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ASTROLOGY YOUR PLACE IN THE STARS VENUS IN SAGITTARIUS VENUS is in some ways at her best in this sign. She has not the passion which we have noticed in the other two fiery signs. She is more impulsive and less constant. The slightest rebuff kills the interest. And in no case is affection likely to be long-lived. These remarks apply to love rather than to friendship, for, in the latter, the fact that Jupiter rules Sagittarius comes into play. For this reason we call Venus at her best; she has an aspiring and spiritual quality which tends to remove from her any taint of earthy grossness. This very quality, however, may in some eyes appear as a defect. Those who imagine that the only kind of love is that which is expressed in accordance with social conventions may be unmeasured in the hatred of such tendencies as this sign confers, particularly upon women. {294} It is very common to find fantastic passions such as have been celebrated by Baudelaire, Verlaine and Swinburne, as well as by the one supreme poetess that ever lived, Sappho. Those things which are gross and unrefined do not appeal. It is necessary to satisfy mental and spiritual cravings and also to content the imagination. The lack of earthiness, the absence of physical bonds, causes rapid changes which may be mistaken for caprice, but which are really not so; on the contrary, they are symptoms of fidelity to the ideal. People with this position are proud and high-spirited, and they demand the same qualities in those whom they love. Indelicacy shocks. Further it may be said that any attempt to bind down the affections is intensely resented. To fish for such people one must employ the finest lines and the smallest flies; though the more brightly they are colored, the more successful is likely to be the sport. Examples of the peculiar delicacy or spirit conferred by this position are afforded by George Eliot, Robert Louis Stevenson, Chatterton, and Lewis Carroll. Perhaps, too, the unfortunate relations of Charles I with his ministers may be attributed to this position. He never seemed able to trust constantly to them. He would trust too much, become disappointed for quite insufficient reasons, and then betray them. One might also look at the political careers of Gladstone, Bright, John Burns, Winston Churchill and Theodore Roosevelt. The extraordinary rashness in speech of the last named is very typical of this position. With most ordinary people, these qualities manifest as something not much better than heartlessness and fickleness. Love sparkles and glitters, but is without warmth. Venus does not expand sufficiently to glow or to ennoble the life with true affection. There is never any excess energy to waste. The native has just so much of the Venusian qualities as suits his own purpose. He has none to give to others. As the swift spark is very attractive to those who really seek love, people with Venus in this sign often cause the greatest disappointment—they attract the passion of really warm-hearted people and then fail to satisfy it. Often they cannot understand how they are failing. Similarly, they may cause much anxiety to those who love them because they do not reciprocate the affections of the other party, who may consequently believe that he is failing in kindness, when, in reality, it is merely that he is trying to rekindle a shooting {295} star. Very often true passion is altogether lacking or, if it exists, it is as transient and ephemeral as we learn that certain brightly colored insects are. It often happens that the natural instincts are replaced by fantasies, forms of love which are expressed by symbol rather than by sense. Hence, the natural purpose of Venus, which is, after all, vitally important to the race, is frequently thwarted. Venus in Sagittarius often induces the native to act in such ways as to avoid what is, after all, the one great glorious human attribute, willing sacrifice. Thus, a woman with Venus in Sagittarius might prefer to adopt a child rather than to go through the pains of bearing one. In art, we find a very interesting expression of this position in Mark Twain. Here we see an art, extraordinarily jeweled, with brief scintillations, but we rarely find in his writings the large, sustained humor, elaborated and rendered complex by the interplay of one idea with another, such as we find in the greatest masters. One may also recommend to the reader without comment, the study of three people very different in this position who are yet united by the presence of Venus in this sign: Hetty Green, Maude Adams and Evelyn Thaw. the following are the names of well known persons who have Venus in the sign of Sagittarius: Ramsay MacDonald George Eliot Will Carlton Harriet Stanton Blatch Henry E. Dixey Maude Adams Rev. George Clark Houghton Andrew Carnegie Nicholas Longsworth Augustus Thomas Henry Clay Frick William E. Gladstone Havelock Ellis Rudyard Kipling Robert Louis Stevenson {296} Forbes-Robertson Fritz Kreisler Theodore Roosevelt For the benefit of those who are not in possession of Raphael’s Ephemeris, or who are not able to interpret the symbols contained therein, the years when Venus is in the sign Sagittarius are as follows: From January 7th through February 1st 1840 October 28th “ November 21st 1840 December 12th 1841 ” January 4th 1842 October 7th “ November 12th 1842 December 14th 1842 ” February 2nd 1843 November 13th “ December 6th 1843 December 26th 1844 ” January 18th 1845 October 15th “ November 8th 1845 November 27th ” December 20th 1846 January 