Venus in Cancer: Half Agony, Half Hope.
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope." - Persuasion by Jane Austen
Venus, the planet of connection, desire and creativity, has begun its trek in Cancer. Cancer, if you don’t know, is the connoisseur of nostalgia and yearning. With every trek of Venus into Cancer, we get a flash memory of that one hopeless love that could have been with all the yearning, regret and fever like it is happening all again.
Venus’ journey in Cancer this year comes behind Mars before she forms a conjunction with Mars bringing a heightened moment of passion in love and sexual connections and quickly dissipating after as Venus leaves Mars behind her. This heightened moment of passion is bringing a sense of dropping all guards for “one last moment together.” this particularly comes as a revelation from partners who have been quite intense or hard to get to.
Venus in Cancer in its all nostalgic glory is bringing back steamy memories to estranged lovers and old flames.
When we talk about Cancer, we have to mention the emphasis the energy of this sign puts on security and nurture in relationships. More often than not, Venus in Cancer parallels patterns and experiences we witnessed in our own household. Cancer, not only brings back memories of people who felt like home or gave us a sense of security, but it also brings back memories of attachment and unfinished karmic connections.
No matter how much we or the other person wants to run away from the healing intended for our connections, the universe keeps bringing you back with yearning for forgiveness or completion. Venus in Cancer is open season for unfinished business.
"I cannot let you burn me up, nor can I resist you. No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed." - from A Room with a View
The ultimate test with Venus behind Mars this month is whether to resist the urge to go back to an addictive state of pursuing someone or being in a connection that is devastatingly consuming. These connections, with all their memories, longing and dangled promise are both exhausting and addictive. Sill, the force to forgive is stronger than the need to stay away. Many relationships disrupted last year during Mars retrograde are reinitiating a healing phase with emphasis on rebuilding trust, many are under the test of whether to leave behind familiar old flames in pursuit of new, more exciting ones and many are standing on their last leg.
Venus in Cancer is posing the question of whether we could drop our guard again in a situation where we experienced a lot of hurt. With half hope, we wait to see whether new promises are worth keeping and with half agony, we grabble with forgiveness or cutting our losses while licking a quite heavy wound.
Standing in-between two worlds of possibilities and an intense sensitivity to the past repeating, the struggle posed by this transit is unique to every sign, however it affects more than others. Below is your horoscope for Venus in Cancer according to your rising sign: