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An Old Dog, And A New Way To See Venus In Virgo

Meet my friend Duke. He lives a couple of doors down from me and regularly wanders over to come and have a visit. We have a lot of things in common. Like me, he doesn’t move as quickly as he used to and the hairs on his muzzle are turning white.

Duke has a daily routine in the yard and I’ve become pretty familiar with it. He sniffs around his lawn at more or less the same places he usually does. Occasionally he wanders into the neighbor’s yard or over to see me, and when he does he has the same sniffing routine. He always urinates in the same spot in his yard, and because he is old he can’t be bothered to lift his leg much.

The routine usually ends with him sniffing around again for a while, almost as if he is lost something. Something important to him.

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Venus in now in Virgo and will remain there until August 16th. If you look up most of the standard descriptions of Venus in Virgo, it doesn’t sound terribly exciting. Unless there are some major aspects or significant house placements affecting it the standard description will tend to make Venus in Virgo sound a little… well, dull.

I am here today to argue strongly against that notion. When a planetary placement is “debilitated,” it almost never means “consistently bad results.” Venus is the planet most associated with how we express affection. If you’ve known any Virgos in your time you know that they are generally kind and caring beings. They rarely charge into romantic battle the way Venus in Aries often does. They may not go all dewy-eyed and delusional the way Venus in Pisces can often get. And Lord knows you’re less likely to find them swinging from the chandelier at a party the way Venus in Sagittarius often ends up.

Venus in Virgo tends to be selective about who it partners with. They’re not afraid to examine the terrain before advancing. Sometimes this doesn’t always work to their advantage, but this wise approach often pays off.

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So what this have to do with my friend Duke? Duke has a routine, and he’s clearly fond of it. And that thing he was sniffing around for that made him look like he lost something? He hadn’t lost anything. At the end of his time in the yard he always selects exactly the same spot of grass to roll around in.

And you know what? He absolutely loves it.

This Venus in Virgo metaphor was brought to you by Duke.