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May 2020: Stupid Garbage Venus – An Introduction

I don’t normally spend too much time fretting over when planets go retrograde. If a retrograde planet repeats a positive aspect to another planet or to a point in your birth chart, it’s still a positive thing. Having said that: this month’s Venus situation has me a little… concerned.

Venus in Gemini is now square Neptune, and Venus will turn retrograde on May 13th. Thus, Venus square Neptune will be in effect until about the first of June. This will induce a state that many astrologers refer to by the technical term “Stupid Garbage Venus.” A square from Neptune can scramble any planet, but it seems to me that Venus and Neptune are similar enough in nature that the square becomes, paradoxically, worse.

Think of it this way: a square is a conflict. Mars square Saturn is frustrating, but it can sometimes prevent you from making a rash action. Venus and Neptune, on the other hand? They strike me as a couple of old buddies who occasionally conflict with each other — but work it out by hitting the bar (and possibly doing stupid drunken things that get them kicked out).

On the other hand: watching people doing stupid drunken things that get them kicked out of the bar can be pretty entertaining, can’t it? That’s why I’ll be presenting a special series here throughout the month of May this year. I’ll be here to walk you through all the silly Gemini shenanigans that Venus will be up to in the weeks ahead.

I do this for you for a number of reasons. Mostly though, oh dear Lawd can we please talk about something other than Saturn and Uranus and Pluto and pandemics and politics and disinformation for one? Please?