Saturn in Aries

It is very important that you feel there is a place for you in this world, that you personally lend your own contribution to the structure of society as we know it. Without this, you would feel redundant, as if you were not a part of any greater design, but assigned instead to a fate of insignificance. Therefore, you are very busy about involving yourself in projects, and are not likely to remain idle for any length of time. Indeed, you are constantly active, as to be the opposite would imply that you are not personally important any more. The whole point, as
you see it, is that as there seems to be some kind of inspired structure to the world at large, that same structure must exist within you: therefore you as an individual must reflect the world, and it you. It’s the old “macrocosm-microcosm” argument – you are the universe in miniature. What could be more simple!

Saturn in Taurus

You have a nagging dread that you’re never going to quite find that security you so desperately strive for. It seems as if it forever eludes you, just when you think you’ve found it. However, this is really more of an habitual fear rather than the real state of affairs; it is the fear of not having security, in fact, which makes you pursue it so relentlessly. By security is not only meant a sound financial base but, similarly, a steady emotional influence, also. You will therefore not take too kindly to anything which prevents you from putting down roots and building up a solid foundation from which all this security can grow. Because it is so important to you, you are prepared, if need be, to put aside a major proportion of your life in order to attain it.

Saturn in Gemini

Unlike many others, you can, should the situation arise, adapt to the demands of physically having to change your environment on a fairly regular basis. In other words, the life of a Gypsy should not necessarily be something at which throw up your hands in horror. This is because, instead of viewing permanent movement as being detrimental to your personal development, you are inclined to see it as a necessary lesson in the school of life: that is, a character building experience. Indeed, if given the choice of staying in one place or moving around, both of which would yield exactly the same benefits, you are likely to choose the latter. All this travelling invariably provides food for the mind; therefore, you use your experience to build up a thought system through which, via observation and comparison, you will arrive at a pretty fair estimation of your own limitations and potentials.

Saturn in Cancer

In many ways you live through your ancestors – or is that they live through you? Whichever way round it is, there is an especial relationship between yourself and the past, particularly those elements which have a bearing on your own religious or racial complexion. This in turn makes you bound to your family and, in many ways, it is they who form the centre around which your life pivots. You don’t like to see too many changes in this sphere: departures and marriagesupset you. On the other hand, you’re thrilled by births, for they further extend all that’s familiar and meaningful to you. You are, indeed, a fully paid up member of the clan!

When it comes to emotions you have two attitudes, these stem from two fears; a fear of not being able to express the way you feel and the fear of being completely overwhelmed by emotion to the point where you may not be in control of your actions. As they say in Buddhism, the answer lies in the middle way, by taking the path that is central from both of the two extremes.

Saturn in Leo

You have a fear of not being recognized for being the person you are. This can make you flaunt your differences so that others get the message straight away – or at least the message you’d like them to get! Individuality is very important to you, not only your own, but others’ also. You like to surround yourself with those who stand out from the crowd, either in terms of personal achievement, or just in their appearance. Personal achievement, in fact, is something for which you hold a lot of admiration, for you see it as a sign that those concerned have extricated themselves from the common mould – that they have in some sense given birth to themselves. This can have a negative effect, also, for it can cause you to overlook what is sometimes only surface deep: there are many who only look the part, and are certainly not all they seem.

Saturn is the difficult planet in astrology, it represents our fears and our wisdom. The wisdom comes from the enforcement of dealing with the fears. The sign it is in shows the theme of the fear and where ultimately the wisdom will show. Leo is the sign ruled by the Sun. It represents the creative spirit of man. Through creative expression comes recognition – basking in the light of the Sun – The Sun shines out through what you creatively express. Too much recognition and you’ll wish you’d kept in the background; too little and you’ll feel like you’ve nothing to offer the world or that no-one gives you the recognition you deserve. This principle works in various and subtle ways;
only you can work it out.

