Venus in Sagittarius has a bad name. Search the placement and the first result is a Reddit thread asking why this Venus is called the unfaithful one. The next wave of answers calls it lucky, giving, and free. Both camps argue from feeling. Neither counts anything. So we counted. Using
Venus in Leo is never alone. The Sun is always close by, and that changes everything about how this placement works. For a fire-sign Venus with the opposite problem — no rank at all instead of a proud one — see how Venus in Sagittarius borrows its confidence from Jupiter
Cancer here is the fourth sign of the zodiac — the summer sign of the crab, nothing else. This page is about astrology, and about one point in a birth chart. Venus in Cancer means the planet Venus stood in that sign at the hour you were born. Here is
Ask the internet about Venus in Gemini and you get a verdict before you get a fact. This Venus is called flighty. It is called the hardest Venus to love. Google itself asks “Is Venus in Gemini good or bad?” and “Can Venus in Gemini be faithful?” — and the
Venus rules Taurus. In old astrology that is the top of the ladder. A planet sitting in the sign it rules is in its domicile — its own house, where it works with no friction. So Venus in Taurus should be the common, easy, safe seat. Over the long run,
Ask an old astrology book which sign weakens Venus most, and it points to Aries. Ask the sky how many people are born with Venus in Aries, and the answer is far less dramatic. We measured the years 1600 to 2400. Venus spends 8.29 percent of that time in Aries.
Old books give Mercury two bad grades in Pisces. It is in detriment there, and it is in fall there too. No other planet carries both weak grades in one sign. So you would guess that the sky keeps Mercury out of Pisces, or rushes it through. I checked that
Old astrology books call Venus in Scorpio her worst seat. The sign is her detriment — the term for a sign opposite one a planet rules, where its usual habits stop working. Venus rules Taurus. Scorpio sits across from Taurus. So the books mark it down. We ran the numbers
Venus rules Libra. In the old texts that is the strongest thing you can say about a planet. So is Venus in Libra rare? We counted it over 800 years, from 1600 to 2400. Venus spends 8.32 percent of its time in Libra. That is about one chart in twelve,
