Playful destruction: Venus, Pluto and Uranus

HST image of Uranus showing cloud bands, rings...
HST image of Uranus showing cloud bands, rings, and moons (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Venus gets involved with the Zap Zone over the next few days, lining up with Pluto (conjunct) and square to Uranus over Friday and Saturday.  When Venus touches Pluto, expect intensity in relationships and love experiences.  This energy is deep and powerful and potentially quite beautiful and intimate, but it can create a tendency to use relating (Venus) as a way to express unconscious urges (Pluto) … which could be fun, but could also be a bit destructive.  And especially if we are feeling a compulsive kind of push, it is worth checking in with ourselves that we are not using or manipulating someone else for less than loving ends!

And then Venus square Uranus means relating (Venus) is working at odds with excitement (Uranus), so there’s a good chance of creating misunderstandings that end in a lover’s tiff! Venus square Uranus energy is like when you just can’t help yourself from pushing someone else’s buttons … we’re all a bit impatient, seeking excitement, which again can be fun, but it can also be a bit provocative.

Put these two aspects together and the energy is somewhere between playful and destructive … have fun with it, but be aware of ego and acknowledge that at least some of what’s driving us over these few days is under the surface.  And of course, none of this is causal, but …

10 Good Things That Happen During Mercury Retrograde

It’s a little too predictive for my liking, but its nice to read the polarity of the times.  There’s another link on this page to the ten things not to do during this retrograde.

10 Good Things That Happen During Mercury Retrograde | Larry Schwimmer.

Lou Reed RIP

I can’t seem to find Lou’s birth time anywhere, but his birth date was 2 March 1942, in New York.  A Piscean, with a Virgo Moon (probably, depends on the time of day), Mercury and Venus in Aquarius (opposite Pluto and Chiron) and Mars in Taurus (conjunct Uranus and Saturn).

What you’d expect with that combination is a talented creative with a desperate need to find a channel for his creative energies, who is at risk of slipping into a world of unreality and apathy, and of being drawn to drugs and escapism. That’s the Piscean side anyway.  Interesting that he was turned that around to the more mystical version of Pisces once the drugs wore off!

Add to that the rugged individualism of Mars-Uranus conjunction, with a splash of Taurean hedonism and the drive of Mars-Saturn thrown in and you get the belligerent, antiestablishment force that reflected his life and his music.  Then there’s the Venus-Pluto opposition, suggesting a dark side to relationships, a passionate but potentially destructive placement, that would have needed a solid calm nature to hold and nurture (Lauri Anderson’s Venus and Mars in Taurus, I guess).

Driven, complex, brash talent, with a tendency for self-destruction … thanks Lou for living it!

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/making-peace-with-death-20131028-2wbtw.html

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