Saturn in Virgo

Life often seems unnecessarily complicated to you. Things which others achieve easily elude you, and for no discernible reason. The straightforward path, as far as you’re concerned, is pretty much a myth. What to do? If achievement is the measure of those who seek it, does failing to attain your goals mean you lack something? Far from it! And, anyway, only some things elude you, not all. What’s really under the microscope here is the question of order: order produces clarity, and clarity allows vision. Clarity and order on an inner level – how you think and feel privately -will bring goals and achievement together, for they’ll illuminate the correct path to follow. In other words, imposing a structure on your inner life will lessen the complications in your outer one. Get it?!

Saturn in Libra

Things have a way of happening easily for you. Goals and opportunities which may elude others often come to you overnight. This is both good and bad. The good is that you’re saved unnecessary hardship and suffering in the pursuit of objects which often, in fact, are yours by right. The bad – or perhaps it’s more appropriate to say ‘negative’ – side of things is that, because of the facility with which you achieve your ends, a certain complacency can set in and, with it, a lack of awareness of what it’s like to be on the outside looking in. This does not reflect how you really are for, if truth be known, equality of opportunity is something you’d like to see for all. Still, never forget what it’s like to be hungry! Tables can be turned in the blink of an eye. History’s full of it: France 1789, Beijing 1989. . .

In relationships you strive to find order and harmony that perfect balance between two people that will allow perfect love to blossom. This need for balance stems from two unconscious fears, the fear of not being in a relationship at all and the fear of being overwhelmed by another person. The lesson to be learned is that it is you that is in control of any relationship that you have. Those unconscious fears only affect you when you forget this.

Saturn in Scorpio

Everybody needs to climb the ladder of success in some way or another, for the desire to make of one’s life something different and unique is a fairly strong motivation in most of us. There are a multitude of ways of going about this, but your chosen way is to follow your emotions and, whatever strikes that inner chord, becomes your life’s vocation. It doesn’t matter how deviant or unconventional that vocation might be; what matters is that
it actually means something to you personally, that you are not following an abstract plan devised by someone else for other people. Once you’ve found this route you apply yourself with dedication and steadfastness. You can even verge on ruthlessness should you think others are threatening your future, and you will strike before others strike you, just to ensure that the way forward remains permanently clear. At times you can become quite obsessive about control and power and are always on the lookout for potential infringement of your own personal power. Nothing wrong with that providing your manipulative side is only used in a positive manner to help others or to ensure that your own life runs fairly and smoothly… However, there is always the risk of going over the top and imagining that the motives of other people are more sinister than they really are…

Saturn in Sagittarius

You find it very difficult at times to tether yourself to a mooring when all you want is to float on the open sea – one of your cherished ideals is freedom. Freedom, however, should not be confused with irresponsibility; this is something you have to learn! (Well, we all have our little faults, don’t we?) If truth be known, you don’t always like facing up to the demands imposed by certain situations, and the people involved in them. This does not mean you’re superficial. On the contrary. It’s not your capacity, or willingness, to experience depth which is the question here: rather your willingness to choose responsibil ity over freedom. But, don’t you know, within responsibility there is freedom. Being responsible implies leadership, and this in turn suggests vision – at least the vision to guide those who are following. The vision of leadership therefore liberates you from a condition of dependency.

Saturn in Capricorn

You have an admirable amount of self-control and discipline; indeed, others often envy you for your ability to stay on the straight and narrow path. It matters not whether that path has been predetermined by you or whether you’ve been guided onto it by others. It’s your capacity to adhere to a system which carries the weight in the end. Living by systems is second nature to you, for they allow you to move through life by a proven method. You need structure and organization in your existence and, if the way to these lies along conventionally-beaten paths, so be it. They get the results you want.

Saturn in Aquarius

One of your greatest fears is not belonging, of being on the outside looking in. You very much need to be a part of the general movement of humankind: exclusion from this would distress you. Therefore, you adapt to society’s systems and structures readily, for they provide easy access to membership of society’s ‘club’  your security. This is not to say that you’re exclusively a dyed-in-the-wool conformist who has no capacity, let alone desire, for individual expression. On the contrary. But, what it does mean, is that a sense of belonging will override everything else in the pursuit of your own personal direction. Logically, you’d be unhappy if you didn’t belong, and this would scupper your plans.

