The Connectedness

Libra is ruled by Venus, and Venus is the goddess of love and beauty. Venus bestows the power of attraction, and this includes physical attractiveness as well as personal magnetism. With Saturn in Libra, our ideas of beauty and our ability to relate to others are tested, and those of us with Saturn in Libra are tested in our individual lives.

I was disturbed by the Mad Men finale the other night in which Don Draper threw aside his carefully crafted veneer of intelligent pragmatism and fell hook line and sinker for what Jungians call a projection, an experience of “limerence” in which one meets a person in whom they see their idealized fantasy rather than a real person. Megan, Draper’s secretary, is not only a stunningly beautiful woman – she’s smart, loving, great with his children, and most of all, seems to have no needs of her own. The perfect fantasy woman.

Peggy Olsen, on the other hand, is smart, perky and cute. She has had a crush on Draper since the beginning, but he is completely out of his league. And when Draper tells Peggy of his engagement to his fantasy woman, he has the nerve to say to her: “She reminds me ofyou.” But even though Draper admires Peggy, she lacks the fantasy component that inspires his projection of illusion and anima.

The concept of beauty carries a huge emotional charge. My latest issue of More Magazine carried an article about Beauty Anger. Women in particular are susceptible to resentment of other women that they perceive as having more beauty because superficial beauty is prized in our culture over other more substantial attributes.

Now there’s an Iphone app that can reinforce our anxieties about the way we look. The “Ugly Meter” will rate your photograph and photographs of your friends and tell you how ugly you are. This product seems to fit right into Saturn in Libra’s criticism and anxiety over beauty.

One of the things I love about getting older is the blurring of the distinctions between the smart women and the pretty women. We are all seen for the people that we are, rather than the way we look and that is really liberating.

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I love this description and it is so very true. As an older woman with Saturn in Libra, I can really relate to feeling liberated that my beauty is a combination of age, wisdom, experience and confidence.

New Moon in Libra, October 7 2010

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:38 PM PDT
New Moon in Libra A New Moon occurs when the Sun and Moon align in the sky, beginning the next phase of the lunar cycle. There’s a clearing of the slate, and an opportunity to begin anew. The Libra New Moon on October 7 th includes not only a conjunction of the Sun and Moon but also a conjunction of Mercury to Saturn, all in Libra.

Libra is ruled by Venus, and Venus is quite powerful right now since it’s virtually stationary as it prepares to change direction to turn retrograde. With four planets in Libra, and Venus stationary, we are seeing the more powerful aspect of the Goddess of Love. I have always found it interesting that the truly ancient cultures (Babylonia, Sumeria, ancient India) have much more powerful representations of the goddess of love and sexuality than the Venus of Roman patriarchal culture. Ishtar, Astarte, Ashtoreth, Innana – these were powerful ladies that instilled awe and even fear into the populace. Venus has become a bit of a cartoon character in some circles – the Playboy Bunny of the zodiac. But the instinct for love and attachment is one of the most primal archetypes in human experience, and it is this archetype that is at play in tomorrow’s New Moon.

Here we also have the approaching conjunction of Mercury to Saturn, stabilizing (Saturn) our thoughts and ideas (Mercury) and teaching (Saturn) ways to achieve greater cooperation (Libra) as we learn to bridge the gaps that keep us from truly understanding (Mercury) each other.

Venus presides over our values and attachments, and we may find ourselves questioning the things to which we have become attached over time during this retrograde period.

The New Moon chart also includes a conjunction of Jupiter to Uranus which is still hanging in there from last summer. This planetary combination opens a doorway to new ideas and ways of relating to others and to ourselves as well. This is the “breakthrough” conjunction, where stagnant habits can be shattered and new patterns begin to form.

This New Moon, and the stationary Venus phase and the retrograde period that follows, are ideal times to either begin new relationships or re-examine the attachments that we currently find ourselves in – both to people and to ideas or possessions of various types. How do we feel about money? What is the value of certain possessions that we carry with us – do they hold us back, or do they enhance our lives? Are there areas in our relationships that require greater understanding or clarity? These are the questions to ask right now as the New Moon carries the answers.

From: Astrological Musings by Lynne Hayes