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Love is a teaching, and you’re ready for the lesson.

Venus and Saturn are making a conjunction in early Virgo. What makes this reunion all the more powerful is that Venus Retrograde (this summer) gave us 3 Venus-Saturn conjunctions. This is the 3rd and last time.

A commitment you didn’t feel ready, willing, or able to make earlier this Summer may seem like the right thing to do this Fall. It’s a good time to get serious about a relationship.

The astrology books caution that Venus conjunct Saturn inhibits affection and can act as a barrier to love. Yet, committed relationships do create an exclusive club and form a barrier by their very nature. Yet, ongoing relationships can get an energy renewal [as Mercury and Mars form a trine to each other and sextiles to the Venus-Saturn conjunction]; guidance or reading can help you understand each other better so you can relate reasonably. When you approach a relationship as 2 people who are accountable for themselves AND responsible to the relationship, you can reach a renewed level of appreciation for the ongoing love you share– no matter how you decide to proceed.

All relationships count, and business relationships can also mature now as you coordinate with a partner to plan for the future. Don’t hideout– get socially organized; work your social networks.

The conjunction of Venus and Saturn in Virgo can make learning more enjoyable, especially if it can help you to earn more from your profession. If there’s a subject you’re attracted to, take opportunities to learn in more depth. When you love your subject, even the most technical details are fascinating now.

If you can create a barrier to negative judgments, your passionate commitments can give you plenty of energy to enjoy an active and enlightening weekend.

Put feeling good first on your agenda and enjoy!

in Love&Light,
Lauren

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It’s been a long time, but finally! Venus will enter Virgo on October 8 and emerge from the Retrograde shadow on October 11

As Venus Direct retraces her steps back to when she turned Retrograde at 3 Virgo in late July, get ready to act on your recently re-evaluated values.

How does money effect you? How do you think about money? How do you think money changes people? Do you see people with money as being better, happier, or just as miserable?

Some of us have an aversion to money because we see people who have money yet are not happy.

If you enjoy your life as it is, if you wouldn’t change much even if you had more money, then you are already living abundantly.

And to the extent that you appreciate the people and things in your life, you are experiencing abundance. We all have Venus somewhere in our chart!

If you are not happy and you get more money, the money and things won’t make you happy and can even make you more doubtful– unless you are already happy. As Venus leaves Leo, it’s time to access your own inner self-love. And from that perspective, you can start to make balanced, loving decisions.

Think of some of the positive things in your life. If you can appreciate just a few things you have right now, you already know the feeing of abundance. So you can activate it, ask for more of it, and be ready to receive it!

While Venus is in Virgo, you can refine all the ways you prevent love from being your guide. Focus on learning more about relationships and how to make your relationships more spiritual, connected, and whole. First with yourself, and then with others.

There’s all ways more,

in Love&Light,
Lauren

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If you subscribe to artcharts newsletter, which is 100% free, you probably remember that action planet Mars is very active right now. Just as Venus is hanging stationery in orbit, hardly moving at all as she prepares for a RETROGRADE station this coming week. What can THIS do to your love life, nevermind your cash flow???

Before you think about love and money, Mars has a message for your ego.

Mars is sextile Uranus right now. This means there is more available energy— for certain purposes! It’s a good time to take initiative to connect with your goals, friends, groups, astrologer! Have a plan of action? It’s time to TAKE action. Ask a favor. Connect with other individuals or groups doing similar work, find ways you can integrate your individual intentions with what the group is working to accomplish. Perhaps there’s an opportunity if you’re willing to pool your resources, cash, information, discoveries, you may be pleasantly surprised at the potential for a win-win outcome.

But in astrology, one aspect is never the whole story. It’s part. But it’s not the whole picture.

Monday, July 23, Mars is square Neptune, while Venus is stationing Retrograde (July 27). What you stand up for and demand to have NOW may be exactly what works against you most. You could expend a lot of energy for something that is really not what you want, need, or will be satisfied with. And if you’re really pushy and refuse to live in harmony with the rest of the planetary citizens, you can actually wind up with more of what you DON’T want. Have you really won? What? Do you thrive on the constant drama of increased tension, or are you able to be open to the harmony of the universe, willing to work cooperatively for a greater good?

Maybe not. Maybe you have to have your way, and maybe you’ll get it. But you may not be happy with what you get as Mars squares Neptune and Venus stations Retrograde. If you’re feeling discouraged, who did you hope to discourage? cut off?negate? deny? reject? What or who are you trying to control? How are you focusing your energy on others that could be re-focused on yourself? Where do you HAVE to be right? There’s your potential energy leak.

Mars square Neptune can encourage actions that show your inner truth, even if you would rather keep it hidden so you can appear to be what you fear you’re not. Ironically, the more you try to hide your subconscious, the more obvious it can become to others– especially now. How much energy do you expend making sure you keep certain parts of yourself hidden so you get approval? Maintain control? Feel superior? Does that extend to telling others why they can’t possibly succeed? Besides all the ENERGY your disapproval takes away from you, it also deposits layers of guilt, layers that only add to your own bad feelings about yourself, dramatically decreasing your available energy AND making relationships more treacherous than loving. So ill wishes really wind up as stumbling blocks on your own doorstep, or disguised as bad karma. This is how your disapproval zaps your energy.

Trying to pretend none of this is true is only going to make it more true. It happens to all of us in all our relationships. What to do? Let it go! Paint your own world, make it easy to succeed. Sabotaging others is sabotaging yourself. Look directly at your bad wishes. Don’t try to escape them. Accept them. Then you can let them go. Maybe while Venus is Retrograde.

This is not about denying more, it’s about being open and letting it go so you can increase your energy and make life fun, again.

Get your ego out of the way, and watch your conflicts dissolve!

with Love&Light,
Lauren

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