Saturn in Pisces

You’re a wanderer. You roam freely through life’s landscape, absorbing this detail, absorbing that, and then knitting these together to make a coherent pattern. You take the ebb with the flow. This does not mean you’re a wishy-washy observer of others’ activities. Quite the contrary. What it does mean, though, is that where for others discipline and conformity prevail, you’re instead a pragmatist. You explore the whole house, rather than continually enter rooms by the same door and from the same direction. Sometimes, however, you can be a bit too exploratory, and it is then that you do need to impose some kind of control. You can do this, of course – but you’d rather not!

Jupiter in Aries

You are very enthusiastic about any issue which looks as if it might further the cause of the individual. Indeed, you are extremely conscious of just what it means to be your personal self amongst the world’s many millions. Much of your energy, therefore, is spent on cultivating your individuality, and you will seize upon any personal nuance or characteristic that might surface, exploiting and developing it into something uniquely your own. You wish to be known for your differences, not for your similarities to the greater masses. Equally, you instinctively recognize and encourage the individuality in others, no matter how it’s disguised, and you will be proud to surround yourself with those of your own kind. In this way, you conduct your social life amongst a group of individuals – a contradiction in terms, perhaps, but not one that causes you undue difficulty.

Jupiter in Taurus

You have a very fertile imagination, but one which on occasion you restrain from flowing into the more uplifting areas. In other words, you can sit on your own enthusiasm. This might make you rather pedantic at times, inclining you to keep your eyes on the ground when really they should be scanning the heavens. You could also give the impression that your spirits too often seem dampened; but what is probably more to the point is that they are bubbling away in some underground spring, so to speak, where, by virtue of being deep below the surface, they are acquiring a compulsive force of their own. One of your great liberating dreams is perhaps that of letting these forces burst forth for the purpose of taking apart the ‘establishment’ – the structure of society as we know it – and returning people to a spiritual community without boundaries.

Jupiter in Gemini

You are attracted by people who have about them a strong suggestion of drama; that is, unusual or colourful people who have a tendency to overact, to ‘put on a show’. You yourself are very dramatic, often expressing your feelings with exaggerated expressive actions. Being an exceptionally open person, the last thing in the world you want is a sense of confinement, emotional or physical, and you will go out of your way to cultivate as free a lifestyle as possible. The unusual and exotic fascinate you; you often find it mentally and emotionally stimulating to be involved with unconventional people and situations, often being unconventional yourself. Indeed, you like to flout the rules for the sheer pleasure of doing so, becoming as gleeful as an imp when you discover that, once again, you’ve beaten the authorities at their own game.

You have many opinions on life and people… when the opportunity arises you are quite partial to handing them out freely…

Jupiter in Cancer

You often react very enthusiastically towards subjects to do with the past. The history of anything frequently ignites your spirit of inquiry and stirs your imagination. Similarly, you show a positive response towards people generally, either individuals or ‘races’, who might represent a link with ancient days. The past is often equated by you with your idea of spirit, which often you see as more fittingly, and more purely, existing in a bygone age. Thus, those in whom you express an interest because of their ‘oldness’ are equally revered by you for their closer
proximity, as you see it, to the original spirit of things. On another level altogether, you have a good sense of shared enjoyment, and find the power of crowds exciting. Thus, you are well pleased when you find yourself involved in those occasions -from church gatherings to rock gigs – where everybody is uplifted by a feeling of joy.

Jupiter in Leo

You have a strong feeling for pomp and glamour. You love a parade, and you love flamboyant modes of dressing; you love a good rock concert and, equally, you love the theatre. In fact, it is the theatricality of these other areas which provides you with the essential ingredient, for you don’t warm to pomp and glamour merely for their own sakes, but for their dramatic content. That is, you like these things to reflect some kind of inner meaning – a spiritual force, one might say. You yourself are personally very demonstrative, dispensing your feelings generously, and not without some attendant flamboyance of your own. You are what is traditionally called big-hearted; thus, you will always respond most favourably to those who possess similar gregarious qualities.

