Venus entered Scorpio on September 10. She usually leaves in three and a half weeks. Because of the October retrograde, she stays about ten. In detriment she still magnetizes — she just magnetizes the shadow as easily as the desire.
The transit: Venus in Scorpio ~10 weeks; detriment = opposite Taurus.
The rule: she attracts what you obsess on. Get the object right.
Shadow tell: control, manipulation, gaslighting — in you or at you. Wake-up, not fate.
Love: fixating on one unavailable person vs becoming a match for the right one.
Money: chasing a number so you can make art vs obsessing on the art until money follows.
This week’s aspects: Venus square Pluto Mon/Tue (compulsion). Finger of God / Yod all week — Neptune in Aries + Uranus in Gemini pointing at Venus. Returns mid-October and early December.
Practice: journal, meditate, shadow work or start the book / song / canvas and let Scorpio carry it to year’s end.
Join me each week for my new Weekly Astrology Update on The Empower Channel. May you go with the stars. — DK Brainard
DK Brainard can help you discover your life purpose and connect with your soul mission. He has worked as a professional astrologer for more than 20 years, doing thousands of personal readings as well as making podcasts, writing horoscope columns, and making astrology education videos.
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