Venus’s rulership of Taurus and Libra
Named after the mythological Goddess of Love, Venus in Astrology rules two signs: Taurus and Libra. Taurus governs the Yin side of Venus, connected with our relationship with ourselves, our relationship with our physical bodies and Nature, and themes of self-love and self-worth. Venus’s rulership of Taurus is associated with our capacity to cultivate receptivity, create abundance and wealth, and enjoy life and its pleasures. Because of Taurus’s connection with survival, this sign is connected to what we value: hence, Venus and her transits also inform us of collective shifts in our value systems.
Libra instead is associated with the Yang side of Venus, connected with the relationships we form with other people as well as with our desire to create beauty, harmony, and peace in our lives and all around us. Venus’s rulership of the sign of the Scales is associated with our need for fairness, justice, and reciprocity as well as with the journey of balancing masculine and feminine energies, Yin and Yang, both within ourselves and in our lives.
Venus from Virgo to Libra: the Power of Beauty
Transits of Venus mark collective trends in how we relate to each other, in our value systems, and in our relationship with money, wealth, and pleasure. While Venus was in Virgo, we had an opportunity to sharpen our discernment in both romantic and financial matters. This transit inspired us to make grounded decisions in these realms and asked us to become more selective in how we invest our resources, both material and non-material.
As Venus enters her home sign of Libra, we feel a stronger appreciation for beauty in all of its forms, and we have an opportunity to reflect on how we can make our lives more beautiful.
This transit deepens our desire to be surrounded by elegance, artistry, and evocative aesthetics. Beauty nourishes us, inspires us, and elevates our lives in subtle yet powerful ways. In Libra, Venus reminds us that beauty should not be seen as a luxury, and that surrounding ourselves with it is a way to attune to and call in higher frequencies.
Harmony in Relationships
While Venus is in the sign of the Scales, our social and romantic lives take center stage, and we have an opportunity to create more balance, beauty, peace, and harmony in our relationships with others.
This transit refines our awareness of the patterns and dynamics at play between ourselves and others, and encourages us to reflect on how we give, how we receive, and how we co-create. This combination of energies asks us to listen with empathy, speak with kindness, and act with fairness and diplomacy. In Libra, Venus reminds us that our connections thrive when there is true balance, when both our needs and the needs of others are honored with equal care.
This transit is also an opportunity to explore how true harmony begins within. Venus in Libra reminds us that the balance we are able to create externally reflects the balance we can create internally. This transit can help us gain awareness of the ways in which we may project our unintegrated qualities onto the people around us, asking them to carry what we are not yet ready to embrace or love in ourselves. Becoming aware of these dynamics gives us an opportunity to reclaim those parts of us and move toward greater wholeness.
On a deeper level, Venus in Libra is an invitation to reconcile our inner masculine and feminine energies, regardless of gender. The masculine within us is connected to action, clarity, and direction, the feminine to receptivity, intuition, and nurturance. When these energies work together instead of against each other, our relationships with others naturally reflect the harmony we cultivate inside.
