Venus

Venus is the planet of love, beauty, and what you find valuable. Your Venus sign describes how you love and what you find attractive — Venus in Taurus loves slowly and sensually; Venus in Aquarius loves through ideas and freedom. Venus also governs aesthetics (your taste in art, music, clothing), money (specifically your relationship to it, not just earning capacity which is Mars/Saturn territory), and your style of social relating. The house Venus occupies shows where you most readily express affection and where you experience pleasure. In synastry (chart comparison between two people), Venus connections are where attraction and ease live — close Venus-Mars contacts between two charts are the classic 'chemistry' signature. Venus has an 8-year cycle that returns it to the same degree it occupied 8 years ago — a useful timing rhythm for relationship and value themes.