Venus

Venus (Shukra)

Venus relates to the emotions, and how we receive and express our love. Acquiring beautiful things is natural for Venus on the material level, and it is for this reason that Venus and money are directly connected. It also relates to beauty—both one’s own beauty and appreciation of beauty in the world around us. This gives it a natural connection with the arts, and especially with music. Sometimes it is linked with sensuality and erotic love, but Venus can nevertheless be transformed into love in its most universal sense of brotherhood and surrender to the Divine. 

A person with Venus well situated in the chart is gentle, kind, and friendly, as well as tactful, sympathetic and refined. Look also for adaptability, cheerfulness, charm and a childlike innocence. Harmony in partnerships will be important to the person who has a strong and positive Venus influence.

When the placement of Venus shows a negative use of this planet’s energy, this spells laziness, excessive sensuality or romanticism, impracticality, indecisiveness, and over-dependence. Other people will be seen more as potential resources for their own comfort.