Venus Opposite Saturn: A Hard Transition for Venus into Virgo

Hey everyone, this is Adam Elenbaas from Nightlight Astrology. Happy Monday, everybody. Today, we are going to take a look at Venus's entrance into the sign of Virgo and why this is a big deal and a little bit of a hard transition for Venus.

We've been through a long period of Venus in the sign of Leo with a long retrograde, the square to Jupiter with some reception, and multiple squares to Uranus that was all Leo territory. Venus entering Virgo is interesting because Venus is now in the sign of her fall. Venus has mutual reception with Mercury. Though Mercury is going through some hard times, Venus hosts both of the next eclipses. Venus is immediately opposing Saturn as she enters this week. So, there's a lot to talk about with the transition that Venus is making.

That's going to be our focus for today. We will tell you why it's a difficult transition, why it might be a good thing, and what there is to look forward to about it. That's our goal for today. As always, before we get into it, don't forget to like and subscribe. When you guys share your comments and reflections, you like us subscribe; it really helps the channel to grow. I really appreciate that. You can find transcripts of any of my daily talks on the website nightlightastrology.com.

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Okay, well, it is on to Venus today, and I have to say that this is a little bit of a rough transition from Venus after leaving Leo and entering Virgo. It's a little tumultuous for Venus, and we'll see why.

There are bright spots and things to look forward to, lessons to be learned, and lots of positives to take away. But I also need to be honest and describe why this is a bit of a rough transition for Venus.

So let's do that by first showing us what's happening. So this is Monday, October 9, and Venus has entered Virgo. So Venus is opposing Saturn as she immediately enters Virgo and is in the sign of her fall or depression. That does not mean that there is nothing good that comes from Venus in Virgo or there aren't very positive and optimistic ways of looking at Venus in Virgo. It merely represents a harder archetypal tension that comes when you place Venus into the domicile and exultation earthy place of Mercury.

That tension is one that is also difficult for Mercury when you put Mercury and Venus's exultation of Pisces, where Mercury is then in Mercury's depression or fall, and the tension between the two was explained by an ancient text by Rhetorius, who may have been presenting another text by someone named Antiochus. But at any rate, the text says something along these lines. Why is it difficult for Venus in Virgo and Mercury and Pisces each other's exultation?

It's because Venus has a hard time with the rational and the mental and likes to be sensual, whereas Mercury has a harder time with the sensual and emotional and would prefer being rational.
Now, that's not the only thing that there is to Venus and Mercury, and there are clear ways in which Venus and Mercury can present as synthesized, you know, harmonizing planets, okay.

But the ancient language of dignities is also getting at certain fundamental tensions that exist when you take one planet and put it in the home of another planet. Venus has a harder time in Virgo because Venus's natural state is less, sort of rational and earthy and meticulous and practical. Venus is more sensual and imaginative. Venus is more artistic and flowy.

I'm just putting it kind of generically like that, and so Venus in Virgo can sometimes struggle to do and be like Venus because Venus finds herself contending with some of the earthy mercurial tendencies of Virgo. So, just kind of think about it like that. It doesn't mean that all is last, that nothing good comes of this, or whatever; it just means that those tensions are present and can be a little challenging for Venus.

So not only that, but Venus is now immediately in an opposition with Saturn, which will be perfecting October 9 into the 10th. So if we just forward this, go forward a day, you'll see that by tomorrow, October 10, Venus has passed over the opposition and is, you know, already getting over maybe the hardest aspect that Venus will have while in Virgo, which will be the opposition to Saturn that happens right away.

So, a hard transition for Venus as she enters Virgo boom right away in opposition to Saturn with kind of a challenging dignity spot that's taking place. It's also just a difficult transition because we've had when you have Venus in the sign of Leo, in this case, for such a long period of time, dating all the way back to the early summer, and then all of a sudden she transitions and moves into a sign where the dignity the archetypal tension is higher and more complicated. Well, that can be a little jarring to us because we're sort of used to being in Venus and Leo land.

I think there are some things that make this a really interesting transit that I think everyone should be aware of Venus into Virgo opposite Saturn. Here are five things that we should pay attention to about this Venus transition overall.

