Sophie-David
In my life journey this year I had the privilege of uniting with the Inner Beloved, the bringing to consciousness of a large portion of the unconscious. Please see my Web site for details, or the "Tarot and the Inner Beloved" thread in ATF's "New Members" forum.
In the course of this year, I discovered that in fact there were two Inner Beloveds, one mapping to my natal Aquarian Moon and one to my natal Aquarian Venus. I refer to the Moon linked entity as the Intimate Beloved and the Venus linked entity as the Romantic Beloved or Creative Beloved. Perhaps accentuated by childhood trauma, I had, in Jungian terms, a split anima. It has been theorized that Jung himself had this psychic characteristic (Google for Jung "split anima").
Personally, I think this may be more typical than one might expect, explaining the common male tendency to search for both a mate and a mistress. In my case, the search is more easily satisified since both can be embodied in the same person.
I also have the dubious pleasure of being able to be nagged by two internal lovers and one external one!
My creativity teacher and friend, always eager to plummet into the not so deep waters of the male psyche, asked me to do an emotional profile of these two entities. In my own natal chart, both Moon and Venus are in First House, both in Aquarius, and both completely in my consciousness. Therefore this study may be useful to astrologers, writers, and students of the male psyche in highlighting only the differences between Moon and Venus, since house and sign can be ignored.
I do realize however that I can't control the fact that the two planets have different aspects, perhaps most significantly that Venus is trine Neptune, whereas Moon is square Neptune - so Aquarian Venus is even more of a space cadet that usual. Still, these are the vagaries of any of the social sciences.
First, a note about the negative Aquarian Venus as a drama queen. This Venus likes to manipulate others, to stir things up, for the excitement and intellectual observations she can make of their behaviour. She likes to be entertained, to discover the unusual, and to use her emotions to "entertain" others. While a Scorpio Venus may indulge in similar behaviour, she has a different and deeper motive, to search for passion, to fathom the depth of another's soul. Whereas the Aquarian Venus does not look for that depth, but for an interesting or "fun time", perhaps at the expense of others. She likes to be noticed for her own unorthodoxy, and she appreciates the eccentric in others.
For example, my Aquarian Venus picked up on the excitement about this year's full moon in eclipse and prompted me (as I realized later) to phone my creativity teacher with dire warnings about the eclipse of the full moon, and that it would have been better to cancel the weekly workshop. Ah, drama, how exciting, what fun! The opportunity to entertain and be entertained! If you don't know a good story, perhaps you can exaggerate or make one up. I remember how excited I was about the turn of the millennium, mostly for how it might affect our technologies, not the more esoteric things. All good romantic, exciting story material, and an opportunity to observe others' emotional reactions in a semi-detached way.
As an internal entity, I find Aquarian Venus lovable, companionable and stimulating, but also frustrating, erratic and manipulative.
Aquarian Venus seems amoral, Aquarian Moon is trans-moral (i.e. belongs completely outside the considerations of the mundane universe)
In Tarot terms, it seems that the correspondence of Moon to High Priestess and Venus to Empress is one of the few astrological links that most people can agree upon.
So I'm going to look at various emotions as they come to me, and try to differentiate between how they are experienced by the Aquarian Moon and the Aquarian Venus.
Love
Moon: tentative, natural, bonding, intimate, sacrificial, transcendent, spiritual, mythic, unifying, holistic, peaceful, needs partner to recognize and value that her sacrifice has been made at the expense of her valuable individual freedom, wants partner to make equivalent sacrifice, wants partner to partake of that freedom together, sees love and sex as a journey to the depths of the soul and beyond, an experience of divine union with a twin soul, wants to take lover to the depth of all that she knows, wants to mother her lover or child but not in a sustained way but as a phase in her own spiritual growth
Venus: friendly, capricious, inclusive, connected, highly romantic, material, physical, social, adventurous, heroic, interwoven, stimulating, needs partner to surrender his will to her and serve her, but will also surrender and serve him if called for by the life story, her surrender is of the will, but the Moon's sacrifice is of the heart, wants her partner to adventure with her, finds the intellectual understanding and narrative of love stimulating, appreciates innovative sex, surprising romantic gestures, erotic wordplay, want to reveal herself to her lover by stages, dances the dance of the seven veils but never quite finishes, romantic secrets and layers always remain, children are an interesting social experiment as long as they do not interfere with her freedom
Jealousy
Moon: possessive, any real or imagined cause for jealousy is a personal affront, she has sacrificed much for her lover and expects his love to be unwavering in return, but ultimately will sacrifice even her expectations of monogamy as a demonstration of her transcendental love
Venus: intrigued, will react with jealousy because its an interesting way to develop an exciting and dramatic new story, but is really quite stimulated by considering the possible transgressions of the lover, it shows his individuality and is something to challenge her ingenuity, transgressions and secret lovers are something she might engage in herself
Anger
Moon: is slow to come to anger, but very expressive and effective when her anger is aroused, for she sees her anger as a result of a spiritual necessity that has awakened in her, a defense of her independence, her sacredness and her worth
