Extremely rare transit of Venus coming up this June.

[BlueIris]

Here's the astronomer's take on it:

http://news.yahoo.com/rare-venus-transit-sun-june-amaze-skywatchers-214026382.html

Your last chance to watch Venus cross the face of the sun is less than a month away.
This rare event, known as a transit of Venus, will take place on June 5 for Western Hemisphere observers, though it will be June 6 local time for skywatchers in the Eastern Hemisphere. Over a seven-hour span, Earth's so-called sister planet will trek across the solar disk from our perspective, appearing in silhouette as a slow-moving tiny black dot, weather permitting.
Venus transits occur in pairs that are eight years apart, but these dual events take place less than once per century. The last one happened in 2004, and the next won't come until 2117.

And here are a few thoughts from the astrological perspective...(yes, this website is a bit amateurish and literal, but the author hit all the highlights, so I thought I would use this link):

http://darkstarastrology.com/transit-of-venus-2012/

As mentioned, this transit of Venus is extra special because of a number of other astrological events. We have the strongest influence in over a generation with Uranus square Pluto on June 24. There is the June 4 Lunar Eclipse just a day before, and then for this Venus transit, Venus is retrograde, conjunct minor planet Chaos, and square Mars. I have looked back at the charts of previous transits of Venus, and none had the intensity of this one. I believe that June 2012 will really kick off all the drama that has been predicted in our 2012 Astrology Forecast. There is also mention of the 2012 Transit of Venus in the Cherokee Rattlesnake Prophecy.

Sun conjunct Venus would generally make us “charismatic, charming, and lovers not fighters“, with our love nature intensified by the Sun, we will be much more in need of love and affection, and also wanting to express love to those close to us, who we most care about. Venus Retrograde means that “our love lives enter a fated period where we may relive past life experiences in order to sort out karmic issues. Old friends or lovers may reappear and there may be more difficulty in giving and receiving love and affection“. Venus and Sun square Mars will create anger and resentment, we won’t put up with any more crap in our relationships. This is a love/hate aspect, we may sort out the differences through passionate and intense sex, or through screaming and fighting...

The overall picture emerging is one of facing up to reality in our relationships. If you have been deceitful in some way, been playing around or have an addiction, then you will likely face a lot of hostility from your partner or even close friends. If you are with someone whose addictions are putting a strain on your relationships, whether gambling, infidelity, drugs or porn, then you may reach a stage where you cannot let it go on. The great intensity shown in this chart means that any built up frustrations, resentment or anger, which has been poisoning a relationship, must now be released. It might get ugly, I can’t think of an easy way to deal with such things, Sun and Venus square Mars is conflict.

Venus conjunct the Minor Planet Chaos represents a struggle to find order, the conflict between good and evil, Michael and the Lucifer. It opens up a gaping hole where we are confronted with all the fear and confusion of the unknown. It ties the picture together really, intense feelings of love and hate, exposing the evil, fighting it, then filling the void a higher form of love. The light at the end of the tunnel is shown by the Moon and Pluto sextile Chiron, the healing of the obsessions or bad habits which have been the source of the conflict.

Venus Retrograde in Gemini is also a factor in this rare event, but I'm kinda saving that for another post. Venus Retro may not seem like a big deal, and normally, I would say it makes for an interesting though not groundbreaking couple of weeks, but this one is...special.

Really special. Hint: Think back to the last Venus Retrograde in Gemini...in 2004.

[FirstLight]

1. bookmarking

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[felix_numinous]

2. Wow this made me look up chaos

and where a bunch of other asteroids were in my natal chart on astrodienst. I'd never heard of chaos before!! I bookmarked these sites, they are good ones--thanks BlueIris!!

[mother earth]

3. Thanks for posting these Blue Iris. I can't wait to hear more. I love to read these.

I hope you, and Rick, and all other willing astrologers will be talking more on these upcoming events,
seems like May 20th through June is quite eventful.

[felix_numinous]

4. I found a good article

about the upcoming Venus transit, as well as an interesting website--I thought I would post on this thread Enjoy!!

http://www.midlandsschoolofastrology.co.uk/astrological_meaning_of_venus_transit_2012.html