Dreams and delusions. As we are coming to the close of the Neptune transit of Pisces, sea monsters are emerging. The transition of Pisces to Aries is described by the Perseus mythology. The end of Piscean periods is hallmarked by the emergence of creatures from the sea both dreamy like Pegasus and nightmarish like Medusa and Cetus. Perseus, the Arian hero, slays the sea monsters represented by Medusa and Cetus and rescues the damsel in distress, Andromeda. Neptune represents the person who is driven by their dreams, ideals and delusions. The culmination of this is Mars, the actor who acts on their Neptune ideals. Neptune’s transits describe the changes in the ideals of mankind. Neptune entered Pisces in 2012 and will enter Aries in 2025. Pisces is the last zodiac sign and Aries is the first zodiac sign. As the twelve-zodiac astrological year changes to the next, new systems are born from the sea.
Venus retrogrades are karmic periods for relationships. The past will become present. When you are born during a Venus retrograde, you will replay a relationship from the past. It is entirely possible that a Venus retrograde native will be that karmic partner for others or you may experience a karmic partner. Either way, Venus holds the mirror and she is there to reflect something about the partner. It is important to recognize that building a partnership is the purpose of Venus. During a Venus retrograde, exploring past relationships is energy that is present for everyone. The Venus cazimi is the culmination of the Venus retrograde because the Sun acts as a purifier and clears the Venusian karma. At cazimi, Venus passes through the Sun’s karma cleansing fire. Clearing past relationship karma. This Venus retrograde has a slightly different purpose than the usual Venus retrograde. The north node is pointing us toward Arian independence and Arian survival. This is about fighting to manifest the new system. Virgo Mars in the 1st.
The karmic nodes of the Moon have the south node in Libra and north node in Aries. The retrograde Capricorn Pluto is squaring the nodes so the karma being manifested is being sorted. Pluto rules the dead. When he is active, he is taking away the dead. Pluto is going to remove anything that is holding each partner back. He may remove the dead relationship patterns (Libra south node) or, for a few, he may remove dead overconsumption of independence (Aries north node). Almost no one enjoys Pluto’s methods but he is important to the living since he clears away those things and people that are dead to us. This is a very important sign that this Venus retrograde is about letting go. Whether that is a person, habits and situations, it can be anything that is no longer healthy and alive in our life. Pluto is here to take that all away. Dissolving old karmic past life commitments (retrograde Pisces Saturn) is on Venus’ agenda.
Aries-Libra is the war axis. The death of trade, the destruction of connection, and the death of relationship. Although Venus retrograde is usually described for individual relationships, the interplay of outer planets suggests that this retrograde is going to play out on the international stage. Sinking ships, destroying undersea pipelines, destroying bridges, destroying connections and going it alone (Aries north node). Europe’s painful confrontation with its future as married to or independent from Russia looks like it is possible under this energy. Ukraine is fighting to be free and independent. Finland, Sweden and Germany have all chosen independence but they still haven’t completed the painful separations. Russia has been overconsuming independence. Attempting to reassemble their own government over all the flat lands in every direction in a quest to be secure (Taurus Jupiter) from all its potential partners.
The ruler of the chart is the Gemini Vesta in the 10th while her partner is the retrograde Pisces Neptune in the 8th. Perseus is represented by the glyph of Pluto and Saturn (♇♄). Although Perseus is no longer active in the horoscope, his influence will still be felt until Pluto leaves Capricorn permanently. Slaying sea monsters is still a part of this Venus retrograde. This is the last Venus retrograde under this energy until Saturn next enters Scorpio at the end of 2041.
Perseus always marks the reckoning with the former system prior to the birth of a new system. It is Perseus heroic actions that frees us from the past. It is from Medusa’s severed head that Pegasus springs and this pure white stallion then flies free. Perseus kills Cetus and frees Andromeda who becomes his beautiful queen. This is the energy we will tap into during this Venus retrograde. Letting go of dead things. Slaying the sea monsters and releasing the new Arian system. This is about launching Pegasus.