Jupiter in Virgo

You are often intrigued by the hidden meaning in people and situations – what one might call the spirit of things. Sometimes, you can’t help seeing this quality in everything, from the most grand down to the most trivial. Thus, for you, everything can take on an air of mystery, often to such an extent that others might think you superstitious. Still, you have a very fine appreciation of all that makes the ‘inner man’ tick, and your own private response to, say, the religious experience, is nearly always one of respect and deference to an overpowering, unknowable energy, as you see it. Whether consciously or not, you are very aware of the connection between the movement of the spirit and the rhythm of music; thus, you will often find a release for your inner feelings in the realm of music and dance.

Jupiter in Libra

As a rule, you are fairly balanced in how you express yourself. Sometimes, however, you can go completely over-board, working up a real enthusiasm for some idea or person for whom you have developed an infatuation. At times like these, you parade your feelings with much self-display, leaving others in no doubt as to the extent of your commitment. The interesting thing is that this pendulum does not swing back to the other extreme: as much as you can go overboard, you never seem to revert to being cold or withdrawn but, instead, will settle on a middle  way. In other words, your enthusiasm is either over-the-top or normal! When in your so-called middle-way ‘phase’, you remain open to all kinds of possibly inspirational experience, all of which you judge with the same degree of interest and fairness.

Jupiter in Scorpio

There exists within you a tension between your inclination to remain disciplined, constrained, and the desire to just let it all rip and go with the passion of the moment. At times this can cause you some confusion, caught as you are between two equally powerful tendencies. When you do let go, therefore, the feelings you express are forcefully emotional, and often dramatic as well – like the opening of floodgates, perhaps. Everybody else who witnesses such a ‘performance’ cannot help but sit up and take notice. Given these qualities, you will naturally respond to similar characteristics in others, whether you experience them directly or through, for example, literature and music. Regarding these latter, you are perhaps most likely to respond best to works dealing with the pain of repressed
emotion.

Jupiter in Sagittarius

Despite what others might think of you – that is, whether you’re a rogue or a saint – you nevertheless have a moral code to which you adhere no matter what. In other words, you will not deviate from your personal canon of law. This method of conduct has nothing to do with prudery; rather, it is your response to your private inner voice. Thus, you are still perfectly capable of moments of excess, as your enthusiasm is abundant and it catches fire easily. If someone offers you a drink, for instance, you’ll have ten; in a chorus of revellers, you’ll sing the loudest. You especially have a great enthusiasm for things which you consider bring joy to everyone, from religion to sport. The point here is that you have an inspired strain of optimism which permeates your overall outlook, and infects others with its uplifting nature. You mind, once fired with the spirit of the moment and fueled with enthusiasm knows no boundaries. This applies to both the world of action and thought. Your enthusiasm can flood a situation and raise the energy levels of those around you. You may wonder where it all comes from, when it’s not around you may wonder where it’s gone. If you followed the transits of the planets astrologically you notice how when a planet triggers off Jupiter in your chart the power comes on and the adventure of life kicks in.

Jupiter in Capricorn

Regardless of your desire to do otherwise, you often tend to hold on to your more enthusiastic feelings, preventing them from getting too worked up or out of control. What is being suggested here is not that you have any less a capacity for inspiration than anyone else, rather that you often feel the need to restrain it. You impose your own discipline in order to avert extremism. Thus, when it comes to dealing with areas of human activity which depend on inspired behaviour, your approach is often a considered and deliberate one. You will enter the fields of religion and philosophy, for example, with respect, even with awe, whether or not you are personally involved in these pursuits. The point is your respect for quests of the spirit transcends your personal opinion.

Jupiter in Aquarius

You have a positive approach to all that brings joy to mankind, from music to religion, from literature to love. At least, you yourself consider that these things, amongst others, actually do contain that essential element of joy, as opposed to taking a pessimistic view of their influence. You are very open to new suggestions and ideas regarding the spiritual health of man, and are therefore usually in favour of those institutions which represent the advancement of society at large. Thus, new religions, new forms of education, new approaches to the concept
of family life – all these and more are considered by you with enthusiasm. In other words, it is your wish that the best in man is brought out for the sake of mankind; and you often associate the best with whatever is new.

