You might meet somebody simply by being out in the world doing your own thing rather than through some elaborate external circumstance.
There can also be a strong feeling that partnership becomes intertwined with your identity.
The person may notice you quickly — your appearance, personality, presence or manner of carrying yourself.
Sometimes the relationship begins because one of you simply decides:
“I'm going to talk to that person.”
No complicated cosmic logistics required 😭
You may also attract partners during periods of major personal reinvention — changing your appearance, lifestyle, confidence or direction.
The bigger theme is:
relationship comes looking for you while you're becoming more yourself.
♀ 7TH-HOUSE RULER IN THE 2ND HOUSE
Partnership may develop through money, work involving resources, business, possessions, financial environments or something connected with your values.
You could meet through earning, buying, selling, investing or building something tangible.
But the 2nd house isn't only money.
Sometimes you meet somebody through something you genuinely value — an interest, skill, craft, aesthetic preference or activity that reflects what matters to you.
Relationships may also develop slowly here.
Less:
“I saw you and immediately lost my mind.”
More:
“you've somehow been in my life for six months and now I've realised you're important.”
😭
The relationship often needs to become real and reliable, not merely exciting.
☿ 7TH-HOUSE RULER IN THE 3RD HOUSE
This is one of the placements where I immediately think:
conversation.
You may meet through your local area, school, classes, neighbours, siblings, mutual acquaintances, short journeys, social media or communication-heavy environments.
And yes — the internet absolutely belongs in the conversation here.
Sometimes the relationship begins through talking before either person realises anything romantic is happening.
One message becomes twenty.
Twenty becomes nightly conversations.
Suddenly it's 3am and you're discussing childhood experiences, philosophy and whether consciousness survives death 😭
With this placement, somebody's mind can be a huge part of the attraction.
⌂ 7TH-HOUSE RULER IN THE 4TH HOUSE
Partnership may connect strongly with home, family, your hometown, childhood connections, private environments or people introduced through family.
You might meet somebody surprisingly close to home — sometimes literally.
There can also be relationships that begin when you're moving house, changing your living situation or entering a major new chapter involving family.
But I wouldn't interpret this only as where you meet.
The deeper symbolism can be:
the relationship becomes part of what “home” means to you.
Somebody may move into your private life unusually quickly.
Or the connection carries that strange feeling of:
“why do you already feel familiar?”
Not necessarily fate.
But definitely emotional roots.
☉ 7TH-HOUSE RULER IN THE 5TH HOUSE
Okay, this one has very obvious possibilities 😭
You may meet through dating, hobbies, entertainment, parties, creative activities, gaming, sport, performance, nightlife or anything you genuinely do for pleasure.
Sometimes the answer is beautifully straightforward:
you meet because you were having fun.
There can also be a stronger romance-first quality here.
Flirting. Attraction. Playfulness. Chemistry.
The person may initially enter your life as somebody you simply enjoy being around.
Strong 5H emphasis can also bring significant partners through creative communities or activities involving children, depending on the rest of the chart.
The relationship story often begins with:
“I like who I become when I'm around you.”
☿ 7TH-HOUSE RULER IN THE 6TH HOUSE
People immediately say “you'll meet your spouse at work”, and yes, that is absolutely one possibility.
But the 6th house is much broader than a workplace.
Think:
daily routines, coworkers, health, fitness, volunteering, service, appointments, pets, errands and places you repeatedly visit as part of ordinary life.
You might meet someone at the gym.
Through work.
Walking the dog.
Doing something completely mundane.
The universe apparently decided romance could arrive while you were buying toothpaste 😭
There can also be a slow familiarity here because somebody becomes part of your routine before becoming part of your emotional life.
Sometimes love develops through repeated ordinary contact rather than one dramatic encounter.
♀ 7TH-HOUSE RULER IN THE 7TH HOUSE
Well.
The relationship house has apparently put the relationship ruler inside the relationship house.
SUBTLE 😭
Partnership can become a particularly prominent life theme, and significant people may enter through explicitly relational situations:
dating, introductions, one-to-one professional relationships, clients, collaborations or people actively looking for partnership themselves.
You may also meet somebody through another person — an introduction, mutual connection or existing partnership network.
But more importantly, relationships can become one of the major arenas through which you understand yourself.
The spouse or long-term partner may embody the qualities of your Descendant especially strongly.
This placement says:
partnership itself is part of the storyline.
♇ 7TH-HOUSE RULER IN THE 8TH HOUSE
Significant relationships may develop through situations involving psychology, intimacy, shared resources, finance, inheritance, research, crisis, healing or subjects most people don't casually discuss over lunch.