Number one is Venus moves into her fall, and I already just mentioned that and kind of what it means. We have great examples of Venus in Virgo. That, you know, for example, Martha Stewart, Venus in Virgo. You know, I think Martha Stewart is a great example of Venus in Virgo, and so far as she says, a very meticulous, earthy craftswoman.

Okay, I'm not saying I'm necessarily a big fan of Martha Stewart style or whatever. You know, it's interesting in her chart, as she has been a center fall in the 11th house just like this chart, with Venus ruling the 12th place, which is a place of imprisonment, the 11th being a place of friends and allies, and she took insider trading advice from a friend and went to prison.

So in Venus's rulerships and Venus's dignity, Venus can tell a story about the dignity can be a way of saying that there will be a very literal way in which you fall on hard times where there's some really, you know, unfortunate or challenging event or something like this. So, in Martha Stewart's chart, you actually have Venus in the 11th. Just like you see in this chart, ruling the 12 takes bad advice from a friend and goes to prison. I mean, bad advice, you know, insider trading advice.

There can be this very specific way in which Venus in Virgo will show up in a chart with its dignity, signifying difficult events in a lifetime. But on an archetypal level, I don't think that Venus in Virgo has anything to be afraid of; she'll show up in very diverse ways; in Martha Stewart's life, she has all the signs of the kind of art and craft ability that make Martha Stewart really remarkable, and then there's this other way in which she can represent these very challenging events that happen in a person's lifetime, Martha Stewart going to prison being one of them. So, at any rate, just to give you a little example of how that works.

The second thing here to notice is that as soon as Venus enters into the sign of Virgo, she is now in a mutual reception, albeit an aversion, meaning there's no aspectual connection with Mercury, but they are in each other signs. The two planets are in a mutual reception. Venus is in Mercury's sign, and Mercury is in Venus's sign.

Now, they don't have an aspect to one another. But despite that, there is a way in which the two planets can harmonize and work on each other's behalf by virtue of being in each other signs. That's actually a good thing that kind of lightens the load a little bit.

However, Mercury is currently in a state of combustion, meaning the close proximity to the Sun is making things a little difficult for Mercury. So Mercury will go through this transformation as it goes through the heart of the Sun, and you can see that this transformation is not going to fully perfect until late in October. So Mercury crosses the heart of the Sun between the 19th and 20th.

At which point, what's really interesting is that you write into Brett at about the same time Venus will end up going through the trine to Jupiter. I'm going to come back to that in a minute. But the point is that the mutual reception between the two planets, although it's a positive thing in some ways, is a little mixed because the two planets don't see one another by aspect and also because Venus is debilitated and also because Mercury is accidentally debilitated as Mercury is going through combustion, and the cazimi moment doesn't come until much later in the month, and so it's just such a mixed bag for Venus this month of October.

If you look, the other thing that happens is that we have some eclipses. So on the 14th, we have a solar eclipse in the sign of Libra; Venus hosts that with the mutual reception to Mercury, who's combust, kind of a powerful Venusian moment, a moment of transformation, but a moment have in some ways hardship.

So then we have Mercury continuing to, at that point, get closer to the actual cazimi. After the eclipse, I would imagine that it's probably later in October that we start getting the feeling of, you know, Venusian things sort of turning the corner for the better.

For example, it's after this moment, around October 20. When Mercury has cleared the cazimi, they're still in mutual reception, and then we get exactly after that on October 22, we have the 21st and the 22nd Venus trines Jupiter, and this trine to Jupiter is kind of, in my mind, this is kind of the positive turning point for Venus in the sign of Virgo.

The mutual reception is clouded a little bit by the combustion that Mercury is going through. So it's not like the most helpful thing in the world. Mercury clears, goes over the face of the Sun, transitions into Scorpio, and immediately Venus hits the trine to Jupiter. I get the feeling that it's probably the 20th to the 22nd that we start seeing Venus really get lighter and a little bit easier. All Venusian things, of course, signified here would be friendships, sisters, women, art, aesthetics, beauty, sensuality, sexuality, and so forth.

Well, the other thing, of course, is that we are going to get another eclipse, and this one is, to my mind, a little lighter, like it feels to me like a kind of breakthrough moment for Venusian things. The early part of the month feels hard for Venusian things; the later part feels better. Here's a lunar eclipse in Taurus that happens around October 28. Now, by that time again, you've got Mercury in better condition; who is the host of Venus? That's good.

