Venus, the planet of love and harmony, is opposing her mythological lover, Mars, these days. This happens just as Mars is starting a retrograde period that will last for two and a half months, and this celestial encounter might be a good thing for us…
Venus and Mars are two complete opposites. Venus, the planet of feelings and femininity is Earth’s closest neighbor, and Mars, planet of action and war, is on Earth’s other side, also a close neighbor. These two closest companions in our solar system are also a mythological couple, representing men and women, feelings and practicality. These days we can see Venus as the brightest evening star that appears in the west at dusk. About two hours after sunset Venus sets in the west, and exactly then her partner, Mars, rises in the east, bright and red. Mars will travel the sky during the whole night and will be seen in the west at sunrise. So the two planets are exactly at the two opposite sides of Earth, as in a see-saw, and this situation is an astrological opposition.
The celestial opposition between Venus and Mars happens once a year. And when it happens the tension between love and practicality, men and women, feelings and action – grows. But the opposition does not only cause tension, it also enables the marriage between these two complimentary opposites.
Mythological Venus and Mars have always been an interesting couple. Venus, goddess of beauty and love had a vivid affair with the god of War. Venus represents women and feelings, while Mars represents men and action. The two opposites could not resist each other and were magnetized by a force bigger than both.
From this affair Venus gave birth to a daughter and two sons. The daughter, Harmony, represents the beauty of the opposites meeting and working well together. But the two sons, Phoebes and Daimyos, (fear and terror) represent everything that can go wrong when emotions and action collide.
The perfect opposition between the two planets this week will affect our lives, and as the children Venus and Mars bore, we have to choose between two opportunities that are available to us in these special times when two polarities clash within us.
We have to pay attention to our feelings this week. They can become hot and aggressive influenced by retrograding Mars. We should take also take into account that emotions and feelings might rise up and appear where only practicality should be practiced, as Venus affects the way we do things.
But if we’ll work out how to handle this match well and with harmony, we could experience the best of the couple’s cooperation as this is a time that can also be very creative and inspirational: A time to do what we love and to love what we do.
It is very unique that Mars’s retrogression starts exactly when Mars opposes Venus, and the feeling is that Venus is blessing her partner, and us, with the ability to make the best out of the coming retrogression, as we create harmony, where at other times chaos might appear…