Jupiter in Pisces

Where others might be cynical, you have a strong tendency to believe in matters which represent man’s spiritual welfare. Hence, in the field of religion, for example, the act of devotion comes naturally to you. You see it as a very simple and uncomplicated affair, and one perfectly compatible with how you feel about the connection between man and a higher order. Still, you’re also a pretty gregarious creature really, a lover of parties and social occasions which one can call ‘festivities’. You respond very much to the enthusiasm of others, this in turn feeding your own capacity for enjoyment: it’s frequently very much a case of the more the merrier! However, despite your often unbridled zest for life, you also have an impulse to withdraw in order to take care of, in private, your even greater enthusiasm for worship.

Mars in Aries

Your instinctive judgement of people and situations is highly developed, and your first impressions – i.e. your gut reactions – are almost always proved right at the end of the day. Everyone is of course passionate to one degree or another; your passions are perhaps that little bit more up-front than most people’s. Being as close to the nerve as they are, it doesn’t take much to get them going; you react rapidly, and can flare up just as quickly. These powerful emotions and feelings therefore are experienced at a very subjective level, and this can make you at times extremely touchy. Because of this, others sometimes might feel as if they have to tread very carefully in your presence : other- wise – wham! Strong feelings demand strong commitments, and respect on all sides is the name of the game.

Mars in Taurus

You have this extraordinary ability to sleep through almost anything, be it a party or a crisis. Sometimes you might even fall asleep on your feet! Because others can find it difficult to rouse you, or to work you up to a pitch of excitement, they might think you lack passion, or a sense of conviction; this is of course far from the truth. More to the point is your self evident capacity for keeping these passions underground, as it were, where they simmer and smoulder but never quite reach that critical point at which they just flare up and boil over. But, boil over they most certainly can and, when they do, anything and everything is swept along with the force of your eruptive outburst. When others complain of your slumbering passions, and of your seeming inability to take a decisive action, just remind them of Mount Vesuvius and of what it did to the town of Pompeii!

Mars in Gemini

A sharp mind gives way to a sharp tongue, and both of these you have. Indeed, these you can use without due restraint, sometimes leaving others wondering why you should have been so cutting when perhaps the situation didn’t call for such an extreme response. Nevertheless, as soon as the skirmish has erupted, it’s over again
at least as far as you’re concerned. Hence, you quite happily continue to go through your rounds of confrontation and reconcil iation, for the former usually leave no lasting scar, and the latter normally heal all wounds – again, at least as far as you’re concerned. In other words, you do not necessarily mean to hurt, only to make a point. It’s really a question of force; in your case, a forceful mind. However, this is sometimes misdirected, or not disciplined enough, and therefore can wind up contributing in the wrong way to the wrong occasion. The lesson to be learnt is:
think before you act!

Mars in Cancer

You have deeply-held convictions which you will defend with much emotional gusto. That is, your blood boils and your temperature rises and you become extraordinarily self-protective. Instead of they being just an attitude of mind, therefore, those issues which motivate and move you are prompted by something deep inside, and demand a great deal of your emotional commitment. This shows just how fierce is your allegiance to something, or somebody, once it has stirred your deepest passions. You will hold on to these things no matter what; indeed, your tenacity can sometimes prevent you from getting the right distance in order to see things objectively. If others on occasion think you’re initially too slow to react to a challenge, it would be more because of your desire to preserve the status quo, rather than because.

Mars in Leo

You have a good sense of action, and are not likely to hang about too much in times of crisis. That is, you will meet a difficult situation head on and tackle it so as to weed out the opposition. However, this is not to imply that you’re naturally belligerent: more to the point is the matter of your personal dignity. A person should be respected for his or her individuality; if you feel this sacred tower is under threat, you will defend it to the best of your ability. Indeed, you have a passionate belief in the power of one person to change things and, with this in mind, will take up all manner of social and political causes in order to promote the cause of the individual.