7th “ January 31st 1848 October 28th ” November 20th 1848 December 12th 1849 “ January 4th 1850 October 7th ” November 15th 1850 December 6th 1850 “ February 3rd 1851 November 12th ” December 5th 1851 December 25th 1852 “ January 18th 1853 October 14th ” November 8th 1853 November 27th “ December 19th 1854 January 6th ” January 31st 1856 October 27th “ November 20th 1856 December 11th 1857 ” January 3rd 1858 October 7th 1858 “ February 3rd 1859 November 12th ” December 4th 1859 December 25th 1860 “ January 17th 1861 October 14th ” November 7th 1861 November 26th “ December 19th 1862 January 6th ” January 31st 1864 October 27th “ November 19th 1864 December 11th 1865 ” January 2nd 1866 {297} From October 7th 1866through February 4th 1867 November 11th “ December 4th 1867 December 24th 1868 ” January 17th 1869 October 14th “ November 7th 1869 November 26th ” December 18th 1870 January 6th “ January 30th 1872 October 26th ” November 19th 1872 December 10th 1873 “ January 2nd 1874 October 7th 1874 ” February 4th 1875 November 10th “ December 3nd 1875 December 24th 1876 ” January 16th 1877 October 13th “ November 7th 1877 November 25th ” December 18th 1878 January 5th “ January 30th 1880 October 26th ” November 18th 1880 December 9th 1881 “ January 1st 1882 October 7th 1882 ” February 4th 1883 November 10th “ December 3rd 1883 December 23rd 1884 ” January 16th 1885 October 13th “ November 6th 1885 November 24th ” December 17th 1886 January 5th “ January 29th 1888 October 25th ” November 18th 1888 December 9th 1889 “ January 1st 1890 October 8th 1890 ” February 5th 1891 November 9th “ December 2nd 1891 December 23rd 1892 ” January 15th 1893 October 12th “ November 6th 1893 November 24th ” December 17th 1894 January 4th “ January 29th 1896 October 25th ” November 17th 1896 December 8th “ December 31st 1897 October 8th 1898 ” February 5th 1899 November 9th “ December 2nd 1899 December 23rd 1900 ” January 15th 1901 October 13th “ November 7th 1901 November 24th ” December 17th 1902 January 5th “ January 29th 1904 {298} From October 25th through November 18th 1904 December 9th 1905 ” January 1st 1906 October 9th “ December 15th 1906 December 26th 1906 ” February 6th 1907 November 9th “ December 2nd 1907 December 23rd 1908 ” January 15th 1909 October 12th “ November 6th 1909 November 24th ” December 17th 1910 January 5th “ January 29th 1912 October 25th ” November 17th 1912 December 8th “ December 31st 1913 October 10th ” December 5th 1914 December 31st 1914 “ February 6th 1915 November 9th ” December 2nd 1915 December 22nd 1916 “ January 14th 1917 October 12th ” November 6th 1917 November 23rd “ December 16th 1918 January 4th ” January 28th 1920 October 24th “ November 17th 1920 December 8th ” December 31st 1921 October 11th “ November 28th 1922 January 2nd ” February 6th 1923 November 8th “ December 1st 1923 December 22nd 1924 ” January 14th 1925 October 12th “ November 6th 1925 November 23rd ” December 16th 1926 January 4th “ January 28th 1928 October 24th ” November 16th 1928 December 7th “ December 30th 1929 Previous | Top | Index | Next Introduction | THE SUN SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | The Sun | The Sun in the Signs | The Sun in Aries | The Sun in Taurus | The Sun in Gemini | The Sun in Cancer | The Sun in Leo | The Sun in Virgo | The Sun in Libra | The Sun in Scorpio | The Sun in Sagittarius | The Sun in Capricorn | The Sun in Aquarius | The Sun in Pisces | Periods When The Sun Will Be Afflicted by Uranus | Periods When The Sun Will Be Beneficently Aspected by Uranus | Periods When The Sun Will Be Afflicted by Saturn | Periods When The Sun Will Be Beneficently Aspected by Jupiter | THE MOON SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | The Moon | The Moon in the Signs | The Moon in Aries | The Moon in Taurus | The Moon in Gemini | The Moon in Cancer | The Moon in Leo | The Moon in Virgo | The Moon in Libra | The Moon in Scorpio | The Moon in Sagittarius | The Moon in Capricorn | The Moon in Aquarius | The Moon in Pisces | MERCURY SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | Mercury in the Signs | Mercury in Aries | Mercury in Taurus | Mercury in Gemini | Mercury in Cancer | Mercury in Leo | Mercury in Virgo | Mercury in Libra | Mercury in Scorpio | Mercury in Sagittarius | Mercury in Capricorn | Mercury in Aquarius | Mercury in Pisces | VENUS SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | Venus in the Signs | Venus in Aries | Venus in Taurus | Venus in Gemini | Venus in Cancer | Venus in Leo | Venus in Virgo | Venus in Libra | Venus in Scorpio | Venus in Sagittarius | Venus in Capricorn | Venus in Aquarius | Venus in Pisces | MARS SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | Mars in the Signs | Mars in Aries | Mars in Taurus | Mars in Gemini | Mars in Cancer | Mars in Leo | Mars in Virgo | Mars in Libra | Mars in Scorpio | Mars in Sagittarius | Mars in Capricorn | Mars in Aquarius | Mars in Pisces | JUPITER SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | Jupiter in the Signs | Jupiter in Aries | Jupiter in Taurus | Jupiter in Gemini | Jupiter in Cancer | Jupiter in Leo | Jupiter in Virgo | Jupiter in Libra | Jupiter in Scorpio | Jupiter in Sagittarius | Jupiter in Capricorn | Jupiter in Aquarius | Jupiter in Pisces | The Effects of Jupiter on Vocation | SATURN SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | Saturn in the Signs | Saturn in Aries | Saturn in Taurus | Saturn in Gemini | Saturn in Cancer | Saturn in Leo | Saturn in Virgo | Saturn in Libra | Saturn 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