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Reflections on Venus in Capricorn

Venus entered Capricorn on November 11th, and will remain there until December 6th. She will be the first planet to conjoin Pluto after its final egress from Capricorn in our lifetimes, meeting the underworldly prince at 0 degrees Aquarius. Consolidating, fortifying, and committing to your values before Venus crosses the threshold to meet Pluto is crucial, but before you can get there, you must be willing to deeply interrogate what you truly value—not just for yourself, but for the collective. This transit challenges us to redefine and root our values outside the structures of control and scarcity that Saturn (and by extension, Capricorn) can often symbolize.

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Under capitalism, the archetypal Venus is often reduced to monetary value or base desire—how much we’re “worth,” what we “own,” or the status we can project. The myth of value here is that something (or someone) is only worth as much as they can be commodified or capitalized on. But Venus in Capricorn invites a different kind of reckoning: What are your values when stripped of capitalism’s metrics? Is it possible that living within your values would mean failing capitalism’s standards? What is your relationship to failure, particularly when it comes to not meeting prescribed milestones or failing to live up to a role you’ve been assigned?