Astrology Tutorial: Venus in the sign of Cancer and the Dilemmas od Letting Go

Yesterday's post mentioned the lack of enthusiasm the water signs have for making choices. Each of the water signs has her own reasons for resisting choice-making, of course, but they all have something to do with that old human problem of letting go. Dysfunctions in this area can take many forms, from always holding on no matter what, to a habitual knee-jerk "I'm outta here!". With Venus, the planet most aligned with the emotional intake aspects of well-being, currently in the water sign with tenacious crab claws, the dilemma is emphasized if letting go is presently required.

Cancer loves creating a homplace where she can surround herself with biological or chosen family. The metaphor seeps into the rest of her life: any letting go is like letting go of family.

Scorpio has secrets. Ever try to get a genuine and spontaneous personal response from someone with an important personal birth chart focus in Scorpio? It won't happen 'til she gets to know you. Even then she'll only confide in someone she considers valuable, for what she values she wants to keep near as well as dear. That's the dilemma she has with ;etting go: how can she let go og what's so valuable to her? And if she's sepnt time on, or with, something or someone, it has value to her, and she will not often spend it recklessly.

Pisces? She knows that every ocean current has an equal and opposite flow moving in the other direction. She knows, for example, that there's a culd water current moving south below the warm northward flow of water in the Gulf Stream. So, for her, letting go of one or the other is a matter of choosing only half and being unfaithful to the whole Truth as she feels it flow.

Venus, and the water signs are steeped in all that's Mysterious. So what if these feminine archetypes aren't good at letting go? Maybe we here in North Anerica have put too much emphasis on solving the dilemma and not enough heart into cherishing the Mystery.