In the comments, a reader asked how to redeem Venus from the 12th House (for those who have this placement). I gave a short answer and decided to put it here too.
It’s when Venus stops longing for something/someone who isn’t THERE. When she chooses reality, real life, over fantasy. Chooses troops on the ground love instead of the dream. (AND stays away from drunks and marrieds and otherwise lousy prospects.)
Yes yes yes there’s more to it but that’s my simple answer for this evening.
I know I wrote about this before – maybe even under the title The Redemption of Venus from the 12th. Will have to check the tags/categories.
Venus in the 12th is a beautiful aspect though. You want these folks to be taking care of your animals, for example. 12th House people have so much compassion in my experience. Maybe too much at times. But we need that at times. Why not go overboard with the good instead of all the shit?
And, by the way, I got this phrase from the first astrologer I ever had a reading with, in Iowa. Years later, I looked her up and we did a phone reading and she told me that I needed to redeem my Venus from the 12th. Sadly, the tape of that reading got lost in the mail. I should call her again. I wonder if she’s still around….
But even while Venus in the 12th should avoid fantasy relationships, she should not discard the higher vibration of this placement. She should not fear hope or faith or mysticism or godliness or empathy or the merge.
And yet. And yet. Venus in the 12th can feel herself falling uh oh it’s happening again. Venus 12 is the tightrope walker every time. She must stay balanced high above the abyss which is divine death.
I know this feeling well, how nauseating it is. I still don’t have it all worked out. I can swing between the extremes “he’s not for me” versus “I’m drowning.”
I was talking about growing into your chart in the previous post. Aspects like this? They NEVER get old.
By the way, the amazing Liza Minnelli has Venus in the 12th House. Watch Cabaret again. You can see it in her eyes.
xo
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11 thoughts on “The Redemption Of Venus From The 12th (Part ?)”
Libra in 12th:)
Thanks – at least someone understands me enough to get it!
God I can really relate to this post. I’m a capricorn with a venus in 12th and men are the only thing that make me lose touch with reality – in fact it makes me wonder why we bother with it all when we can just fantasise about our amazing lovers. At the minute – I’m loving true blood and wishing my vampire would come and get me. Talk about unobtainable longing…..
I love this comment. Made me smile.
I can relate to that feeling…tightrope above the abyss. My venus is in the 11th though, conjunct Neptune and saturn, square my moon. I think my Venus is confused a lot of the time…torn between reality (Saturn) and the dream (Neptune). And all of that stresses out my emotions (moon).
Well, I think Venus with esp outer planet conjunctions/opps/squares/inconjuncts can relate to these issues – esp venus neptune and venus saturn. You must take care of that moon
I have been realizing that more and more lately, I tend to be attracted to very earthy men, but am seeing that I need more fire, more motivation. But of course that scares the hell out of me. I have so much earth that that is where I am comfortable, but I can’t stay there any longer. A man recently came into my life who is has a lot of fire and air, and his pluto is opposite my moon, creating a grand cross in my chart. Not to mention all of the other contacts in our charts. It’s intense…I can definitely relate to the “I’m not for him” and the “I’m drowning.” And Sometimes it is just… maybe later, I’m not ready for this.
“Why not go overboard with the good instead of all the shit?” – wonderful!
You know, this may be another way to underline the difference between the 12th house and the 8th house – the later is about the underground, the former is about the aboveground. And they both walk a fine line.
The eyes really give it away, sometimes I identified the Venus in Pisces or Venus in 12th house women (men, I don’t know with this placement but I’m guessing they express it differently).
thanks, elisei13 🙂 I think you were one of my first readers. Glad yer still here 🙂
Interesting take on that, I can relate with really grounded people having this placement and choosing an unavailable partner. Interestingly, my hubby has this (and 3 other planets: Sun, Chiron and Saturn) in his 12th, but relationships have been really good for him. Perhaps because he did exactly what you recommend – decided to be in reality! His long-term relationship choices are always Capricorns 😉
Thanks Lisa – I love your bringing up that point about the Caps. Seems like a great solution – I think it also does matter what else is happening in the 12th true…. and other chart factors 🙂