“With Venus retrograde in Scorpio, a lot of the issues we’re dealing with will evolve through understanding Taurus, the polarity point, from an evolutionary astrology POV. The Taurus side of Venus is your relationship with self-worth. In many ways, we get the relationships we believe we deserve, for better or worse.
If we have low self-worth, we tend to allow partners to treat us poorly because deep down and often unconsciously, we believe that we don’t deserve better.
Another key aspect of Taurus is our values in relationships, not only how much we value ourselves, but consciously or unconsciously how we choose relationships that match our values.
We might say we want a stable relationship. Yet we are repeatedly drawn to and choose to be with and spend time with chaotic people, because intensity is what our nervous system associates with love.
We may consciously say, “I value emotional depth. I want someone I can really go deep with.” But then we continually choose emotionally unavailable partners because the truth is that their emotional unavailability protects us from having to experience the vulnerability of true intimacy.
Someone may say they value honesty and authenticity in relationships, yet they avoid difficult conversations because they’re afraid of what might happen when they reveal their true Self. Most often, they’re afraid of being rejected.
The values we say are important to us are incongruent with the choices we’re making. Which brings me to the somatic aspect of Taurus. To be congruent, connected to our values, and have grounded self-worth in relationships, to make choices from that place, we need to be in touch with our body.
We have to be in touch with our needs, and we have to be self-reliant in the sense that you don’t depend on other people physically, emotionally, or even spiritually to sustain us.
When we're incongruent, we may say one thing, but our body gives a different message. Remember, we aren't just reading the words people say, we're reading their nervous system and people are responding to the state of our nervous system, not the words we say, or the faces we make. It's all happening unconsciously.”
-Laura Matsue
Episode 183 – Venus Retrograde: Review, Rewire & Rebirth Your Relationships
Listen to this podcast episode by clicking the link below or by searching Cosmic Matrix on iTunes, Spotify, or any other podcast streamer. https://veilofreality.com/2026/10/04/venus-retrograde-review-rewire-rebirth-your-relationships-tcm-183-part-1
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