You might meet someone through banking, investments, insurance, therapy, research or circumstances involving shared financial matters.
But sometimes this is much less literal.
The relationship may begin when you're going through a psychologically transformative period.
Somebody enters your life while you're shedding an old version of yourself.
And they don't necessarily remain on the surface for very long.
Conversation somehow moves from:
“so what music do you like?”
to
“anyway tell me about the event that fundamentally changed your ability to trust people.”
Sir, we have known each other for forty-five minutes 😭
This placement often makes significant relationships feel consequential, not necessarily dramatic.
♃ 7TH-HOUSE RULER IN THE 9TH HOUSE
This is one of the classic placements for meeting significant partners through travel, university, higher education, another culture, religion, philosophy, publishing or long-distance connections.
Your partner may come from a different country, culture or worldview — although that is absolutely not guaranteed.
Sometimes they simply expand your world.
You meet somebody while travelling.
At university.
Through studying something.
In an international community.
Or online with geographical distance involved.
There can be something about partnership that introduces you to a life you wouldn't otherwise have encountered.
Sometimes the relationship begins with:
“you showed me there was a much bigger world than the one I knew.”
♄ 7TH-HOUSE RULER IN THE 10TH HOUSE
Cue the inevitable:
“so I'm marrying my boss???”
PLEASE calm down 😭
You may meet through career, professional networks, public life, ambition, business or a period where you're becoming more visible.
The person could work in your field, encounter you through your professional reputation or appear while you're pursuing an important goal.
There may also be something established, ambitious, respected or professionally focused about them.
But this placement can mean something deeper:
partnership becomes connected with the direction you're building toward in life.
The relationship may affect your career trajectory, public identity or long-term ambitions.
Sometimes you meet somebody because both of you were already climbing toward something.
♅ 7TH-HOUSE RULER IN THE 11TH HOUSE
FRIENDS TO LOVERS PEOPLE, REPORT FOR DUTY 😭
This is one of the placements where important relationships may arise through friends, communities, groups, social networks, shared causes, gaming, online spaces or the internet.
You may meet through a mutual friend.
A Discord server.
Tumblr.
A gaming community.
An organisation.
A shared niche interest nobody else in your immediate life understands.
The person may initially register as:
“I really like talking to you.”
before romance becomes obvious.
Sometimes friendship remains essential even after the relationship changes form.
And strong 11H symbolism can bring people together through a shared future vision — something both of you want to build, experience or become.
♆ 7TH-HOUSE RULER IN THE 12TH HOUSE
This one gets romanticised into “secret soulmate from a past life” approximately every twelve seconds online, so let's behave 😭
Significant relationships may develop through private, secluded, spiritual, artistic, charitable, healing or behind-the-scenes environments.
Hospitals, retreats, institutions, charities, spiritual spaces or creative environments can sometimes feature.
Online or long-distance connections can also fit when there is an element of privacy, separation or not initially knowing the person fully.
But the deeper 12H theme is often that relationships begin in circumstances that feel unclear, private or psychologically difficult to define.
Sometimes one person doesn't immediately understand what the connection means.
Sometimes the relationship develops away from public view.
Sometimes you don't fully recognise the significance of somebody until much later.
The caution here is important:
mystery is not automatically destiny.
Not knowing where you stand does not make a relationship spiritually profound 😭
Clarity still matters.
And here's where this gets MUCH more interesting.
Two people can both have their 7th-house ruler in the 11th and experience completely different relationship stories.
Imagine:
Venus ruling the 7th in the 11th conjunct Jupiter
versus
Saturn ruling the 7th in the 11th square Pluto.
Same house.
Very different architecture.
Or someone has their ruler in the 9th and meets their partner while travelling.
Cute.
But perhaps that ruler also rules their 10th, aspects the MC and disposits several other planets.
Now travel may not be the main story at all.
Maybe career + education + international life + partnership are all structurally linked.
This is why you shouldn't stop at:
“my 7th-house ruler is in the 6th so I'm marrying a coworker.” 😭
Look at:
the ruler's sign the ruler's aspects whether it's angular planets in your 7th the condition of your Descendant repeating themes elsewhere in the natal chart
Because astrology becomes much more interesting when several different parts of the chart independently point toward the same relationship story.
✦ The house of your 7th-house ruler doesn't give you your spouse's address. It tells you where partnership symbolism enters the architecture of your life.