Venus: can be very vindictive and manipulative in her anger, but can just as easily reconcile if given the right opportunity, needs to be admired and appreciated and not isolated, so will seek to make amends in due course, after the drama wears off, reconciliation can be romantic and dramatic in itself
Self-Worth
Moon: modest, depends on others for her feelings of self-worth, feels fragile, is dismayed when others do not appreciate her sacrifices, when self-worth is stressed she may respond with masochism and martyrdom in an attempt to demonstrate her value
Venus: has an intrinsic sense of her self worth, but also seeks recognition from others within her circle, likes to experience being outside the realm of others normalcy and associates herself with an eccentric elite whom she wishes to control and encourage, will become manipulative and dramatic if position is challenged, but can adapt to a new position if it appears to be advantageous and interesting to her
Hate
Moon: hate is only directed at that which she considers spiritually evil, otherwise very tolerant, her hate can be a very powerful, effective and sustained weapon in defense of those she loves
Venus: hate is just another tool to be used to assert her freedom, the ability to control or guide others and to weave her stories, ultimately transient after the drama has worn off, cannot tolerant the mundane
Joys & Pleasures
Moon: a spiritual, transcendent experience, often deeply erotic but can be invoked by simple childish independence; takes joy in nature, the freedom of the wild and the dark, the poetic, the lyrical, the sublimely passionate and sacred story; the soprano or tenor, the flute and violin, opera and sacred music, medieval, Renaissance and classical music; swimming naked in a cool blue moonlit pool; herbal perfumes; attending a coven, esoteric meeting or ritual; candles and incense; elegant evening wear in black, blue or silver; sacred, classical or impressionist visual art in books or frames, mystic novels
Venus: a romantic, exciting experience of the unexpected, but has to feel safe even if eccentric; takes joy in the dawn and the twilight, likes the time of her own morning and evening star, neither liking the hot emotional intensity of the midday nor the cold mystery of the dark; takes joy in visual art, in innovative abstracts but also in realistic and fanciful photo-imagery; the mezzo-soprano or bass/baritone, the harp and cello, musical and music video, romantic, exotic and popular music; bathing in a warm lavender bubble bath; exotic perfumes, attending a medieval or other costume party with a variety of guests; the Tarot; impressive courtly attire in white, purple or gold; erotic, romantic or art nouveau visual art in books or frames, romantic novels
Fears & Concerns
Moon: stressful people, separation, the profane (that which resists integration with the spiritual), futility, randomness, lack of growth, stagnation, lifelessness
Venus: uncontrollable situations, intimacy, the mundane, boredom, the predictable, lack of change, stagnation, lifelessness
In the course of this year, I discovered that in fact there were two Inner Beloveds, one mapping to my natal Aquarian Moon and one to my natal Aquarian Venus. I refer to the Moon linked entity as the Intimate Beloved and the Venus linked entity as the Romantic Beloved or Creative Beloved. Perhaps accentuated by childhood trauma, I had, in Jungian terms, a split anima. It has been theorized that Jung himself had this psychic characteristic (Google for Jung "split anima").
Personally, I think this may be more typical than one might expect, explaining the common male tendency to search for both a mate and a mistress. In my case, the search is more easily satisified since both can be embodied in the same person.
I also have the dubious pleasure of being able to be nagged by two internal lovers and one external one! My creativity teacher and friend, always eager to plummet into the not so deep waters of the male psyche,
asked me to do an emotional profile of these two entities. In my own natal chart, both Moon and Venus are in First House, both in Aquarius, and both completely in my consciousness. Therefore this study may be useful to astrologers, writers, and students of the male psyche in highlighting only the differences between Moon and Venus, since house and sign can be ignored.I do realize however that I can't control the fact that the two planets have different aspects, perhaps most significantly that Venus is trine Neptune, whereas Moon is square Neptune - so Aquarian Venus is even more of a space cadet that usual. Still, these are the vagaries of any of the social sciences.
First, a note about the negative Aquarian Venus as a drama queen. This Venus likes to manipulate others, to stir things up, for the excitement and intellectual observations she can make of their behaviour. She likes to be entertained, to discover the unusual, and to use her emotions to "entertain" others. While a Scorpio Venus may indulge in similar behaviour, she has a different and deeper motive, to search for passion, to fathom the depth of another's soul. Whereas the Aquarian Venus does not look for that depth, but for an interesting or "fun time", perhaps at the expense of others. She likes to be noticed for her own unorthodoxy, and she appreciates the eccentric in others.
For example, my Aquarian Venus picked up on the excitement about this year's full moon in eclipse and prompted me (as I realized later) to phone my creativity teacher with dire warnings about the eclipse of the full moon, and that it would have been better to cancel the weekly workshop. Ah, drama, how exciting, what fun! The opportunity to entertain and be entertained! If you don't know a good story, perhaps you can exaggerate or make one up. I remember how excited I was about the turn of the millennium, mostly for how it might affect our technologies, not the more esoteric things. All good romantic, exciting story material, and an opportunity to observe others' emotional reactions in a semi-detached way.
