Love, Death, & Temptation--Venus Square Pluto And The Devil Card
Daily Horoscope for Thursday, October 20, 2022
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Today we are going to discuss the transits of the Moon and Venus’s square to Pluto, but before we get into that, I want to remind everyone that there are quick links to all the things: my website, booking site, social media pages, and family Etsy shop, etc…at the bottom of the newsletter.
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Okay, let’s get into… the astrology
Super early in the morning at 2:02 am (or late last night if you are on the West Coast), Venus at 26° Libra 08’ perfected a square to Pluto at 26° Capricorn 08’. What’s interesting about this chart is that the Moon at 24° Leo was making two sextiles, one to Mars and one to Venus, who are still in a trine with one another. Mars is also still in the square energy to Neptune and the Moon was also making a quincunx to Neptune at that same time, as well.
Venus is the planet of love, beauty, relationships, what we value, as well as money— and Pluto, is the planet of regeneration, transformation, rebirth, and death.
Yesterday I talked about some of the negative and gruesome sides of this transit, but today I would like to offer something I hope is inspiring and uplifting and helps us all deal with the dark, deep, and uncomfortable truths that are emerging in our world and possibly in our own lives right now.
I want to share with you all the Four-Fold Way by Angeles Arrien, Ph.D. The Four-Fold way is a group of four principles based on the four archetypes: the Warrior, the Healer, the Visionary, and the Teacher.
The Four-Fold Way by Angeles Arrien, PhD:
Show up, or choose to be present. Being present allows us to access the human resources of power, presence, and communication. This is the way of the Warrior.
Pay attention to what has heart and meaning. Paying attention opens us to the human resources of love, gratitude, acknowledgment, and validation. This is the way of the Healer.
Tell the truth without blame or judgment. Nonjudgmental truthfulness maintains our authenticity, and develops our inner vision and intuition. This is the way of the Visionary.
Be open to outcome, not attached to outcome. Openness and nonattachment help us recover the human resources of wisdom and objectivity. This is the way of the Teacher.
(Excerpt from The Four-Fold Way, by Angeles Arrien1)
I feel that these four principles can really help us get through times like these.
Show Up
Pay Attention
Tell The Truth
Be Open To Outcome
The daily horoscope would not be complete without talking about the Moon a bit more.
The Moon will ingress into the sign of Virgo at 12:25 pm ET. This always heralds in the motivation to clean things up and organize. I have a mountain of laundry that needs tending to and thankfully, by the time the Moon moves into Virgo I will most likely feel like tackling it. So, today could end up being a day where we attend to the details of our lives and get things in order.
Let’s move on to the card for the day:
What is the guidance for today?
XV The Devil
On this card, we see the devil, perched upon a black box with large taloned claws. His legs are hairy, his chest is bare, and his eyes are white. He has two large black wings, like a vampire bat, coming out of his back. Upon his head are curved horns and in his left hand is a torch aflame. His right hand is making the Vulcan salute for, “Live Long and Prosper” from Star Trek. Above his head is an inverted pentagram and below him, chained to his black box by their necks, are a naked man and a woman. They have red hair and small horns coming out of their heads, and tails coming out of their backsides. The chains appear to be loose enough that they could easily remove them if they so desired.
The Devil card represents where we feel there are negative forces in our lives that are keeping us enslaved in some way and holding us back from manifesting our highest good. The Devil card represents where one is choosing instant gratification over long-term goal fulfillment. Addictions, the shadow self, attachment, restriction, and sexuality all come up with The Devil card. The Devil is a trickster, and so there is also the feeling that you have been tricked into believing something about your reality that is an illusion, like the chains around the human’s necks. You may feel trapped or chained to something that only requires you to realize you are free to unbind yourself at any time, as soon as you no longer desire that to which you are addicted.
This is a very interesting card to pull for today, given that Venus is making a square to Pluto—the goddess of Love and the god of the Underworld—it’s like today is a day where we are being tested when it comes to love, relationships, values, and money. Are the relationships, values, and money issues that we are dealing with in alignment with our highest good and purpose? Are we giving in to instant gratification somewhere in our lives? What can we let go of that is holding us back so that we can be the best versions of ourselves?
I would like to leave you with a quote to ponder and meditate on. When I researched who said this quote, I found that many people have been quoted as saying it, but I could not find the original source, so I will leave it untethered to a specific person. Maybe one of you knows?
Anyway, it goes along nicely with the horoscope and reading for today:
“Life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved.”
I would love to hear your thoughts and feelings about today’s horoscope and card reading!
I hope this is helpful!
Until tomorrow,
AstroMommy
Today’s horoscope was brought to you by: The Moon in Leo and in Virgo, Venus square Pluto.
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Arrien, Angeles. “Embarking on the Four-Fold Way by Angeles Arrien.” Great Mystery, 7 Sept. 2019, https://greatmystery.org/perspectives-four-fold-way/.