Improving your Life with your Partner

With healthy relationships, there are always expectations that your partner should improve your life for the better. With astrology, you can find which areas of life you most highly prioritize when it comes to your relationships. Venus covers relationships, and finding which houses Venus is the lord for can show which areas of life you seek for improvement most with your partner. If you’re single, you can look to see expectations you can possess for future relationships.

Since Venus rules over Taurus and Libra, Venus will be the lord for two of your houses.

Note: Use whole sign houses!

Aries Rising: Venus will be the lord for your 2nd and 7th House. You expect your partner to improve your self-esteem and how you generally try to handle relationships. Your partner should be able to help you preserve your inner security and better conduct yourself in social situations.

Taurus Rising: Venus will be the lord of your 1st and 6th House. You expect your partner to solidify your identity and improve the daily workings of your life. Your partner should be able to make sure that you’re sure of yourself and be reliable when it comes to your daily routine.

Gemini Rising: Venus will be the lord of your 12th and 5th House. You expect your partner to help you indulge in silent solitude and have you partake in life’s pleasures. Your partner should be able to help you embrace solitude and inspire and bring creativity to your life.

Cancer Rising: Venus will be the lord of your 11th and 4th House. You expect your partner to have good relations with your friends and give you a peaceful safe space. Your partner should be able to help you further stabilize your friendships and bring balance to your home life.

Leo Rising: Venus will be the lord of your 10th and 3rd House. You expect your partner to let you speak your truth and show you off to the world. Your partner should be able to help you achieve your career goals and should let you feel at peace for speaking your mind.

Virgo Rising: Venus will be the lord of your 9th and 2nd House. You expect your partner to share similar worldviews as you and improve your self-esteem. Your partner should be able to help you stand firm with your worldviews and help you initiate a fair sense of self-esteem.

Libra Rising: Venus will be the lord of your 1st and 8th House. You expect your partner to improve your identity, seen and unseen. Your partner should be able to bring peace to knowing who you are and also bring stability to how you conceal yourself to others.

Scorpio Rising: Venus will be the lord of your 12th and 7th House. You expect your partner to help you embrace solitude and better handle social situations. Your partner should be able to help you bring inner peace and solidify the important relationships that matter to you.

Sagittarius Rising: Venus will be the lord of your 11th House and 6th House. You expect your partner to have good relations with your friends and give you an enhanced daily life. Your partner should be able to bring peace to your relationships and stabilize your daily routine.

Capricorn Rising: Venus will be the lord of your 10th House and 5th House. You expect your partner to help you achieve your career goals and also help you enjoy life. Your partner should be able to bring peace to your career and guarantee your enjoyment of life.

Aquarius Rising: Venus will be the lord of your 9th House and 4th House. You expect your partner to enhance your worldview and safe space. Your partner should be able to bring peace to your thoughts on the world and stabilize your living situation.

Pisces Rising: Venus will be the lord of your 8th House and 3rd House. You expect your partner to enhance your secret self and quality of thought. Your partner should be able to bring peace to your secret self and help you preserve your thoughts and voice.

Mars and Venus: How you Connect

Venus helps you connect by making sure your relationships are stable and peaceful though comfortable interactions while Mars helps you connect by making sure your relationships are true to yourself and authentic through uncomfortable interactions. We can look at the following areas in the chart to formulate how you personally connect to others:

• Mars Sign and House Location: Shows how you connect to others by being true to yourself and by establishing authenticity

• House Aries Rules: Shows where you want to assert yourself with the help of your relationships

• House Scorpio Rules: Shows where you want to establish authenticity with the help of your relationships

• Venus Sign and House Location: Shows how you connect to others by through peace and stability

• House Taurus Rules: Shows where you want to secure yourself through the help of your relationships

• House Libra Rules: Shows where you want to find peace through the help of your relationships

MARS SIGN

You work to make sure your relationships are authentic and true to yourself by paying attention to [Mars Sign]. These connections primarily happen in matters regarding [Mars House Location].

• Mars in Aries: how you assert yourself in your relationships. Through conflicts, you fight to be independent and you can also teach your partners how to be independent.

• Mars in Taurus: the consistency of your relationships. Through conflicts, you fight for stability and you can also teach your partners how to maintain an inner stability.

• Mars in Gemini: what you learn in your relationships. Through conflicts, you fight for your knowledge and you can also teach your partners how to learn something new.

• Mars in Cancer: how you feel in your relationships. Through conflicts, you fight to express your feelings and you can teach your partners how to accept their feelings.

• Mars in Leo: how your relationships sustain your identity. Through conflicts, you fight to maintain your identity and you can also teach your partners how to sustain their identities.

