Sesquiquadrate Sun — Venus
(Transit. Sun → Natal Venus)
Avesalom Podvodny. Aspects
Sesquiquadrate of the Sun: A person must not only fulfill the will of God but also consider it their own. This aspect makes a person’s will in the areas governed by the planet imperfect, sometimes too crude an instrument. Their initiatives often prove too straightforward (if the Sun is in Pisces or Cancer, the person will, accordingly, be too openly and awkwardly avoiding responsibility and hiding in their shell). If inclined toward self-observation, they may sometimes feel as though an alien, deliberately crude will is mingling with their own. A similar effect is observed in imperative external circumstances, which do not directly oppose or openly obstruct (the sesquiquadrate is not a square), but instead manifest as harshly unfavorable and often actually destroy the most interesting, promising, or attractive moments for the person in the areas governed by the planet. If external conditions are favorable, an internal demon suddenly awakens, brutally roughening everything, and the person cannot cope with it at the level of their lower will. Here, the work involves forming ideals and incorporating higher will and higher purpose, as well as carefully analyzing the subconscious programs that govern the interaction between the principles of will and the planet: somewhere here (hints should be sought in situations involving simultaneous activity of the houses occupied by the Sun and the planet) the ego is deeply entrenched, buried in evolutionary layers far below the person’s actual evolutionary level. Processing requires awareness and transformation of this program, after which the person gains the ability to exercise clear and refined volitional control in the areas governed by the planet. At a low level, this aspect manifests in dictators who wield a rigid apparatus of external suppression and their victims.
Sesquiquadrate of Venus: Knowing how one should and should not behave is not enough; one must also understand what to do in other cases. At a low level, this aspect gives a person rigidity and harshness in social and aesthetic perception, rooted in inflexible attitudes. Such people turn discoveries in art into rigid artistic methods, often equivalent to murder; in social programs, this rigidity grants power capable of subjugating the masses, though creative individuals will shun it, and the person may develop a Salieri complex. For example, a sesquiquadrate between Venus and Uranus at a low level may produce dogmatic aesthetic embodiment of brilliant ideas, which often perish as a result—though the person themselves rarely sees this. Processing yields remarkable mastery in art related to the areas governed by the planet or refined and perfect handling of social issues, meaning work within large egregores using tools that initially seemed inconvenient and unsuited to the task: brushes, paints, newspaper and magazine pages. However, this requires tracking and acknowledging one’s poor mastery of artistic and social management tools, and above all, recognizing the imperfection and limitations of one’s own vision—something that can be psychologically very difficult. It is far easier to project one’s vision onto others, proving through examples that the subtleties they perceive are illusory and insignificant.
Avesalom Podvodny. Aspects
Sesquiquadrate of the Moon: In insensitive people, the heart is encased in iron; in sensitive people, it is wrapped in plastic. This aspect grants general internal clumsiness and roughness of perception, as well as reflexive skills, in the areas governed by the planet. For example, with a sesquiquadrate between Mars and the Moon, a person at a low level best understands the language of teeth-gnashing and is inclined to express themselves the same way—this applies even to their inner life, meaning the person will be very harsh with themselves, may persecute, corner, or reshape themselves without anesthesia, and so on. In the areas governed by the planet, such a person may provoke irritation in others due to what they perceive as their callousness and tendency to straightforwardly ignore anything they dislike, focusing only on their own (usually crude) needs and satisfying them with ironclad determination. The person themselves usually notices nothing of the sort but may occasionally (not always!) sense negative reactions from others, retreating into their egoism and considering their complaints unjust, unfounded, and altogether incomprehensible. Here, processing is difficult and requires a strong desire to grow and overcome inner roughness; it is very hard to bring this roughness into consciousness, as the subconscious censor is crude (as are the programs themselves) and often simply erases large chunks, leaving glaring white spots in memory and perception (the person says: “I don’t remember that, even if you kill me… I somehow didn’t notice this at all—it’s strange”). Processing here grants the ability to exercise clear and refined remote control over the corresponding fragments of the subconscious in the areas governed by the planet.
Sesquiquadrate of Venus: Knowing how one should and should not behave is not enough; one must also understand what to do in other cases. At a low level, this aspect gives a person rigidity and harshness in social and aesthetic perception, rooted in inflexible attitudes. Such people turn discoveries in art into rigid artistic methods, often equivalent to murder; in social programs, this rigidity grants power capable of subjugating the masses, though creative individuals will shun it, and the person may develop a Salieri complex. For example, a sesquiquadrate between Venus and Uranus at a low level may produce dogmatic aesthetic embodiment of brilliant ideas, which often perish as a result—though the person themselves rarely sees this. Processing yields remarkable mastery in art related to the areas governed by the planet or refined and perfect handling of social issues, meaning work within large egregores using tools that initially seemed inconvenient and unsuited to the task: brushes, paints, newspaper and magazine pages. However, this requires tracking and acknowledging one’s poor mastery of artistic and social management tools, and above all, recognizing the imperfection and limitations of one’s own vision—something that can be psychologically very difficult. It is far easier to project one’s vision onto others, proving through examples that the subtleties they perceive are illusory and insignificant.
