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Again, this arises out of considerations in the thread Decanates in the tarot minors. And again, it is really the astrological aspect which is here important.
Venus was, apart from other later connections, the goddess of fields, fecundity, and feminine and graceful beauty. She has at times been linked to Aphrodite, and became also the symbol of sexual love.
Venus traditionally rules both Taurus and Libra.
Cancer (ruled by the Moon) has a strong protective carapace, and is often connected with both the Mother and the Home.
Venus in Cancer may therefore express the need for beauty in not only the physical home, but the social home - the place where one needs to feel both securely at ease and replenished by its beautifying sensual elegance.
I realise that what I have just written also tends to deviate quite significantly from some astrological works, but see this post as no more than an introduction, with some controversial elements, to this combination.
Venus was, apart from other later connections, the goddess of fields, fecundity, and feminine and graceful beauty. She has at times been linked to Aphrodite, and became also the symbol of sexual love.
Venus traditionally rules both Taurus and Libra.
Cancer (ruled by the Moon) has a strong protective carapace, and is often connected with both the Mother and the Home.
Venus in Cancer may therefore express the need for beauty in not only the physical home, but the social home - the place where one needs to feel both securely at ease and replenished by its beautifying sensual elegance.
I realise that what I have just written also tends to deviate quite significantly from some astrological works, but see this post as no more than an introduction, with some controversial elements, to this combination.