— Asteria
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your venus sign + the kind of feminine energy you naturally carry ♡
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first of all venus is one of those planets i think gets watered down sooo badly in astrology because people hear Venus and immediately think beauty, relationships, your “aesthetic” and that’s basically where the conversation ends. but Venus can tell you so much about the way you naturally receive rather than chase, what makes you feel desirable, what kind of softness comes naturally to you, how you attract things towards yourself, how you experience pleasure and even what version of yourself comes out when you actually feel comfortable enough to just enjoy being yourself.
and when i say feminine energy here i don’t mean “how girly are you” because that is NOT what feminine energy is and you don’t even have to be a woman for this to apply. i’m talking about your receptive energy. the part of you that attracts rather than forces, enjoys rather than performs, seduces without necessarily trying, creates beauty, receives attention/love/pleasure and basically says this is what naturally comes towards me when i’m not fighting to make it happen.
your Venus sign shows the flavour of that energy, the house shows where it tends to come alive the strongest and your aspects to Venus can change it MASSIVELY. like a Capricorn Venus opposite Pluto is obviously not going to express femininity exactly like a Capricorn Venus trine Jupiter. so as always pls look at your whole chart.
and i already know i want to make the signs actually DIFFERENT because Aries femininity shouldn’t just become “bold feminine”, Taurus “sensual feminine”, Gemini “playful feminine” and then we call it a day. there is sooo much more to say than that.
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ARIES VENUS — femininity that feels slightly untamed
there’s something about Aries Venus feminine energy that feels prettier when it isn’t overly perfected. like slightly messy hair, laughing too loudly, putting something on because you think you look good rather than checking whether everybody else will, being openly excited about something, walking somewhere like you already know where you’re going. their femininity has LIFE in it. and i think this is why trying too hard to make themselves extremely polished, agreeable or delicate can actually take something away from their magnetism because Venus in Aries isn’t supposed to sit there waiting for permission to be desirable. there is something incredibly attractive about the little bit of selfishness in this Venus too and i don’t even mean selfish negatively. it’s the ability to say “i like this, i want this, i’m choosing this.” feminine energy gets talked about like it’s supposed to be endlessly accommodating but Aries Venus reminds me that femininity can have appetite. she can want. she can choose first. she can be the prize while still having desires of her own. and weirdly enough i notice they can become MUCH more magnetic when they stop asking themselves “would somebody find this attractive?” and start asking “do i feel attractive like this?” because their attraction energy literally feeds off self-directed desire.
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TAURUS VENUS — femininity you can almost physically feel
Taurus Venus is one of the placements where femininity seems to settle into the BODY. they don’t necessarily need to be the loudest or most conventionally glamorous person because their magnetism can come from how comfortable they seem inhabiting themselves. the voice, skin, scent, hair, the way they eat, how slowly they do something, what fabrics they like touching, even their bedroom or the products they use can become part of their Venus expression. and something i’ve noticed with Taurus Venus is they can look significantly more attractive when they’re comfortable. put them somewhere they feel rushed, watched or insecure and some of that Venus closes up, but when they’re eating something they love, wearing something that feels good against their skin, listening to their favourite music and actually relaxed? completely different energy. their feminine side isn’t begging to be witnessed, it’s enjoying itself and THAT’S what makes other people want to come closer. there’s also something quietly demanding about Taurus Venus femininity because once they understand their worth they stop accepting things that don’t actually feel good just because they’re technically “enough.” cheap treatment, inconsistent affection, rushed intimacy, ugly environments, people who make them nervous all the time… eventually their body itself starts rejecting it.
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GEMINI VENUS — femininity that keeps changing right when you think you’ve figured it out
Gemini Venus can literally look like a different woman depending on the DAY and that’s part of the appeal. one minute the energy is cute, unserious, chatty and almost innocent then suddenly they say something incredibly clever or slightly inappropriate and you’re like oh?? there are layers here. their feminine energy lives so much through expression that i don’t think you can understand their attractiveness properly from a picture. you have to hear them talk, watch their facial expressions change, see what happens when they’re interested in a conversation, hear the weird jokes, see how they text. their mind is part of the beauty. and i notice Gemini Venus often feels most feminine when they have freedom to experiment rather than locking themselves into one aesthetic or one version of themselves forever. hair changes, random clothing phases, suddenly becoming obsessed with jewellery they never cared about before, switching perfume, learning something new and somehow becoming hotter because they’re excited about it. there’s something youthful about this Venus but NOT necessarily childish it’s more like their femininity stays curious. it doesn’t become stagnant. you can know them for years and still randomly see a version of them you haven’t met before.
