Notably, Venus in Aries squares Pluto and Saturn in Capricorn this week and brings in a dimension of power play to relationships, whether consciously or unconsciously. When relationships are influenced by profound unconscious needs, power games are nearly inevitable. Internally this can relate to struggling with one’s own desires and emotions, and feeling out of control. Whenever we become flooded in this way, it is also a subtle invitation to become more empowered in how we hold and work with our desires. Saturn-Pluto can relate to formidable desire that is also, at times, repressed because of how intense it is. Then these formidable desires are subsequently processed in time or according to one’s capacity to deal with it. In a simple example we might think of a person who resists relationship because of the intense flooding of emotional disempowerment it creates for them. Yet then, when they are finally compelled enough to take the leap, they still have to deal with that inevitable flooding and find new tools for channeling, understanding, and transmuting their emotional patterns. In a similar vein, it is worth noting the phenomenon that once we gain more maturity, tools, or supportive life circumstances, our psyche recognizes […]