Even if the mutual reception is gone, I still like that Mercury's not combust as it rules Venus, and Venus is so debilitated herself. Then you get again; you have Venus having gone through the trine to Jupiter. You get a lunar eclipse on the 28th in Venus's sign, and at that point in time, the lunar eclipse is an exalted Moon in Taurus, which is really nice, and then you also have the application of the moon to Jupiter and then you have Venus applying within three degrees to a trine with Uranus.

I like this because, again, it feels like, okay, there's like there's kind of a heavy Venusian signature this month. But as the month goes on from the 20th forward, things are getting a lot better.

The second eclipse looks a little lighter and comes with that signature of Venusian breakthrough, which will take us into November a little bit. But here's like on October 30 or 31st, you have Venus trine to Uranus, and that trine to Uranus again signifies to me a kind of a moment of breakthrough.

I like that because the lunar eclipse is really all lunar eclipses have that signification of things reaching their completion or resolution or fullness, and then right as that's happening, you see that Venus goes through a trine to Uranus and you get the feeling of breakthrough of kind of a moment of celebration or victory or things becoming clearer or easier.

At that point in time, Venus is ruled by a Mercury that's also getting greater and greater distance from the Sun, which, again, I think the more that you see Mercury undergo the positive transformation into the evening star position, the better it is for Venus.

Well then, finally, Venus is going to also go through a kind of interesting opposition to Neptune. Venus opposite Neptune can be very positive and interesting. I don't think this is the worst transit in the world. We'll have some things to be aware of around this time at the beginning of November.

But then Venus goes through the trine to Pluto, and then immediately we get Venus by about November 8 popping into Libra where she picks up dignity again, and you know, at that point in time, I really think that this kind of heavy signature around Venus has lifted.

So, if I had to go backward in time, the hardest thing is that we start with an opposition. So let's go back in time and just gonna kind of back Venus up through all of this and map it out once more from start to finish.

So we start with the kind of difficult signature of Venus entering Virgo being in her fall being in mutual reception with Mercury, but Mercury is combust, and then we get the hard opposition to Saturn. I'm going to talk more about Saturn and Venus in a minute so that we can prepare for that because it's happening today and tomorrow.

But then Venus rolls forward, you know, kind of gets out of that opposition and the 14 rules that eclipse; the solar eclipse. Now it's in mutual reception with a combust Mercury. So, you know, it's like there's something that's trying to get done or worked out a diplomatic solution or something like that. The harmony is being sought, but it's hard to come by, and it's going to take a little doing.

Then, as Venus goes on right around the 20th, Venus starts getting into the trine to Jupiter as Mercury goes through the heart of the Sun, and this is really a turning point where things ought to start getting a little bit lighter, and then we have the trine to Jupiter around the 22nd Mercury has now gotten out from is in front of the Sun.

Then we're going forward, and we get going to the 28th, we have a lunar eclipse in Taurus with Jupiter, and we have Venus going into the trine with Uranus; this kind of Venusian breakthrough moment. I like that moment for Venus a lot, and then if you kind of take it forward through a couple more aspects, but then by November 8, Venus has picked up dignity and gone into the sign of Libra.

I think we have, therefore, you know, a little over a month's worth of some hard times for Venus. I think, generally, they're all getting better from October 20 through the end of October. With that second eclipse on the 28th being, I think, a very positive turning point for Venus because after that, again Venus hits the trine to Uranus, and then between then in early November, Venus is going to be moving into better dignity.

So let's go back to where we are today, though, because that's kind of this big picture story about Venus that for some of you may be very overwhelming, and so let's just go back and kind of keep it simple today with our Venus opposite Saturn. So what are some of the things that Venus opposite Saturn can represent between, say, today and the middle of this week?

One of the things that can come up are heartache, heartbreak, limitations, difficulties, obstacles, frustrations in love and relationships. Venus hit Saturn, and she gets a no. Venus hits Saturn, and she gets a prohibition; she gets something that is limiting or blocking or restraining. Venus hit Saturn, and mobility is limited. Freedom is limited.