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CANCER VENUS — femininity that makes people want access to the private version of you
Cancer Venus has this interesting thing where the most attractive version of them often isn’t the version everybody gets. their femininity becomes much stronger in intimacy, familiarity and comfort. the public might see one version but someone who actually gets close sees the sleepy voice, bare face, oversized clothes, private humour, cooking/eating together, random affection, the sentimental side and all those little things that make somebody feel like they’re being allowed inside. and THAT exclusivity can be incredibly magnetic. Cancer Venus femininity can make people crave emotional access because receiving their softness feels personal. but what i think people don’t talk about enough is how protective this Venus can become over that softness. once they’ve been hurt enough they can become extremely selective about who gets the nurturing version of them. everybody doesn’t deserve your tenderness just because you’re capable of giving it. and when Cancer Venus actually understands that, their femininity becomes much more powerful because nurturing stops being something they automatically perform for everyone and becomes something valuable that somebody has to be safe enough to receive.
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LEO VENUS — femininity that grows when it’s appreciated
people misunderstand this one and reduce it to “likes attention” when really Leo Venus feminine energy has a lot to do with being witnessed properly. there’s a difference. these people can genuinely glow around someone who appreciates them openly. compliment their hair, notice the outfit, tell them something they did was beautiful, actually LOOK at them when they’re talking and suddenly they become even more expressive. their Venus feeds off warmth. but the mature version isn’t dependent on everybody clapping for them because eventually Leo Venus learns how to become its own audience. doing their hair just to walk around the house, buying something beautiful because seeing themselves in it makes them happy, taking pictures they’ll never post, creating little glamorous moments nobody else even sees. that’s when their feminine energy becomes ridiculous because now appreciation from other people is adding to something that already exists instead of creating it. and there can be something very generous about their femininity too. when they feel abundant they want other people to feel beautiful around them. they’ll hype their friends, share things, make occasions feel special. their femininity isn’t supposed to shrink the room so they can be the prettiest person inside it at its best it makes the room warmer.
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VIRGO VENUS — femininity hidden inside the little details people notice later
Virgo Venus is soooo interesting because sometimes their beauty isn’t the thing that screams at you immediately, it’s the stuff you start noticing after looking at them longer. how clean their nails are, their scent, how carefully something fits them, the little jewellery, their handwriting, how they organise something, the fact they remembered something tiny you said three weeks ago. there’s an intentionality to their feminine energy. and weirdly i think they can sabotage it by constantly looking for what needs fixing. Virgo Venus can look beautiful and still mentally zoom straight into the one thing they don’t like, which means part of developing their Venus is learning that refinement and self-rejection are NOT the same thing. you can enjoy skincare without believing your natural skin is unacceptable. you can enjoy improving your style without treating your current body like a problem. and once they stop using beauty as constant correction, their femininity becomes much softer because all that incredible attention to detail gets redirected into care instead of criticism. they can make people feel deeply cared for through little things too, not dramatic displays, just “i remembered you don’t like that so i got you this instead.” very quiet Venus but soooo noticeable once you experience it.
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LIBRA VENUS — femininity that understands the effect it has on the atmosphere
yes Libra Venus can be conventionally pretty blah blah we already know that, but what interests me more is their instinct for social beauty. knowing how to make an interaction pleasant, how to soften awkwardness, when to compliment somebody, how to make somebody feel included, how to present something so people receive it better. their femininity can exist in the atmosphere they create around themselves. and sometimes they don’t realise how seductive basic graciousness can be because it’s natural to them. eye contact, smiling when somebody speaks, making another person feel interesting, knowing how to flirt without making it painfully obvious. but Libra Venus can also become TOO aware of reception and start editing themselves according to what they think will be liked. that’s where their feminine energy actually gets weaker because now it’s performance. their biggest glow-up is often becoming slightly less concerned with perfect likability. still charming, still socially aware, but willing to let somebody dislike them. there’s something ridiculously attractive about a Libra Venus who has stopped auditioning for universal approval.
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SCORPIO VENUS — femininity that feels private even when you’re looking directly at it
Scorpio Venus doesn’t necessarily need to reveal much to create intimacy and that’s exactly why people can become curious. there can be this sense that whatever you’re seeing isn’t everything. their femininity isn’t always soft in the obvious sense either. sometimes it’s intimidating, quiet, observant, sexual without doing anything overtly sexual, or simply emotionally self-contained. what makes it magnetic is that access feels meaningful. if Scorpio Venus tells you something genuinely private, lets you see them vulnerable or shows you affection they don’t give everyone, you KNOW the difference. but they have to be careful not to confuse withholding with power because those aren’t automatically the same thing. real Scorpio Venus power isn’t making somebody chase crumbs of affection, it’s knowing their emotional and sexual intimacy is valuable enough that they don’t need to hand it to somebody who hasn’t earned trust. and once they feel genuinely safe, they can actually be incredibly affectionate and consuming in a way people who only see their guarded side wouldn’t expect.
