Madam Kighal's Astrology

Cozy alert!

Venus is in comfort-seeking Cancer starting May 7th to June 5th, 2015. This shades love and friendship with desires for intimacy, a family feeling and cloistered spaces.

Venus is the planet that rules beauty and affection, and Cancer is the most nurturing zodiac sign, so this transit is all about taking care of our closest romantic relationships and putting our partners first. Oh right, and lots of hugs.

Find your Venus Sign

It's an atmosphere for conjuring the past, in particular the people that showed genuine, protective care from early on. Those scenes come back in vivid color, for a nostalgic feeling.

Here's a Venus Cancer question from Intuitive Astrology by Elizabeth Rose Campbell: "Who taught me to express tender love, and how does that love still flow through me to specific people?"

Cache of Tender Memories

The sentimentality of Cancer can at times veer into wallowing in losses of the past, with self-pity. Especially if you're socially isolated (common in our time), the homesickness -- longing to belong -- can be overwhelming.

But the potency of emotions, when Venus is in Cancer, brings buried needs to the surface. Cancer is a cardinal sign, don't forget, so it could motivate some to go out and make new connections.

For instance, you miss an old friend and how you felt with her. Like she was a kindred spirit, and someone with whom you share deep roots with into the past. That she knew you from way back, and the particular psychic-emotional sea of which you emerged.

Even if it's not possible to stay as close, the desire for THAT kind of closeness can be what's mulled over. It's an insight I had recently, feeling some loss at not being able to keep an active close-feeling with someone that has been ultra meaningful in my life. She looms large in my psyche and dreams, as someone with whom I came of age, and who showed me an inspired way to be.

Cancer is the sign that has the fortress outer shell, that's guarding a profound sensitivity. So with Venus here, there's the longing to be with those that you're at home with, and trust to share your true feelings.

And when Venus swirls in watery Cancer, the emotions are tidal, with unexpected rip currents that take you to ghosts of love's or friendship's past. The intensity of feeling can bring on that self-protective instinct. And that's the paradox of the love setting, since emotions flood in, but there can be a defensive reaction, to avoid getting hurt.

The Well of Creativity

Venus Cancer people like actress Meryl Streep are feelers. She said simply, "I want to feel my life while I'm in it."

And feelings are a communiqué from the soul, and what makes us human. And don't we turn to art, especially movies, to feel intensely? We want to be moved by music, a photograph, prose or a performance.

That's why Venus residing in Cancer is a vivid time for personal creativity. An old snapshot brings back a particular emotional atmosphere, and you're there again. The color of a past feeling or fascination finds its way into what you're doing now.

Possibilities for Venus in Cancer

Being haunted by a past love, and revisiting the rare closeness you shared, in dreams or waking life musings.
Making time for family -- slow food, reunions, giving the gift of your presence with children.
Looking at any issues of dependency, as a way of keeping someone with you forever.
Irrational moods (being Moonstruck), temporarily losing all objectivity, throwing tantrums to get needs met.
Investment in the home, family heirlooms, items of great sentimental value.
Self-expression, crafts and artisan efforts that reaches into the emotional roots.
Desires for a sense of place, or to visit the land of your ancestors.

Sources: Tarot.com, About.com