Venus sextile Mars: The Nature of Desire

Tonight, at 10:19 pm Pacific Time, Venus is finding her exact sextile aspect to Mars. Sextile aspects are beneficial in nature, opening new energetic connections. With Venus also just a few degrees from the Sun in Libra, there is a brightness and a dose of consciousness to this configuration, and the keywords are connection, drive, and desire. Today you may feel a more direct link to exactly what it is that you want, and an energetic surge to go after it. This may be particularly so in the realms of relating ' perhaps pertaining to a new romantic interest, or for expressing your wants and needs to your partner. With Mercury still in retrograde, this may also simply represent an opportunity to be in a conversation with yourself about what fuels your fire and drives you. At the base of every motivation is a desire, and when it concerns interpersonal matters, most often that desire is most simply about connection and love. As D.H. Lawrence puts it: 'In every living thing there is the desire for love,' and he also said 'When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.'