ZIP DOBYNS (Astrology) - Film Score Rundowns

You can collect possessions. You can indulge the appetites. You can create beauty in
innumerable ways in hobbies and in the job (art, gardening, sewing, etc.), anything that's
aesthetically satisfying to yourself and others.
So Venus is basically pleasure, where you can enjoy yourself--whether
it's with the physical world(Taurus) or with people and ideas (Libra).
[Bill: "Wouldn't it be better to have Venus on the Ascendant rather
than on the Midheaven?"]
It depends on what you want. If you want to enjoy your work, Venus on the
Midheaven can be great. Venus, as ruler of Taurus, is naturally trine the
Midheaven/Capricorn house. Venus, as ruler of Libra, is naturally square it, so you can
have a potential problem with that Libra/Capricorn square. The instinct of Capricorn is
"I'm in charge, I'm boss," and Libra says, "Hey, we're supposed to be equals." So, am I
going to be father and boss to you, or are you going to be father and boss to me, or do we
work out an equal partnership?
Venus in the 1st house/Ascendant is more like, "I have the right to enjoy myself
and I'm going to do it!" So Venus in the 1st, if not conflicted, can normally be very
comfortable with themselves in life.
[Bill: "So the reason why you're focusing on the Midheaven more than the
Ascendant is because with the former you can achieve something, whereas with the
Ascendant you may not really be achieving much with it in terms of the world?"]
You may just do it for your own personal satisfaction for the moment, and then
change and do something else. It may not mean anything in terms of long range
accomplishments. Whereas the 10th house is dealing with the power and laws of the
universe, and the need for status and productive accomplishment in the world. And so, in
terms of getting results, you will want something connected with the 10th house. But in
terms of being free to do what you want to do, then the 1st house is involved.
So the Venus principle again is just what you enjoy. What's so nice about Venus
signs rising--especially Taurus more so than Libra since Libra is always contingent upon
somebody else approving or being with you--is that it says, "I have the right to enjoy
myself, and if I want to lie on the floor and lecture, it's ok!"
LETTER THREE: MERCURY/GEMINI/3rd HOUSE
This is the conscious mind, your ability to learn and to communicate. So your
Mercury line will bring your conscious mind into high focus. This can be anything that
satisfies your curiosity, and that includes short trips, letters, telephone calls, people right
around you. Knowledge for its own sake, sticking fingers and nose into everything.
Curious, restless mind that skims over the surface and goes on. Of course, if you have it
in earth sign or house--or next to that, water sign or house--that's more likely to stabilize
it. You will want to go deeper, to be more thorough.
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