Venus in Libra
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2022 12:56 pm
I just finished rewriting Venus in Libra. It was an unusually educative example.
https://www.solunars.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=80#p479
I've written before that Mercury and Venus signs are more "tools" in one's toolbox. They aren't part of the character core, not part of who you are in any deep sense - they're just extra tools or resources you carry around, mixed skills or styles of communication, thinking, social connection, taking pleasure, etc.
Until Venus in Libra, I've never felt compelled to write this distinction directly into the interpretation. It's so obvious (when you have a list of a few dozen Venus in Libra people in front of you that you know personally). One of the most obvious things about them is that social graces come easily to them: they can slip (more or less at a moment's notice) into courtesy, good manners, welcoming grace, etc.
But notice that I said they can slip into these. It's not "where they live." They often are quite different people AT CORE. Venus can be in Libra for all Sun signs from Leo to Sagittarius, with most of them being in Virgo and Scorpio (and a few Libra Suns: Venus spends most of its time nearly at the semi-square near its greatest elongation, not near the conjunction).
It's not that they're NOT gracious - it's that this isn't "where they live," what's important to them, what matches their deep character. They have quite different priorities, other things that matter more to them than social graces, but they can whip out gentle manners in an instant. Among public figures, consider Alan Dershowitz, who's a real bastard but can charm a jury whenever he wants. Or Bill Gates (a poor example since he has Sun in Libra) who is basically a geek (sometimes thought to be arrogant and self-absorbed) who nonetheless knows how to talk to a camera, a room of hundreds of people, or one-on-one on the sidewalk. Or Chris Christie, who wears his obvious Leo and Scorpio traits and yet is so damn charming (and even entertaining) anytime he opens his mouth. The string of Venus in Libra entertainers who are just so damn entertaining (in ways unrelated to their talents, which often are considerable) that they exude popularity. and magnetism (the comedians just make you love them personally, like Goldie Hawn, Richard Pryor, John Cleese; and try to tell me John Legend isn't a natural charmer).
The personal cases are more obvious to me, but the public cases make the point. Many of these people (most of the Virgos and Scorpios, in particular) aren't innately charming or, at least, it doesn't matter to them so much; but, well, they just have this talent to turn on something that makes people LIKE them almost no matter what they do - a tool in their toolbox.
I explained it to Marion this morning in non-Libra terms: It's not that they ARE Iron Man. But they do have an Iron Man suit they can put on as quickly as they need. (Except it's really a Tony Stark suit.)
https://www.solunars.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=80#p479
I've written before that Mercury and Venus signs are more "tools" in one's toolbox. They aren't part of the character core, not part of who you are in any deep sense - they're just extra tools or resources you carry around, mixed skills or styles of communication, thinking, social connection, taking pleasure, etc.
Until Venus in Libra, I've never felt compelled to write this distinction directly into the interpretation. It's so obvious (when you have a list of a few dozen Venus in Libra people in front of you that you know personally). One of the most obvious things about them is that social graces come easily to them: they can slip (more or less at a moment's notice) into courtesy, good manners, welcoming grace, etc.
But notice that I said they can slip into these. It's not "where they live." They often are quite different people AT CORE. Venus can be in Libra for all Sun signs from Leo to Sagittarius, with most of them being in Virgo and Scorpio (and a few Libra Suns: Venus spends most of its time nearly at the semi-square near its greatest elongation, not near the conjunction).
It's not that they're NOT gracious - it's that this isn't "where they live," what's important to them, what matches their deep character. They have quite different priorities, other things that matter more to them than social graces, but they can whip out gentle manners in an instant. Among public figures, consider Alan Dershowitz, who's a real bastard but can charm a jury whenever he wants. Or Bill Gates (a poor example since he has Sun in Libra) who is basically a geek (sometimes thought to be arrogant and self-absorbed) who nonetheless knows how to talk to a camera, a room of hundreds of people, or one-on-one on the sidewalk. Or Chris Christie, who wears his obvious Leo and Scorpio traits and yet is so damn charming (and even entertaining) anytime he opens his mouth. The string of Venus in Libra entertainers who are just so damn entertaining (in ways unrelated to their talents, which often are considerable) that they exude popularity. and magnetism (the comedians just make you love them personally, like Goldie Hawn, Richard Pryor, John Cleese; and try to tell me John Legend isn't a natural charmer).
The personal cases are more obvious to me, but the public cases make the point. Many of these people (most of the Virgos and Scorpios, in particular) aren't innately charming or, at least, it doesn't matter to them so much; but, well, they just have this talent to turn on something that makes people LIKE them almost no matter what they do - a tool in their toolbox.
I explained it to Marion this morning in non-Libra terms: It's not that they ARE Iron Man. But they do have an Iron Man suit they can put on as quickly as they need. (Except it's really a Tony Stark suit.)