Per my All My Houses blog post, I generically describe the House System in astrology going into what each House represents. There are many different house systems and this post is based on specifically using the Placidus House system. It is believed that houses with any planet within it is of significance so the specific planet will have a particular influence on whatever the House it is in represents. As part of my blog series of using astrology to understand myself better, I will go over each astrological body’s house placement based on my natal/birth chart.
According to my Café Astrology birth/natal report, where you can also go to run your own report, Venus is in my 11th House, which is related to the Aquarius sign and called the House of Blessings. It is the area of search for social and intellectual security through the application of creativity, skills, talents, and drive from the 5th House. This leads to how you share knowledge at individual friendship levels all the way up to greater humanitarian purposes.
With Venus being in my 11th House, the report describes this placement as the following:
Successful professional life in great part due to good relationships, friends or patrons. She finds love in the circle of friends.
The friendship level of your relationship needs to be genuine in order for you to sustain romantic interest. You tend to focus on a person’s unique qualities — those traits that make him or her stand out — as the most attractive. Your relationships must possess some kind of unconventional element in order to keep your interest levels high. Calves and ankles are either erogenous zones for you, or parts of your body that are particularly attractive! You may meet lovers through group activities. Although you value friendships and group affiliations highly, you might jump into friendships without considering the responsibilities they might entail.
I would say my professional life has been good due to successful and beneficial relationships with colleagues, partners and customers. Finding love in my circle of friends is absolutely true as well since that is how I have always ended up dating someone. It also says I may meet lovers through group activities. In college, when I joined an organization, which had numerous activities held, that is how I met my boyfriend at the time. If hanging out, eating and drinking with a circle of friends is considered a group activity, then those are also how I’ve ended up with a couple of my other boyfriends.
Being good friends with the person has always been a prerequisite for me before considering dating them seriously. I find that I do have to like them as person and as a friend first before I will consider moving it to a romantic level. The sentence about focusing on unique qualities is a bit hard for me to judge as I think every single person is unique in their own way. I can’t quite assume that it is specifically unique qualities that I find most attractive over more common characteristics, such as being intelligent and ambitious, since those are things I admire that most other people would as well and may not be considered unique.
The following are things I’m not in agreement with. The first being that my relationships need to have some level of unconventionality to keep me interested. As I think back to a few of them, while I can probably call out things that are not conventional, I think there could be argument for otherwise and that aspect is not necessarily what kept me interested. As an example, I’ve had two relationships that were long distance and completely across the country during a time when cell phones did not exist and communication required very expensive land line phone calls or getting on a plane for 6 hours. The long distance relationship may be considered unconventional by some people, that factor was not what kept me interested and in fact proved to be a big frustrating challenge of the relationships, both of which eventually ended. Next is that calves and ankles are erogenous or attractive parts of my body. If men do happen to find my calves and ankles attractive, then that is something that I am completely unaware of since no one has ever commented on those particular parts of my body.
When I was still in school and even through my 20’s, I can see how I did not fully consider the responsibilities of making friends and joining groups. In college, I became part of a couple organizations. I can honestly say that I did not fully understand the purpose of the organizations or what would be required from me when I decided to join them. I simply joined them because I wanted to make friends and the people I met seemed nice. Because I had no real clue as to what was involved with becoming part of the organizations, I did not consider the responsibilities that I would have to end up dedicating my time and energy to, which turned out to be significant. Looking back on this now, from this particular context, I am glad I didn’t consider the ramifications of joining the groups because if I had known how much time, work and various responsibilities would entail throughout my college years, I would have backed out and not joined them. I probably would have been much more studious and excelled in college if I didn’t spend so much time with the organizations, one of which I became president of during my senior year, but I don’t regret my decision at all. I wouldn’t have change my choices if I could, because of the deep friendships I still continue to have to this day, plus all the social and leadership skills I learned being in them, which I believe set me up for success for the rest of my life.
As indicated in my What Does Mars Really Have to do with Men? post, I will also go over another person’s chart, referred to as Kali, who is born on the same month and day as I was, but different year and location to offer a comparison of how two people with the same birth day, can be vastly different despite being both Scorpios. According to Kali’s natal/birth chart from Café Astrology her Venus is located in her 8th House.
The 8th House is related to the Scorpio sign and called the House of Transformation. It looks to the values from the 2nd house and how you apply that and pursue your desires. This area of emotional security also influences how you relate your desires to spiritual meaning.
This is the description Kali’s report provides:
Not frightened by the unknown. Sometimes this position means she has a peaceful and happy or natural end of life. Possible inheritance.
Intensity is what you seek in your love relationships, so that casual encounters are not necessarily your game. You are easily bored with mechanical interactions between partners, and might prefer drama in your relationships to anything mundane or superficial. However, you also fear being vulnerable in love, and, in youth, you may control your emotions in love. Fears of being betrayed may be at the heart of your somewhat jealous and possessive nature in love. When you give yourself over to love, you love wholeheartedly and expect all-consuming, total devotion and attention in return. You find passion a healing force in your life. Your charm runs deep–just below the surface. You are attracted to all that is taboo, hidden, forbidden, and find beauty in the broken, disenchanted, obsessed, and passionate. In some cases, people with this position might make a business out of love, romance, and eroticism. There is an intensity about you that others pick up readily. Either they run or they are completely intrigued!
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