Working With Venus in Your Chart

A gentle guide to uncovering your own path to love, beauty, and abundance

Astrology is a language of the soul, but it’s also a craft.

And once you’ve felt the truth of Venus in your life, you may want to go deeper, to look at her technically, as she appears in your birth chart.

This post is for you if you’ve begun to ask:

“How does Venus actually show up for me?”

“What’s getting in the way of love and abundance?”

“How can I work with my chart to soften into receiving?”

You don’t need to know everything. You just need a willingness to explore.

Take this step by step. Make space for insight to arise gently.

We’ll look at:

• Venus herself—her strength, her dignity, her support

• The 2nd house—your relationship to money, value, and resources

• The 8th house—what you share, inherit, or owe

• Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars—supporters or challengers in the story of wealth

Each section includes reflection prompts and key things to look for.

Let’s begin with Venus.

💖 Venus: The Heart of Love, Beauty, and Receiving

In traditional astrology, Venus is the lesser benefic, the planet most naturally aligned with harmony, pleasure, connection, and value. She shows how you attract, how you receive, and what brings you joy.

When assessing Venus, ask:

• What is her sect? Venus prefers night charts, She’s more at home in the dark, where softness and pleasure are welcomed.

• Is she dignified? Venus is strong in Taurus and Libra, and exalted in Pisces. A dignified Venus tends to feel at ease expressing beauty and drawing in what she desires. Venus finds it harder to express Herself in signs that are opposite to her home signs and exaltation: Scorpio, Aries, and Virgo.

• Is she visible? If Venus is under the beams or combust (too close to the Sun), Her gifts may be harder to access.

• What house is she in? The 1st, 5th, 9th, and 11th houses tend to support Venus’s expression.

• Is she in aspect to the Ascendant or its ruler? This can affect how fully her energy is available to you.

• Who is her dispositor? Look at The God ruling the sign she’s in, are They in good condition, and can They support Her?

• Is she in forward or backward motion? A retrograde Venus can take a while to learn to express herself fully. There can be an inner journey here, before the ease can manifest in the outer. If Venus is stationing (standing still to turn around) her energy is amplified in the chart, like she has an exclamation point: Venus!

  
  

✨ Reflection: Is my Venus well-supported in my chart? Or is she hidden, pressured, or disconnected from my sense of self?

💰 The 2nd House: Personal Wealth and What You Value

The 2nd house speaks to your material resources, but also to your internal ones: self-worth, skills, and what you consider valuable.

• Who rules the sign in the 2nd house?→ Look at that God’s sign, house placement, condition, and aspects.

• Are there Gods in the 2nd house?→ Benefics here (Venus and Jupiter) can indicate support; malefics (Mars and Saturn) may bring challenges but also strength over time.

  
  

✨ Reflection: How do I feel about earning money? Is it connected to my self-worth, or shaped by fear, scarcity, or inherited patterns?

🕯 The 8th House: What Is Shared, Owed, or Inherited

Often called the house of other people’s money, the 8th deals with shared finances, debts, inheritances, and energetic entanglements.

• Who rules the 8th house sign? What condition is that God in?

• Are there any benefics in the 8th that may bring unexpected support?

  
  

If Venus is in the 8th and in good condition, She may help you attract support through others. If Saturn or Mars is here and out of sect, there may be difficulty or entanglement with shared resources.

✨ Reflection: Am I comfortable receiving support from others? Do I carry shame or fear around money that comes through partnership or family?

🌱 Jupiter: The Bringer of Blessings

Jupiter shows where and how you might experience growth, generosity, and natural flow. A well-placed Jupiter can be a quiet ally in building wealth and trust in life’s abundance.

• Is Jupiter in sect? In a day chart, He’s naturally stronger.

• Is He dignified, or in a house that supports his work?

• Does He rule or aspect the 2nd or 8th houses? Is He in good relationship with Venus?

✨ Reflection: Where does ease already exist in my life? Do I let myself expand, or do I fear what comes next?

🪨 Saturn and Mars: The Teachers of Endurance and Will

In traditional astrology, Saturn and Mars are the malefics, not because They’re bad, but because they represent challenge, work, and growth through effort.

• Mars in sect (night charts) may bring courage and financial boldness.

• Saturn in sect (day charts) may bring structure and long-term building.

• If either rules or sits in the 2nd or 8th, you may have a harder road, but also deeper lessons and lasting strength.

  
  

✨ Reflection: Where do I feel I have to struggle or earn my worth? Can I honour that path without becoming stuck in it?

🌸 Final Thoughts

You don’t need to decode every detail of your chart overnight.

This is a journey of curiosity, not perfection.

Each of these placements offers a clue. A doorway. A way back to yourself.

Not to change who you are, but to remember the beauty, value, and worth that has been there all along.

Start where you are. Let Venus meet you there.

⭐ Book a reading

If you'd like some help to dive into love, relationships, self worth and abundance then my Venus Reading is for you.

In this reading, we’ll explore:

✨ Your Natal Venus – How you naturally attract abundance, what you value, and how you can experience more pleasure and ease in your life

✨ Her Conversations with the Other Gods – The deeper story of your self-worth, desires, and inherited beliefs about money and love

✨ Her Current Influence – Where Venus is inviting more sweetness, beauty, and financial flow into your life right now

This reading is designed to help you align with the energy of receiving, so you can feel safe, supported, and open to the abundance that has always been meant for you.

You are already enough. Let Venus show you how to receive like you believe it.

Book here.

A note on AI & my writing:

I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.