• Mars in Virgo: how your relationship can withstand unforeseeable circumstances. Through conflicts, you fight to establish order in your life and you can also teach your partners how to establish order in chaos.

• Mars in Libra: how fair and just the relationship is. Through conflicts, you fight to establish equality and balance and you can also teach your partners how to establish balance in their lives.

• Mars in Scorpio: the intensity of the relationship. Through conflicts, you fight to establish distinct intimacy and acceptance and you can also teach your partners how to be accept themselves even at their worst.

• Mars in Sagittarius: how open your relationship is. Through conflicts, you fight for your freedom and you can also teach your partners how to be open-minded and explore the unknown.

• Mars in Capricorn: the quality and longevity of your relationship. Through conflicts, you fight for quality rather than quantity and you can also teach your partner that good things in life takes hard and dedicated work.

• Mars in Aquarius: how autonomous you can be in your relationship through chaos. Through conflicts, you fight for autonomy and freedom and you can also teach your partner to accept and work well with the autonomy of freedom.

• Mars in Pisces: how accepting and open you can be in your relationship. Through conflicts, you fight to facilitate acceptance and you can also teach your partner how to be open and compassionate.

MARS HOUSE LOCATION

• 1st House: your identity

• 2nd House: your security and self-esteem

• 3rd House: your mind and thoughts

• 4th House: your upbringing and past

• 5th House: what brings you joy

• 6th House: your daily routine and habits

• 7th House: your one-on-one interactions

• 8th House: the secrets you consciously hide

• 9th House: your world view and beliefs

• 10th House: your ambitions and career

• 11th House: your community and friends

• 12th House: your subconscious

HOUSE ARIES RULES

Through the help of your relationships, you strive to be true to yourself through your ___.

• Aries ruling the 1st House: identity

• Aries ruling the 2nd House: security and self-esteem

• Aries ruling the 3rd House: voice

• Aries ruling the 4th House: roots

• Aries ruling the 5th House: creativity

• Aries ruling the 6th House: habits

• Aries ruling the 7th House: interactions

• Aries ruling the 8th House: secrets

• Aries ruling the 9th House: world view

• Aries ruling the 10th House: ambitions

• Aries ruling the 11th House: friendships

• Aries ruling the 12th House: subconscious

HOUSE SCORPIO RULES

Through the help of your relationships, you maintain authenticity through your ___.

• Scorpio ruling the 1st House: identity

• Scorpio ruling the 2nd House: security and self-esteem

• Scorpio ruling the 3rd House: voice

• Scorpio ruling the 4th House: roots

• Scorpio ruling the 5th House: creativity

• Scorpio ruling the 6th House: habits

• Scorpio ruling the 7th House: interactions

• Scorpio ruling the 8th House: secrets

• Scorpio ruling the 9th House: world view

• Scorpio ruling the 10th House: ambitions

• Scorpio ruling the 11th House: friendships

• Scorpio ruling the 12th House: subconscious

VENUS SIGN

You work to make sure your relationships are peaceful and stable by paying attention to [Venus Sign]. These connections primarily happen in matters regarding [Venus House Location].

• Venus in Aries: whether you can assert yourself. Through peace, you connect with your partners through independence and you can also teach your partners how to work to be independent.

• Venus in Taurus: the consistency of your relationships. Through peace, you connect with your partners through stability and you can also teach your partners how to maintain an inner stability.

• Venus in Gemini: what you learn in your relationships. Through peace, you connect with your partners through knowledge and learning and you can also teach your partners how to learn something new.

• Venus in Cancer: how you feel in your relationships. Through peace, you connect with your partners through emotional sharing and you can teach your partners how to accept their feelings.

• Venus in Leo: how your relationships sustain your identity. Through peace, you connect with your partners through your identity and you can also teach your partners how to sustain their identities.

• Venus in Virgo: how your relationship can withstand unforeseeable circumstances. Through peace, you connect with your partners by maintaining order and you can also teach your partners how to establish order in chaos.

• Venus in Libra: how fair and just the relationship is. Through peace, you connect with your partner through implementing justice and you can also teach your partners how to establish balance in their lives.

• Venus in Scorpio: the intensity of the relationship. Through peace, you connect to your partner through intense acceptance and you can also teach your partners how to be accept themselves even at their worst.

• Venus in Sagittarius: how open your relationship is. Through peace, you connect to your partner through adventures and you can also teach your partners how to be open-minded and explore the unknown.

• Venus in Capricorn: the quality and longevity of your relationship. Through peace, you connect to your partner through responsibility and you can also teach your partner that good things in life takes hard and dedicated work.

