Venus Square Jupiter
Your wish for pleasure and growth is bigger than your capacity to hold it. Through mistakes in love and spending you learn measure and find what is truly valuable.
In the Birth Chart
A hunger for beauty, love and joy lives in you, and it is hard to satisfy. You want more: more attention, more things, more experiences. You are generous, but sometimes it is generosity for show, and optimism now and then turns into unrealistic expectations. Disappointments are possible when people or situations don't live up to hopes. This friction pushes you to grow up: you learn to tell what brings real joy from what is only passing pleasure. In time your taste becomes finer and your generosity wiser. Measure becomes your secret talent.
Relationships
In love you lean toward idealization and big expectations. You fall in love vividly but sometimes feel let down when your partner turns out to be an ordinary person. A pull toward several infatuations at once is possible. Relationships get stronger when you value what is real rather than imagined, and learn to enjoy simple things together every day. Real love turns out richer than the dream.
Work and Money
Fields tied to beauty, art, entertainment and hospitality suit you. Big plans that are hard to carry out are possible. Money can swing because of generosity and a love of luxury. Clear spending limits and priorities help, along with an honest assessment of a project's real prospects. Keep the dreams, though.
Strengths
- A broad, cheerful outlook on the world that inspires those around you
- Generosity that over time becomes wise and conscious
- A fine taste, developed through your own experience and comparison
Pitfalls
- Overrating people and situations, leading to painful disappointments
- Impulsive spending on luxury and pleasures that you later regret
- Promises made with the best intentions that cannot be kept
How to Work With It
Before a large purchase or a serious promise, ask yourself whether you really need it. Learn to enjoy small things: a walk, a conversation, a good book. In relationships look at the person with a realistic eye and value them for who they are. Direct your thirst for beauty into creative work, which can hold any excess.
In the Sky: What It Means for Everyone
A time of temptation and excess: you want pleasures, shopping and celebration, but it is easy to overdo. It is good if joy comes with moderation. Desires grow faster than means right now. People tend to spend, promise and expect more than usual. In relationships there may be inflated demands or disappointment that reality falls short of the dream. You feel pulled toward sweetness in every sense: entertainment, comfort, idleness. At the same time generosity and optimism haven't gone anywhere these days. If you keep a measure, the period stays pleasant and brings good spirits. Felt for a few days around the exact date.
How It Shows Up
- A wish to buy something expensive that you could do without
- Inflated expectations of a partner, a date or a long-awaited celebration
- Laziness and a strong pull toward pleasure instead of work
Good to Do
- Treat yourself to something small but pleasant
- Check whether your expectations match reality
- Be generous with your time and attention
Better to Avoid
- Spending more than planned on emotion
- Promising what will be hard to deliver