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SAGITTARIUS VENUS — femininity that feels freer the less you try to contain it
there’s something so attractive about Sagittarius Venus when they’re genuinely having FUN because their femininity gets bigger when their world gets bigger. travelling, learning something, meeting somebody completely different from them, getting dressed for something spontaneous, laughing until they’re embarrassing themselves, randomly deciding they’re going somewhere. their magnetism can disappear when they’re trying too hard to behave like whatever version of femininity they think they’re “supposed” to embody because Sagittarius Venus needs truth in their expression. they might be feminine in heels one day and feel just as attractive looking completely casual the next because the common factor isn’t the aesthetic, it’s freedom. and i’ve noticed these people can attract others through enthusiasm. when they’re talking about something they genuinely love they become physically more attractive because everything lights up. feminine energy here is almost permission permission to enjoy yourself loudly, want more from life, change your mind, explore and not make yourself smaller just to become easier for somebody else to keep.
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CAPRICORN VENUS — femininity that gets better when you stop trying to prove your worth
there is something composed about Capricorn Venus even when the person themselves doesn’t feel composed at all. people can assume they have higher standards than they actually do simply because they carry themselves like access isn’t automatic. and i think that’s one of their strongest feminine qualities: selectivity. not coldness, selectivity. there is a difference. Capricorn Venus often becomes more attractive with age too, not because they weren’t beautiful younger, but because they gradually learn what actually suits them instead of copying whatever everybody else is doing. their style can become cleaner, their standards become clearer, they understand their body better and they stop wasting Venus energy trying to impress people who aren’t bringing anything worthwhile into their life. there’s also a very underrated sensuality to Capricorn Venus because earth Venus placements tend to understand physical pleasure, but Capricorn likes privacy and control so you may not know that side exists until you’re actually allowed close. their femininity feels expensive when it’s developed properly, and i don’t mean expensive clothes. i mean the ENERGY of “i don’t need everything, i need what is actually worth having.”
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AQUARIUS VENUS — femininity that becomes prettier the less explainable it is
Aquarius Venus can have something about them that technically shouldn’t work but DOES. unusual feature combinations, an outfit somebody else couldn’t pull off, interests that don’t match how they look, a personality that contradicts their appearance completely. their femininity becomes magnetic when they stop trying to make themselves easily categorised. and this is another Venus where friendship matters sooo much because feeling mentally accepted can actually unlock their softer side. if they feel like someone is trying to own them, define them or force them into a role, that Venus starts distancing itself. but give them room to be strange, independent, inconsistent, curious, whatever they naturally are, and they can become incredibly affectionate in their own way. i also think their relationship with femininity can evolve massively because they tend to question whatever they’ve been told femininity is supposed to look like. eventually they create a version that actually belongs to them, and THAT’S usually when other people start copying it.
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PISCES VENUS — femininity that people experience differently depending on what THEY bring to you
this one is so much deeper than “dreamy feminine energy.” Pisces Venus can be strangely reflective. one person thinks they’re innocent, another person finds them incredibly sexual, somebody else thinks they’re shy, another thinks they’re flirtatious and sometimes none of those people are completely wrong because Pisces Venus can respond very differently depending on the emotional atmosphere they’re inside. their femininity is fluid. music can change it, love can change it, heartbreak can change it, the person they’re around can pull out an entirely different side. and this is exactly why boundaries matter sooo much here because being receptive is beautiful until you’re absorbing everybody else’s desires and forgetting what you actually like. Pisces Venus has to learn that softness doesn’t mean availability and empathy doesn’t mean somebody automatically deserves access. when they know where they end and another person begins, their femininity becomes much more powerful because they can stay open without constantly being shaped by whoever happens to be standing in front of them.
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and this is why i always tell people don’t just look at Venus and ask “am i attractive?” because that barely scratches the surface of what Venus is doing.
look at what makes you feel good enough to soften. what makes you receptive. what makes you naturally charming without consciously performing charm. what kind of attention actually makes you bloom instead of making you uncomfortable. what you consider beautiful when nobody is telling you what beauty should be. what you allow yourself to enjoy without earning it first.
THAT’S where i think your Venus starts telling you way more about your feminine energy.
and pleaseeee check the house + aspects too because that’s where it starts getting ridiculously specific. a Venus in Aries in the 8th is not giving the exact same feminine expression as Venus in Aries in the 11th, and Venus conjunct Saturn can completely change how easily somebody accesses their Venus compared to Venus conjunct Jupiter.