• Venus in Aquarius: how autonomous you can be in your relationship through chaos. Through peace, you connect to your partner through having space and you can also teach your partner to accept and work well with the autonomy of freedom.

• Venus in Pisces: how accepting and open you can be in your relationship. Through peace, you connect to your partner through creativity and intuition and you can also teach your partner how to be open and compassionate.

VENUS HOUSE LOCATION

• 1st House: your identity

• 2nd House: your security and self-esteem

• 3rd House: your mind and thoughts

• 4th House: your upbringing and past

• 5th House: what brings you joy

• 6th House: your daily routine and habits

• 7th House: your one-on-one interactions

• 8th House: the secrets you consciously hide

• 9th House: your world view and beliefs

• 10th House: your ambitions and career

• 11th House: your community and friends

• 12th House: your subconscious

HOUSE TAURUS RULES

Through the help of your relationships, you maintain inner stability through your ___.

• Taurus ruling the 1st House: identity

• Taurus ruling the 2nd House: security and self-esteem

• Taurus ruling the 3rd House: voice

• Taurus ruling the 4th House: roots

• Taurus ruling the 5th House: creativity

• Taurus ruling the 6th House: habits

• Taurus ruling the 7th House: interactions

• Taurus ruling the 8th House: secrets

• Taurus ruling the 9th House: world view

• Taurus ruling the 10th House: ambitions

• Taurus ruling the 11th House: friendships

• Taurus ruling the 12th House: subconscious

HOUSE LIBRA RULES

Through the help of your relationships, you strive for peace through your ___.

• Libra ruling the 1st House: identity

• Libra ruling the 2nd House: security and self-esteem

• Libra ruling the 3rd House: voice

• Libra ruling the 4th House: roots

• Libra ruling the 5th House: creativity

• Libra ruling the 6th House: habits

• Libra ruling the 7th House: interactions

• Libra ruling the 8th House: secrets

• Libra ruling the 9th House: world view

• Libra ruling the 10th House: ambitions

• Libra ruling the 11th House: friendships

• Libra ruling the 12th House: subconscious

Example: Mars in Virgo, Mars in 2nd House, Aries ruling 8th House, Scorpio ruling 3rd House, Venus in Sagittarius, Venus in 4th House, Taurus ruling 9th House, Libra ruling 2nd House

You work to make sure your relationships are authentic and true to yourself by paying attention to how your relationship can withstand unforeseeable circumstances. Through conflicts, you fight to establish order in your life and you can also teach your partners how to establish order in chaos. These connections primarily happen in matters regarding your security and self-esteem. Through the help of your relationships, you strive to be true to yourself through your secrets. Through the help of your relationships, you maintain authenticity through your voice. You work to make sure your relationships are peaceful and stable by paying attention to how open your relationship is. Through peace, you connect to your partner through adventures and you can also teach your partners how to be open-minded and explore the unknown. These connections primarily happen in matters regarding your upbringing and past. Through the help of your relationships, you maintain inner stability through your world view. Through the help of your relationships, you strive for peace through your security and self-esteem.

Your Sense of Fashion

Fashion can be many things for many people. People have used fashion to not only express themselves, but to send a message to others. With many uses for fashion, it’s not surprising that your sense of fashion can be found in various areas in your natal chart. The following post will highlight where you can find your sense of fashion.

YOUR ACTUAL SENSE OF FASHION

What is my actual sense of fashion?

The 1st House and your Ascendant shows your actual sense of fashion. The 1st House and the planets within your 1st House shows your physical appearance, which is strongly influenced by your sense of fashion. The sign of your Ascendant shows how you actually fashionably dress yourself while the planets in the 1st House show the parts of yourself you identify yourself with your actual sense of fashion.

Why do I have my actual sense of fashion?

You can find the reason why you actually dress the way you do with your chart ruler. The house of your chart ruler will often show the area of life that influences your actual sense of fashion. Aspects made the chart ruler can also show other areas of your life that can affect the way you dress.

YOUR IDEAL SENSE OF FASHION IN SOCIETY

What is my ideal sense of fashion in society?

Your ideal sense of fashion in society is found in the planet of Venus and your 10th House. Your Venus shows what you find to be attractive while the 10th House rules your reputation. With Venus, what you find to be attractive affects how you ideally want to look. With Venus, you are working to fashionably achieve what you find to be your most beautiful self. Your 10th House shows the ideal presence you want to give to others. With your 10th House, you are working to fashionably achieve what you find to be your “best self.”

Why do I have my societal and ideal sense of fashion?

