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rorrr
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posted May 21, 2022 04:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for rorrr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
How does this dynamic actually work??

Let’s take Moon opposite Venus in synastry: when Moon is emotional, does that mean that Venus feels unactivated — like a see saw? Venus doesn’t feel very Venusian when Moon is all moony and emo?

Or is it activating — eg: when Venus is feeling sexy romantic relationships on her mind, does it transfer energy to Moon to start getting in Moon feelings?

Or is it an actual see saw where Moon feels a bit cold, empty, nothing emotional when Venus is 💃🏻?

Trying to understand the energetic dynamic of how this works.

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posted May 21, 2022 05:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for rorrr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
OOH or… (just thought of this!)

Does it mean that the way Venus loves is the opposite of Moon’s ideal, and that the way Moon feels inside is the opposite of what Venus finds attractive?

Y’all I’m stumped here 😟 How does this work?

I think it’s actually a really sweet, loving, nurturing aspect. But I want to understand it long term.

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posted May 22, 2022 02:37 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Aries23Degrees     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
At the heart of their problems is usually a communication issue.They don't really listen to each other. They hear what they want to hear.But they dont really listen to what the other is actually saying.

With Cap-Can opp for instance (whether between Ven/Moon or Mars/ Ven etc.) the issue is that one seeks to create fences (Cap) and the other seeks to demolish them(Can).

Cap often demonstrates they care via creating boundaries,structures and rules etc.(This especially when Moon/Ven is there).

Cancer often demonstrates they care via demolishing unconscious or conscious boundaries and rules that inhibit the free flowing exchange of emotions and closeness etc. (This especially when Moon/Ven is there).

So when the two meet up, Cancer will look at Cap and think to themselves "you are too wound up in yourself.You need to break away from the self imposed prison you are in and be free. I will help you " etc.

Whereas Cap( in whatever conversation they are with with Can) will automatically think "You need to construct more boundaries around you. You are too all over the place and lack structure and consistency. I will help you."

So instead of Cap enhancing Cancer's need to emotionally connect. They inhibit it and see it as a "problem". And the same is true of Cap's need to create walls. Cancer destroys it. Seeing it as a huge obstacle in getting along and "uniting" etc.

Both misunderstand each other from the start. And as time goes on, the distance between them becomes clearer because the opposite signs are the FURTHEST from each other(as per the zodiac)on BOTH ends(clockwise and counterclockwise).

So unless there are other factors that bring the two together, separation (either emotionally or physically through distance/divorce) is very probable between these two.

The attraction between opposite signs either by Sun-Moon, Moon/Asc, Mars/Sun or Moon/Mars etc.(and it happens A LOT) is irresistible and magnetic. It seems necessary and even "fated" in many cases.

But the strong attraction to each other can be problematic (over time) if there aren't other factors to help the initial connection.Because ime,opp sign attraction is very strong at the START of the relationship.

But without other contributing factors to help the relationship develop,the same oppositional relationship can be instrumental in the END of that same relationship.

7th solar house is partners/ meeting place ...yes. But it is also "open enemies" and the point of separation too.The axis works in two ways.

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posted May 22, 2022 03:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for GalacticCoreExplosionV2     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
+1 to a lot of what Aries23Degrees said (and very well, should add).

Would also add, that there tends to be a lot of push pull between oppositions, but probably less so between two Yin polarized planets like Moon and Venus. More apparent between a Yin and a Yang Planet, like Venus and Mars or Moon and Mars, and two Yang Planets.

There does tend to be a lot of sweetness, affection, and just generally really liking each other with Moon Venus opposition. It is less "charged" with tension than a lot of other oppositions.

Generally speaking, there does tend to be strong attraction between opposite Sign and/or Planetary energies, but it can also switch to repulsion too. Almost like two magnets, where one suddenly flips from the opposite to same polarity and then suddenly they push apart/repel, rather than attract.

Never was this more apparent to me than with a connection I had where we had two Venus Mars oppositions, wherein with one of those, Mars ruled her Aries Sun and Venus rules my Libra Moon, which are also opposite Signs. (Nor did it help that both of our Mars were conjunct each other's Ascendants, with her Mars the same degree of my Asc, her Venus was in my 8th, her Mars also rules her 8th, etc).

It was the first and only time wherein I experienced intense love and attraction, and then also almost hate/spite in relation to the same person. (She stirred up my shadow like no one ever has to that degree). Despising/hate was an emotion that at the time, I didn't even think I could come close to experiencing anymore, as it had been literally decades since I felt anything like that and the last person who had initiated those kinds of feelings in me, was my abusive, sociopathic step father.

It was quite literally shocking and very eye opening to self, about how much self still has left to regenerate/heal/become more conscious of. Boy, these human bodies and experiences are something else, aren't they?

(Edit to add, some of the above stuff I noted isn't just related to oppositions, but also to 8th House and Pluto stuff.)

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posted May 22, 2022 07:27 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Stawr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
My husband and I have
(me) (husband)
Venus oppose Mercury
Venus oppose Venus
Mars oppose Jupiter
N. Node oppose Sun
MC oppose Sun
Saturn oppose Fortune
Neptune oppose S. Node

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posted May 22, 2022 07:33 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Stawr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
My parents have opposite Moon signs

My mom is a Capricorn Moon my dad is a Cancer Moon

They met at work when dad's shift ended when my mom's shift started. People at work knew he liked my mom because instead of leaving work he would stay back and talk to her.

But they have very independent lives from each other and their own interests from each other.

While they have been married since 1984. I don't want a marriage like theirs. I don't know how to have a marriage like theirs. I do see the love with them sometimes.

When I first moved out of their house, they did work on their marriage more, even did some counseling.

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posted May 22, 2022 07:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Stawr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I had intense chemistry with a friend. She is very Leo and Cancer, and I am very Aquarius Capricorn.
But this friend constantly wanted attention and to connect...and it drove me away eventually.

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posted May 22, 2022 12:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for angryant2021     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
My asc is Opp my partners sun sign and we are very evident of our differences, gives a feeling of balancing each other out.

Compare that to square where I can't exactly put my finger on it but I dislike the person lol

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posted May 22, 2022 05:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Moving this to Interpersonal Astrology.

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posted June 11, 2022 02:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Plut0nian2     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Stawr:
I had intense chemistry with a friend. She is very Leo and Cancer, and I am very Aquarius Capricorn.
But this friend constantly wanted attention and to connect...and it drove me away eventually.

You mean to emotionally connect?
What is your Moon sign and aspects, if you don't mind asking?
I'm Cancer-Leo (other than the Moon) and I am attracted to Aqua-Capricorn men (other than the Moon) in my case they are the ones who want more.

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