Venus in Cancer ♋︎ in the Natal Chart
Colors: Pastels, Lavender, Light Grey
Artistic Skill: Writing Poetry & Prose
The Venus in Cancer individuals will have a soft and mellow energy about them. You will desire amiable interactions with others and in general attract nice people into your life.
Likes: Venus in Cancer is very nurturing and loving. You really like to demonstrate your affection for others. This placement indicates a very sensitive soul with artistic abilities. You will be attracted to flowers, poetry, romance, and sweet things. Venus in Cancer people typically have a strong sweet tooth.
Dislikes: Exposure to violence can be very upsetting to a Venus in Cancer person. You will often choose to not subject yourself to gory or horrific movies. Arguing with the people in your life can be very hard on you and in general you prefer to get along with everyone. You also tend to shy away from intense confrontation or competition.
Romance: This placement is highly romantic. You fall in love easily and give yourself to your lover completely. There is a desire to get wholly absorbed in the relationship you are in to the point of obsession. You enjoy when your partner is a little jealous of you and will sometimes find yourself playing around with lovers a bit.
2nd House:
Keywords: The keywords associated with the 2nd house are values, self-worth, resources, finances, material possessions, sensuality, physical body, belongings, beliefs, and ownership.
Succedent House Type: A Succedent house type is ruled by a fixed sign. Taurus is the fixed earth sign ruling the 2nd house.
The 2nd house in astrology is the area of life where we develop a relationship with our resources and belongings. In this area of the chart you are called to evaluate your attachments to the material world. In addition, the 2nd house is the place where you learn the value of self-worth, pleasure, satisfaction, and delight. Planets placed in this part of the chart will partially represent your capacity to generate wealth, resources, and income. Planets here need to experience life “hands on.”
The 2nd house symbolizes your relationship with possessions and values. This can relate on a spiritual, physical, or emotional level. How you define yourself based on what your belongings are, your beliefs, the money you have, the relationships you are in, or anything else you can use as a physical definer of who you are can be experienced through the 2nd house. Deciding what you own or if your possessions “own” you is a core lesson of this area of the astrological chart.