The house Venus is in, the aspects made to Venus, and the sign Venus is in can also show why you have your ideal sense of fashion. Venus will be the lord for the houses ruled by Taurus and Libra in your natal chart. These houses will be connected to your ideal sense of fashion. With the house that is ruled by Taurus, your ideal sense of fashion can affect the way you find beauty and security within yourself. With the house that is ruled by Libra, your ideal sense of fashion can affect the way others can find beauty in you and how you use your ideal sense of fashion with others. The house of your 10th lord will often show what strongly influences what you find to be your “best self.”

YOUR IDEAL SENSE OF FASHION OUTSIDE OF SOCIETY

Your ideal sense of fashion can be complicated because your self-expression can be complicated. While we can have an ideal sense of fashion in society to find our place in a community, we also have an ideal sense of fashion where we are not bound to a community. This is often the sense of fashion we would ideally like to have if we knew we wouldn’t be judged by others.

What is my ideal sense of fashion outside of society?

Your ideal sense of fashion outside of society can often be found through your Uranus, Sun, 5th House, and 11th House. Uranus shows our rebellious, free, yet innovative self-expression, which can be expressed through fashion. The 11th House rules over our community, but also the place where we feel like we belong with minimal judgment. With that in mind, you have the opportunity to fashionably express yourself freely. The 5th House rules over our creative self-expression. It is through our creative self-expression where we can creatively express ourselves by ourselves or with those we have fun with. Our Sun is often our ego and core being. The Sun is often what orients us to fashionably express ourselves in a way we personally find to be genuine.

Why do I have my ideal and free sense of fashion?

The sign, house, and aspects made to your Uranus and your Sun will also often show why you have your free sense of fashion. Houses ruled by Aquarius and Leo will show how your free sense of fashion affects your other areas of life. With the house that is ruled by Aquarius, your free sense of fashion will show how it will shock or fascinate others. With the house that is ruled by Leo, your free sense of fashion will show how it is tied to your identity. The lords of your 5th and 11th House can often show what strongly influences on your creative sense of fashion with yourself and in your place of belonging.

NOTES

The way you go about at dressing yourself actually has a large impact on your actual sense of fashion. The way you approach fashion is found in the 6th House. Why? The 6th House is the house of the everyday reality. At least in a society where wearing clothes is the norm, you dress and undress yourself everyday. Your everyday fashion and beauty routine can influence whether your actual fashion sense is consistent or workable. You can find what affects your approach to fashion by looking at the lord of the 6th House.

Idealizations

In astrology, idealization is often seen by Venus and Neptune in their own way. Venus shows the idealizations we have to experience comfort and pleasure in a physical realm. Neptune is the planet of idealizations that transcends all realms, these idealizations often tied to fantasy and delusion.

A lot of these idealizations stem from the dignities of these planets. With Venus ruling over Taurus and Libra, the idealization will often come from a physical realm (Taurus) and will be harmonious not only to the self, but to others (Libra.) With Neptune traditionally ruling over Sagittarius and Pisces, the idealization will often come from a fascination and need to explore the environment (Sagittarius) and a need to expand the imagination (Pisces.)

if any of these planets are intercepted, there is often a block of grasping or obtaining these ideals. With Venus, there can be a constant feeling of discomfort. With an intercepted Neptune, the native can often feel uninspired. Those with an interception in Aries/Libra will often feel their idealizations are hard to coexist with in regards to others. With a Taurus/Scorpio interception, they often feel their idealizations are hard to gain stability with. Those with a Sagittarius/Gemini interception will often feel that their imaginations are not intellectually sound and therefore not worth pursuing. With a Virgo/Pisces interception will feel that their fantasies are hard to achieve and grasp.

VENUS

“My physical idealizations lie in [House with Venus.] I idealize because I want to be comfortable and satisfied with [House ruled by Taurus.] I also make idealizations because I think through [House ruled by Libra,] I can work well with others.

NEPTUNE

“My fantastical idealizations lie in [House with Neptune.] I fantasize because I want to explore and learn more about [House ruled by Sagittarius.] I also fantasize because I think that through [House ruled by Pisces,] I can be imaginative and creative.”

• 1st House: myself and my self-expression

• 2nd House: my values my sense of security

• 3rd House: my mind and voice

• 4th House: my past and family

• 5th House: my inspirations and hobbies

• 6th House: my everyday life and health

• 7th House: others

• 8th House: my secrets and intimate relationships

• 9th House: my beliefs in the world

• 10th House: my reputation and goals

• 11th House: my friends and community

• 12th House: my subconscious

Example: Venus in the 5th, Taurus ruling the 8th, Libra ruling the 1st - “My physical idealizations lie in my inspirations and hobbies. I idealize because I want to be comfortable and satisfied with my secrets and intimate relationships. I also make idealizations because I think through myself and my self-expression, I can work well with others.