Mars in Virgo

You seem always to give, and be under, the impression that, in one way or another, you are having to make some kind of personal sacrifice in order to pander to the whim of others. Indeed, you have a very developed notion of martyrdom, you can be a bit too accomodating trying to please everyone at once, even to the point of doing their worrying for them! Surely selfless devotion to an idea or cause is a commendable virtue. However, as to whether you yourself actually have to suffer for the sake of others is a matter for debate if the truth be known, this belief may spring more from your imagination than from the realities of situations. Nevertheless, the fact is that others often do see you as a long-suffering hero or heroine in your life.

Virgo is a strange sign. It represents sevice and devotion to people and causes, also the criticism and analysis of people and situations. It is through analysis that you perceive the suffering of other people and the drive to do something about it is the nature of Mars. The balance you need to find relates to how much you help others and how much effort they actually put into relieving their own situation. If you have the reputation for ‘being there’ for people they can end up taking you for granted. This can infuriate you at times leaving you feeling used or unappreciated. If you do too much you can end up creating criticisms in your own mind for the very people you wish to help. The secret is to know your limits. The hard bit is learning to say no. If you find yourself thinking negative thoughts about those you help, you’re putting yourself out too much. By saying no more often you will only be helping people gladly.

Mars in Libra

When it comes to taking the plunge with some commitment or other, you often feel as if you just cannot make that final, binding step. Your passion for the original cause or idea seems to fail you at the last moment. Still, this does not mean that you never felt that passion to begin with: it’s only the necessary ingredient of commitment which seems to be so elusive. However, once that bridge is crossed all is hunky-dory, and you’re left wondering as to what made you dither for so long. Some call your attitude ’sitting on the fence’; maybe it’s better to call it a preoccupation with seeing both sides of any equation without any bias either way. Therefore, it can be the absolute fairness of your own judgment which can prevent you from throwing yourself into any new project or relationship.

Mars in Scorpio

You have a passionate nature and, when you find someone whom you really feel for, you will fasten on to that person and not let go, by hook or by crook! You feel very intensely about people and things that touch you on an instinctive, or ‘gut’, level, remaining completely loyal to that feeling. At first, however, you might show caution and reserve, for you do not act rashly when it comes to making commitments but, once an attachment is made, the feeling sticks. In other words, you are very serious about things which concern your deeper feelings. Fools you do not suffer gladly and, though others’ more flippant behaviour might fascinate you, you are rarely so impressionable that you will abandon your principles and join them – despite the possibly strong wish to do so on your part! There are times however, when you find your self-imposed regime too strict, and you will lash out and go absolutely crazy for a while but, like all fundamentally serious people, you can keep all that silliness up only for just so long.

Mars in Sagittarius

In a moment of crisis, you have the potential for emerging as a real hero of the hour. There always has to be someone around who’ll say the unmentionable or do the impossible, and that someone often is you. As the song says: ‘when the arrow is straight, and the point is slick, it can pierce through dust no matter how thick’. At other times, though, you can go to the opposite extreme, infuriating others with your inability to commit yourself either one way or the other when real resolution is called for, and generally coming on like the proverbial Slippery Sam! Nevertheless, this is a temperamental reaction on your part and tends to last only as long as it takes you to change your mind back again. In your case, the bottom line is that the passion is always there. Given the state of differing circumstances, the only question then remaining is: how are you going to use it?

Mars in Capricorn

You have loyal and deeply-running passions, which are founded on the rocks of principle and responsibility. When something strikes those rocks, it prompts your eternal devotion, and you will not let the side down even under the most dire circumstances. Nevertheless, when a critical situation develops and you’re called upon to rise to the challenge, you are likely firstly to react with reserve and caution, rather than heedless abandon. In other words, you are not always spontaneous in action, but are sometimes inclined to weigh up all sides with a mature and considered attitude before taking the plunge. Placing your own restraints on impulsiveness as you do often suggests that, once an action is taken, it is very likely to be the right, the most prudent, one.

