Venus in Capricorn
Het Monster: Venus in Capricorn I sometimes forget to tell you how dear you are to me. I try to prove it through persistent work, and I believe you will notice and understand. Restrained — that’s the word you could use to describe your child with Venus in Capricorn. They control their emotions. They know how to hide their feelings. Most likely, they will express their love for you by taking responsibility for any duties they feel are important to you and working hard in areas of their interest, elevating their status, which will benefit you as well. You are unlikely to receive many hugs or declarations of “I love you” from this child, but you will also have fewer worries than most parents. This child finds satisfaction in a sense of responsibility. They may even enjoy the company of your elderly loved ones and will treat their life and love advice with respect. It’s important that you often show them your love — hold them close when they’re little, don’t skimp on hugs, smiles, and gentle pats on the back as they grow older. They may struggle to show affection if they don’t feel completely certain they are loved, but they do love deeply. This Venus placement usually reflects stable and sensible love — mature and devoted. A possible downside: status and achievement are so important that there may be a tendency to choose friends for their status or what they can do for your child. Some may see this as normal, but if your child doesn’t rid themselves of such friends, they may lose the intangible wealth that nourishes the soul. Teach them to seek inner wealth in people. In art and entertainment, they will be most drawn to the practical side, so applied crafts may be highly recommended.
Indubala. Planets in Signs. (Indian tradition)
This placement is generally considered to indicate an outwardly attractive person with a weak body, who serves others or is under the influence of an older man. Such individuals may have questionable morals but are educated in advanced sciences. They may be boastful or showy and may perform dubious actions for material gain. They may have opportunities to travel to the tropics, gain considerable fame, suffer from heart disease, and depend financially on others.
Pavel Globa. Planets in the Zodiac Signs
Here, Venus is visiting Saturn, in an earth sign, so you are likely to have a high degree of concentration in emotional life, preferences, and love, which may manifest in various forms. In any case, Saturn brings some cooling, restriction, compression, suppression of sensual impulses by the mind, sometimes unconsciously from childhood. Therefore, your love and sensual development will likely be very slow and delayed. You are probably a patient, restrained, and secretive person in matters of the heart, likely inclined toward constancy and fidelity. With this Venus placement, there may be many complexes in various forms. In the best case, Venus in Capricorn will impose certain limits on your preferences — you will often have a certain system, and your feelings will almost always have their price, be well-considered. Moreover, you are probably a person of a very specific type, “in a frame,” so your partners will be those who like this type. The restrictions imposed by Saturn may be so narrow that they make you a monogamist. In any case, you will have a very strong fixation on a partner; feelings develop slowly but, once formed, are quite strong, even to the point of obsession. However, this is already a pathology; the optimal opportunity is simply strictness in choice. You may well be a monogamist, and for you, this is the limit of normalcy. You can be so focused on your object of love that you remain faithful out of principle long after you’ve been abandoned. Therefore, for women, Venus in Capricorn is quite difficult — such a woman may be overly attached to a man, clinging to him, and this leads to nothing good. For men, this Venus placement is quite harmonious because it strengthens their feelings. In love, you likely value experience first and foremost and feel drawn to patient and experienced partners. If you haven’t taken a vow of asceticism or entered a monastery, you probably seek knowledge in matters of love and happily learn the art of shared harmony. Another form this Venus placement may take is emotional dryness, even sterility, a tendency toward asceticism, which is typical of monks, and a tendency to suffer for the object of love and to practice self-torture. If there are additional difficult aspects between Venus and the Moon, sexual deviations, sadism, masochism, psychological vivisection, or homosexuality may arise. In Dostoevsky’s chart, Venus was indeed in Capricorn, which is why the writer so well described the emotional state of such people. Generally, for normal emotional development and the formation of your harmonious system, you need solitude — or rather, seclusion. There is plenty of solitude in our conditions, but seclusion is lacking. You must have the opportunity to calmly and thoroughly sort things out within yourself, to be undisturbed so you can feel everything and allow all your emotions to take shape. If this is not possible and you are not given the chance to be alone with yourself, you may become fixated at infantile levels of emotional development, at the point beyond which you were not allowed to develop normally. For proper rest, you also need seclusion, especially in mountainous landscapes.
Het Monster. Planets in the Zodiac Signs
Unsympathetic character, a twisted nature. They seek to satisfy their desires and sensual instincts at all costs. Therefore, they marry “for money.” They consider it beneath their dignity to show feelings or affection, which often leads to resentment and accusations of snobbery. They often work in trade, dealing in antiques, etc. With difficult aspects — emotional coldness, the predominance of material interests, a short life; in a woman’s chart — infertility.
Catherine Aubier. Astrological Dictionary
Reflexive fear of love commitments. Fear of love, distrust of others, caution. Positive: this person’s feelings are deep, lasting, but kept secret; they may even experience something like a block whenever they begin to talk about their feelings. Loyalty; their love is a slave to time and flourishes only within long-term relationships. Negative: the influence of material interests or ambition over their feelings. They usually reject fleeting connections; if such arise, they may refuse easy victories and generally adhere to asceticism. They are prone to unrequited passions. They are also characterized by persistence and “moderate” pursuit of the beloved.
Avesalom Podvodny. Planets in the Zodiac Signs
Superficial mastery gives administrators of art, impresarios, publishers, etc., who have little understanding of aesthetic essence but keenly sense market trends (especially if there is an aspect from Mercury to Capricorn). Sometimes Venus orients Capricorn so strongly toward art that they themselves attempt to create, but they do so in a Capricornian way—methodically, persistently, without fantasy, following rigid schemes. However, thorough, long-term mastery can produce a brilliant pianist or graphic artist (if additional factors are present, such as an aspect from Mercury or Saturn). The Venusian Capricorn is also inclined to pay great attention to social matters, particularly organizing various public campaigns (charity, peace movements, women’s suffrage, etc., depending on the planets in Capricorn and their aspects). At a high level of development, Capricorn attains harmony in that subtle realm which they practically embody, and then the results of their work bear the imprint of higher harmony, no matter what they engage in. This Venusian placement also enhances Capricorn’s capacity for empathetic perception.
Frances Sakoian. The Planets in Signs
They crave wealth and a high standard of living, and to achieve this, they must marry for money. Their pronounced aloofness stems from a desire to feel superior. Thanks to their restraint and cultivated behavior, they know how to be appealing. If they marry early, it is to older or mature partners; if late, to younger ones, whom they support with security and confidence in exchange for love. They are loyal to their partners, as they possess a strong sense of responsibility and fair play. They have a refined sense of composition and structure and love classical forms. You are certainly not among those who cannot conceal their feelings. You are deeply concerned with the opinions of those you encounter in life, seeking their love and respect. Yet, no one would guess this by looking at your calm demeanor. Superficial, casual relationships do not interest you. In love, you are cautious and serious, desiring deep, genuine, lasting bonds. In courtship, you are old-fashioned, remaining faithful to your beloved through both joyful and difficult times. You may be drawn to people older than you—emotionally mature, reliable individuals who provide the security and future you desire.
Planets in Signs. The Art of Prediction. Semira and V. Vetas
Your feelings are demanding yet responsible. You have your own style, your way of life, and a keen sense of form. This can earn the trust of superiors and secure their patronage.