Neptune in the 8th, Sagittarius ruling the 6th, Pisces ruling the 9th House - “My fantastical idealizations lie in my secrets and intimate relationships. I fantasize because I want to explore and learn more about my everyday life and health. I also fantasize because I think that through my beliefs in the world, I can be imaginative and creative.”

Venus in the 8th House

The 8th House is often a house talked about, for it is a house that is uncomfortably revealing, but also secretive at the same time. With secrets comes shame, and matters of the 8th House aren’t revealed easily. The 8th House at its core represents the ways of merging two souls into one, whether it be through life, death, shared possessions, or through intimate relationships. The merge is often rare and transformative - and is not for the light-hearted.

With Venus in the the 8th House, there are many things hidden, for Venus represents many things. Venus, being the planet of beauty, is a planet of standards and ideals. With a person’s Venus in the 8th House, what the native considers beautiful and ideal is something that is often kept a secret. There may be a feeling of shame for liking the things and people they are attracted to, hence the secrecy. There’s an attraction to the items of life that are often kept in the closet, or not appropriate for casual interactions. For the native, however, casual interactions are dull. There may also be a shame in having or showing self-confidence, for Venus represents the beauty within us. There is a feeling of not revealing the most beautiful parts of yourself because not everybody deserves to see it.

However, when the native chooses to completely own their sense of ideals and standards, there’s a strong sense of empowerment that can come over the native. The 8th House is a house that also represents an individual’s power, and through confident ownership of the self, the native can be intimate and loving with themselves in a way never felt before. Self-acceptance is a concept that natives with this placement can struggle to consistently do, but with each impressive feat, there is an impressive transformation for the better.

The ideals and standards the native can have can also be unpredictable. Perhaps one reason why the native’s ideals are hidden is because the volatile state their ideals can be in. One moment, a simple idea is glorified and loved. The next moment, that same idea is thrown into the trash. With this chaos, there is a secretive intimacy created. For the native, their ideals, what they want, is not just what they want. It’s a special yearning that has gone through hell and back, and it is a yearning that can toss the native in all directions. There is most definitely a strong connection in place.

The native’s standards and ideals aren’t the only things they can create strong connections with. With Venus in the 8th House, there is an attraction to having and keeping intimate relationships. Natives often never completely reveal their romantic relationships with others - and their relationships are often secretive and maybe even scandalous in nature. While the Venus in the 8th native is attracted to intimate relationships, whether those relationships are strong or not is another story. The relationship dynamics seen with Venus in the 8th is tumultuous and chaotic, but interestingly, it is the chaos that keeps the relationship strong and attracts the native to stay. After all, those with Venus in the 8th are picky with their relationships. They would most definitely rather stay in an interesting, but perilous relationship than a peaceful, but bland one.

While the relationships created with Venus in the 8th can most definitely be intimate and strong, at the same time, these relationships can almost instantly disappear, as if it’s never happened in the first place. Regardless of the longevity of their relationships, the relationships a Venus in the 8th native have will always leave a mark, if they choose to invest all of themselves into a relationship. After all, with a Venus in the 8th native, it’s all or nothing. Love transforms the native for the better or worse.

With a strong connection, it’s not surprising that Venus in the 8th natives are skilled in reading other people. It was mentioned earlier that Venus in the 8th natives can go through many ups and downs with the standards and ideals the have. With that being said, there is a secretive knowledge they have with this, and with standards and ideals, it can often say a lot about what a person strives to be. With this knowledge, natives with this placement can easily find a person’s weakness by seeking what the person lacks. The native can also gain a lot of information about others by seeing them at their worst. The native can often see this easily for they often bring and attract situations that would bring the worst out of people.

With the 8th House, it shows a merging between two, and financial matters are included. With Venus generally considered as a benefic planet, there are numerous financial benefits a Venus in the 8th native can have with the relationships they associate with. With family and lovers, through connections, natives can often gain a lot of money and resources. With the planet of charm in the house of intimate relationships, it’s not hard to see why the native often has success in getting what they want. These natives often have a deep relationship with the magnetic charm they possess and can use that charm to benefit not only themselves, but others.

With Venus in the 8th House, it is often a house where the native gains power through self-acceptance and love. There is a strong need for balance with Venus in the 8th House because in order for the native to gain the power they desire, they must involve others. One lesson natives may need to realize is that power can be destructive, and with the connections Venus makes with love and intimacy, this power can be destructive to other people. These natives need to learn that strength in relationships is not only found through the harshest circumstances, but in the most peaceful of times.