Mars represents your desires and challenges… Capricorn – the world of business, status, authority and wisdom…

Mars in Aquarius

There are many ways in which to channel your more instinctive, even aggressive, instincts, and one is to divert them into the sphere of intellect. More than likely you will refrain from actual physical violence – indeed you normally recoil from it – and instead will use your mind to fight your battles for you. It is, after all, terribly unsophisticated to employ brute force, is it not? Your strong feelings about issues touching upon the welfare of your fellow man will make you help almost anyone who might be in some kind of trouble, despite your own possible prejudices towards a particular individual. One thing to beware of, however, when letting your mind rule your instincts, is that you might sometimes lose sight of the deeper sources of your feeling, that area where the passions are born.

Mars in Pisces

You have this funny habit: when it comes to being called upon to rise to this challenge or the other – that is, when you’re being asked really to make a commitment – you disappear somewhere and get well and truly drunk instead! It’s not that you can’t face the issue; rather, it’s perhaps more accurate to say that often you’re apprehensive about backing yourself to win. The fear of failure exists in all of us to one degree or another; however, in your case, this kind of reaction is usually due more to a self-induced anxiety rather than to the truth of the matter. For, indeed, you have a passionate and deeply devotional nature, one of whose most salient hallmarks is the almost religious belief in people and causes; perhaps it is the fear of your own powerful emotions and feelings which sometimes leads you to the old firewater.

Venus in Aries

Just because you like someone, it doesn’t mean that you wouldn’t give them a sharp back-hander if they got on the wrong side of  you! Just because you like a peaceful life, it doesn’t mean that you wouldn’t go to war to defend it! In other words: strong feelings, strong methods of self-protection. In love, you have a most powerful sense of conviction, and you express your feelings persuasively; indeed, perhaps too intensely for some. You say what you mean and you mean what you say and, should anyone be incautious enough to cross you, you will strike out at them quick as a flash. The thing is you can sometimes do this without thinking enough about the why’s and wherefore’s, and this can damage relationships sometimes beyond repair. You must be careful not to scald that which you love just because your feelings are so often close to the boiling-point.

Venus in Taurus

In love, you are dependable and steadfast. When you fasten your affections on someone, you mean it, and you will stand by your convictions through thick and thin. The beauty of it all is that you do not develop your attachments overnight: rather, they begin as seedlings and are nourished within you until, having grown with the fullness of time, they flower into something wonderful. Nothing flippant here! Some, however, may find you at times a bit too backward in coming forward and, indeed, you yourself may sometimes regret that you’re not more rash in love. But, once bitten forever smitten, and you’ll stay with that feeling until it fades -if it ever does, that is! Anyway, what you might lack in being flamboyant, you make up for in a strong appreciation of things artistic and beautiful: when it comes to choosing a member of the opposite sex, you have the eye of an artist!

Venus in Gemini

With your partner you are absolutely devoted and loyal, even if a little fickle at times! A love relationship, in fact, is one of the only things in which you can find real gut-level fulfilment, because it is where you ultimately achieve a feeling of being truly twinned. And that is what you’ve always wanted from a romantic involvement: for you and your partner to be like one soul in two bodies. Part of the twin syndrome is also the sharing of minds, and nothing brings you greater delight – indeed greater strength – than the exchanging and sharing of ideas. This is one of your chief methods of learning about yourself and others. Socially, you need the reassurance of being surrounded by your familiars; that is, apart from your partner, your intimate friends and family. By being able to compare society with your personal environment, you keep a perspective on the world at large.

Venus in Cancer

You are a whizz on the domestic scene. You can cook up a dinner from nothing, and wash the windows both inside and out. And, what’s more, you like it! You like it because in doing these things you are preparing a nest for your loved one. Not for you a mere flat or house, but a home! And, if your partner feels at home and relaxed, then conditions are right for love coming into its own. But, first of all, you have to feel secure enough in a relationship to want to set up home with your loved one: security is the prerequisite ingredient. Hence, what you look for, and what you expect, is a sympathetic and feelingful partner with whom you can spend long nights in front of the fire exchanging dreams of your future life together. Once your separate dreams start taking on the same shape, out come the home-making clothes!