Behind the Archetypes, Venus and Mars Conjunction

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I’ve been really excited to dive into the Venus/ Mars conjunction which will last until roughly Spring Equinox, (place whatever symbolism you like here). But I wanted to wait until we cleared the Full Moon Portal before inviting you to take a more precise look through my lens.

For me, Astrology has become a way to understand the forces of the Universe, and our place in it.

As an Archetypal Astrologer, I’m always interested in the personified form of the energies. I think it helps immensely when pointing to the specific elements or fields of reality the planets are playing in, and how they are being expressed and influencing us.

But to really work with Venus and Mars, in a fulsome way, it becomes necessary to pull back the curtain on the archetypes, and understand how the force of these planets is acting on us, and through us, all the time.

And when we do that, we find that Venus and Mars ARE the primary action behind this specific dimension of reality we live in.

Venus is the yin or receptive force of being, while Mars is the yang, the force of action. Yin is darkness, while yang is light. Yin is immanence, while Yang is transcendence.

In my own background we have Purusha and Prakriti, Shakti and Shiva, in other traditions there is Marduk and Tiamat. In all cases, one is the unmanifest, liminal, unconscious, pool of pure potentiality, and the other is the thing that erects it, that strategizes it, builds it.

Or in other words, Venus takes on the state of beingness, the chaotic force of the void, the warm breath that awakens and vivifies, while Mars takes on the action piece. Mars’ mandate is to act on and hold the creation and desires of Venus.

One of the most important things to understand about the forces that underlie our dimension of reality is that they are complimentary. They work in dynamic union with one another. While they are certainly polarities, they are not in opposition to each other. I believe this is a necessary piece of nuance to bring into our awareness at this time. For each to be in its highest expression, the other force must be present. (in it’s non personified form)

When we personify these energies, it’s easy to see them as being opposed. It can become difficult not to overlay gender wars/differences onto the Archetypes.

I am a huge fan of bringing others into relationship with the Feminine force of reality, not because I don’t like the masculine force, or because I’ve personified it, so I hold some type of prejudice against it. But because the feminine force is undernourished inside our current paradigm. We’ve largely associated Yin like qualities as having less value than Yang like qualities. We prize action over being.

If we want to live in a more synchronistic, harmonious world, we must first be able to hold and embody the Feminine, Yin, expression. Which is why so many people are talking about the Feminine at this time. Not from an anti-masculine perspective, but from a perspective that in order for the pendulum to swing back into balance, we must first be able to navigate the world of the Feminine.

As the US is now moving into the exaction of it’s Pluto return, and we are all likely to be taken to the Underworld, realm of the Feminine, now is the best time to acquaint yourself with these forces, so you can hold your rod of truth in the dark, disorienting, irrational, terrain of the Bardo, and thrive there.

The saying “don’t ever mistake my kindness for weakness” is an important element to understanding the realm of the Feminine. She is not only a fluffy Aphrodite-like character, Goddess of Beauty and love. She is not Eve, born out of Adam’s rib. Those are all distortions around her true, deeper essence.

She is more akin to the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Chod. In an act of extraordinary compassion, Chod cracks open the hope and fear of the wounded heart right on the charnel ground of chaos and fear. Pierces like a laser beam through the core of outdated karmic patterns. And prepares the body to become a tantric feast of the darkness, so we can ultimately come home to who we truly are. The Feminine ultimately *rests on Her own ground, without altering it. She is.

For these reasons, The Feminine is equipped to see us through the groundlessness of disintegrating systems, and dying paradigms that we are bound to face.

Begin to look for your guides now. Or if this is already a realm you are familiar with, be prepared now to act as a guide for others. Because this next phase is going to continue in its intensification. We will need a working understanding of both dimensions of reality to see us through the Pluto Return initiation. In fact, it’s already begun.

If you are interested in understanding more about what the Feminine Force is, there is a video dedicated to this up in the Portal of my website.