Venus is a brilliant planet and is popularly known as the goddess of beauty. Venus rules over two sign of the zodiac, Taurus and Libra. It is a great benefic planet, connected with beauty, love, art, culture, refined things of life, comforts and luxuries. It is a planet of emotions, marriage, friendship, and pleasure. Beauty and harmony in all its forms come under the sway of Venus. Thus for native, who are under the benign influence of this planet are loving, kind-hearted, affectionate and gentle, have pleasing manners, and fond of good company and beautiful things of life. |
Venus is a female planet. One cannot gauge the strength of happiness in a native's chart, without knowing the strength of happiness in a native's chart, without knowing the strength of Venus, as this is an indicator of the comforts of family life. Through Venus is an important indicator of marriage and sex life of male, it is also relevant to assess the character of a female. Natives with good influence of Venus are generally warm-hearted and like to be in the company of the opposite sex. They hate extremes and act as a moderating influence on others. Venus also signifies respect in society, social esteem and support from dear and near ones.
The strength of Venus in a natal chart can throw enough light on marital happiness, the relationship between the husband and wife, the type of marriage, particularly, if it would be a love marriage or an arrange one. Venus rules over the sex life in male, whereas Mars is the ruler of sex life in the case of females. It is because of the peculiar birth charts of some males and females that they are attracted to each other at the first sight. And if the planets do not match, there could be repulsion to begin with.
If in a man's horoscope, Venus is afflicted, is in debilitation, or combustion, it causes strains and problems pertaining to marriage, often resulting in plural marriage. If the 2nd, the 5th and the 7th house of a natal chart are well placed and Venus is not afflicted, the person would have successful love affairs. If these houses of the horoscope are strong, the love affair is successful and result in marriage, giving immense satisfaction to the couple. If any of these houses is afflicted by Saturn, Mars or the nodes (Rahu and Ketu), the love affairs end up in failure.
Venus stands for natural attraction and affinity in the matters of love and affection. It represents the good qualities in a man, which bless him with comforts and luxuries and a happy life, including marital bliss. Mars is the indicator of marital happiness for the fair sex. This is the planet of energy, heat, fire and sex drive. If Mars is extra strong, it may turn into a combustive and explosive association. Should Venus be in aspect with Mars in a natal chart, the native becomes highly sexed. Association of Venus and Mars in a chart is conducive to love marriage.
A retrograde Venus gives problems in marital as well as love-life. Happiness through love affairs is very marginal. Often the person will not be able to realise the potentialities of the loved partner and after being in love for some years, may drop the proposal for marriage. It is not favourable for a successful love affair and may cause discord in one's marital life. A person with retrograde Venus will receive the marital life. A person with retrograde Venus will receive the marriage proposals with a lot of reluctance and doubts and may often reject them without assigning any cogent reasons. |