As an internal entity, I find Aquarian Venus lovable, companionable and stimulating, but also frustrating, erratic and manipulative.
Aquarian Venus seems amoral, Aquarian Moon is trans-moral (i.e. belongs completely outside the considerations of the mundane universe
)In Tarot terms, it seems that the correspondence of Moon to High Priestess and Venus to Empress is one of the few astrological links that most people can agree upon.
So I'm going to look at various emotions as they come to me, and try to differentiate between how they are experienced by the Aquarian Moon and the Aquarian Venus.
Love
Moon: tentative, natural, bonding, intimate, sacrificial, transcendent, spiritual, mythic, unifying, holistic, peaceful, needs partner to recognize and value that her sacrifice has been made at the expense of her valuable individual freedom, wants partner to make equivalent sacrifice, wants partner to partake of that freedom together, sees love and sex as a journey to the depths of the soul and beyond, an experience of divine union with a twin soul, wants to take lover to the depth of all that she knows, wants to mother her lover or child but not in a sustained way but as a phase in her own spiritual growth
Venus: friendly, capricious, inclusive, connected, highly romantic, material, physical, social, adventurous, heroic, interwoven, stimulating, needs partner to surrender his will to her and serve her, but will also surrender and serve him if called for by the life story, her surrender is of the will, but the Moon's sacrifice is of the heart, wants her partner to adventure with her, finds the intellectual understanding and narrative of love stimulating, appreciates innovative sex, surprising romantic gestures, erotic wordplay, want to reveal herself to her lover by stages, dances the dance of the seven veils but never quite finishes, romantic secrets and layers always remain, children are an interesting social experiment as long as they do not interfere with her freedom
Jealousy
Moon: possessive, any real or imagined cause for jealousy is a personal affront, she has sacrificed much for her lover and expects his love to be unwavering in return, but ultimately will sacrifice even her expectations of monogamy as a demonstration of her transcendental love
Venus: intrigued, will react with jealousy because its an interesting way to develop an exciting and dramatic new story, but is really quite stimulated by considering the possible transgressions of the lover, it shows his individuality and is something to challenge her ingenuity, transgressions and secret lovers are something she might engage in herself
Anger
Moon: is slow to come to anger, but very expressive and effective when her anger is aroused, for she sees her anger as a result of a spiritual necessity that has awakened in her, a defense of her independence, her sacredness and her worth
Venus: can be very vindictive and manipulative in her anger, but can just as easily reconcile if given the right opportunity, needs to be admired and appreciated and not isolated, so will seek to make amends in due course, after the drama wears off, reconciliation can be romantic and dramatic in itself
Self-Worth
Moon: modest, depends on others for her feelings of self-worth, feels fragile, is dismayed when others do not appreciate her sacrifices, when self-worth is stressed she may respond with masochism and martyrdom in an attempt to demonstrate her value
Venus: has an intrinsic sense of her self worth, but also seeks recognition from others within her circle, likes to experience being outside the realm of others normalcy and associates herself with an eccentric elite whom she wishes to control and encourage, will become manipulative and dramatic if position is challenged, but can adapt to a new position if it appears to be advantageous and interesting to her
Hate
Moon: hate is only directed at that which she considers spiritually evil, otherwise very tolerant, her hate can be a very powerful, effective and sustained weapon in defense of those she loves
Venus: hate is just another tool to be used to assert her freedom, the ability to control or guide others and to weave her stories, ultimately transient after the drama has worn off, cannot tolerant the mundane
Joys & Pleasures
Moon: a spiritual, transcendent experience, often deeply erotic but can be invoked by simple childish independence; takes joy in nature, the freedom of the wild and the dark, the poetic, the lyrical, the sublimely passionate and sacred story; the soprano or tenor, the flute and violin, opera and sacred music, medieval, Renaissance and classical music; swimming naked in a cool blue moonlit pool; herbal perfumes; attending a coven, esoteric meeting or ritual; candles and incense; elegant evening wear in black, blue or silver; sacred, classical or impressionist visual art in books or frames, mystic novels
Venus: a romantic, exciting experience of the unexpected, but has to feel safe even if eccentric; takes joy in the dawn and the twilight, likes the time of her own morning and evening star, neither liking the hot emotional intensity of the midday nor the cold mystery of the dark; takes joy in visual art, in innovative abstracts but also in realistic and fanciful photo-imagery; the mezzo-soprano or bass/baritone, the harp and cello, musical and music video, romantic, exotic and popular music; bathing in a warm lavender bubble bath; exotic perfumes, attending a medieval or other costume party with a variety of guests; the Tarot; impressive courtly attire in white, purple or gold; erotic, romantic or art nouveau visual art in books or frames, romantic novels
Fears & Concerns
Moon: stressful people, separation, the profane (that which resists integration with the spiritual), futility, randomness, lack of growth, stagnation, lifelessness
Venus: uncontrollable situations, intimacy, the mundane, boredom, the predictable, lack of change, stagnation, lifelessness
