Sun conjunct Venus
The Sun conjunct Venus, a frequent contact: identity warmed by affection and taste, with relationships close to the heart of the self.
Meaning
Each meeting of Venus with the Sun is one point of the five-pointed figure it traces around the zodiac every eight years. Within 8° tradition calls Venus combust and cazimi, its values bent to the will the Sun stands for.
How identity meets affection: charm, warmth and taste, and how much relationships and beauty matter to your sense of self.
Your identity is closely tied to affection and pleasure. You tend to be warm, charming and attentive to beauty and harmony; relationships matter a great deal to how you see yourself. You may avoid confrontation to stay liked. This conjunction is common, since Venus never strays far from the Sun.
In practice
Conjunctions are often the most visible feature of a chart, and people close to you notice them quickly. The work is to learn the two functions separately, so you can tell when one is driving the other.
Correspondences
Related
- SunThe great light of the day, read as identity, vitality and the purpose a life gathers around.
- VenusThe planet of love, pleasure, beauty and what someone values, the lesser benefic of tradition.
- ConjunctionTwo bodies at the same place in the zodiac, 0° apart, their meanings fused into one strong theme.
- Sun sextile VenusThe Sun sextile Venus cannot form: Venus never strays more than about 47° from the Sun, short of the sixty degrees a sextile needs.
- Sun square VenusThe Sun square Venus is impossible: Venus stays within about 47° of the Sun, so the closest tension it can form is the semisquare.