On the other hand, Venus hits an opposition to Saturn, and greater maturity is somehow accessed greater discipline or seriousness or, you know, Venus needs to conserve, protect, create better boundaries that those are great significations for Venus and Saturn where there is more maturity effort, boundaries and seriousness; Venus Saturn brings it.

Where there's a need for deep commitment, lasting and abiding commitment to be with someone through thick and thin till death do us part, you know Venus, Venus opposite Saturn, can be actually the picture of a marriage vow. Vows are very serious things. They're commitments that we make.

I was thinking about, you know, like you watch a Game of Thrones or Vikings or Outlander, you this is at a different time in history, I suspect that vows and oaths and giving your word meant more and it's probably I think, it could also have been punished more severely. So, at any rate, that might be a Saturnian thing as well as sort of punitive with oaths and vows. But the point is that Venus and Saturn has the feeling of what we love and what we're willing to take seriously. It's the kind of cross that you have to bear that you're willing you must be willing to bear if you're going to do anything that to you is of enduring beauty and value.

So Venus opposite Saturn has this built-in opportunity for things to become sort of more adult, more mature, more serious; more is required of us, and we're ready to take that step forward. It can signify late-life love. Falling in love with someone older.

It can signify challenges between younger women and older women where Venus opposite Saturn is like a picture of youthfulness and like a maiden versus kind of a crone image or the shift from maiden to mother that requires a kind of dying to the single, and you're not expected to do as much as like more responsibility, changing stages or moving from a position of relative freedom kind of a picture of like a youthful, unmarried but you know, or like unwed or even, you know, a woman without children transitioning into a phase of life where she might have those things which are beautiful, but come with certain limits and responsibilities.

It's also about how to remain free, innocent, and pure while also carrying something that's heavier or more burdensome. It's about social hurt and loneliness and isolation and pain, feeling heartache or heartbreak.

It's also about the way in which heartache, heartbreak, or very unavoidable social bottom lines transform us and make us more selective or careful about who we spend our time with or who is valuable of our who is worthy of our valuable time.

So Venus opposite Saturn in the air today, tomorrow, the next day, you know, just pay attention to that, the opportunities it's providing us for greater growth and wisdom, and also the, don't be surprised if it's a little harder if you find that things are a little bit more strained or you're hitting like hard points of opposition in relationships with seem like insurmountable obstacles or, like boundaries. I'm here you're there. Watch for those things to slowly fade as the month goes on.

Remember, Mercury is in mutual reception in Libra. So there's an attempt to do something diplomatic here to find balances in priorities, needs, duties, and values. But it's a month that's going to take a lot of doing with that kind of stuff. We have an eclipse and Libra Venus sign; we have Mercury going through combustion and emerging as the evening star gradually ruling that fallen Venus; we have Venus ruling both eclipses. It's not until a little bit later in the month, around the 20th, that you start to see Venus hitting a trine to Jupiter.

Venus ruling and eclipse in Taurus that has an exalted Moon and Jupiter, and then Venus hitting the trine to Uranus late in the month, those things ought to help us turn a corner because, around that time, Mercury ruling Venus will also emerge from under the beams of the Sun start coming out as the evening star. So you know, just keep all of that in mind that there's an arc, a story arc this month about working things out diplomatically, finding harmony, and having it take a little while to do so.

Then you know it's eclipse season, too, right, so give Venus time to go through a transformation. This is a Venus that is going to feel sort of like a stark contrast to where we've been to because we've been in like Venus and Leo land forever where there was a nice square to Jupiter. It's a little different. The trine to Jupiter is nice, the dignity is challenging, and the opposition to Saturn starts off with some challenges. We'll be working them out by the end of the month and seeing a very different Venus by early November,

So I hope that this has been both useful on the macro and also, more specifically, getting into Venus and Saturn here at the end. Hope you guys will have a great day today. It's a great start to your week. Tell your stories; if you have a good story to share, use the hashtag #grabbed, and then tell us the transit Venus opposite Saturn. Tell us your story. If you prefer, you can email it to us at grabbed@nightlightastrology.com. We might be putting a storytelling episode together here pretty soon. Alright, that's it for today. Take it easy, everyone. Bye