At long last, on April 30, Venus, our planet of attraction, attachment and aesthetics, is trading the paint-splattered nightgown of Pisces for the flaming codpiece of Aries.
Venus will stick around in these hellfires until June 6.
Named for the Roman goddess of love and fertility, Venus is the fine, divine feminine counterpart to aggro jock strap warlord Mars.
According to myth, Venus was born from sea foam and the severed schlong of Uranus, emerging fully formed and tits out in a scallop shell — with pleasure as her governing principle.
Venus in Aries meaning
Etymologically, Venus derives from the Latin word for desire, and in kind, the planet informs both what we’re drawn to and who and what we attract.
Venus is, by default, the softer, subtler, feminine counterpart to masculine Mars, but in Aries, a Mars-ruled sign, Venus is a hot-blooded lover and a reckless spender, easily seduced by the new and the novel, unafraid of being direct about what it wants or shameless about getting it.
This Venus pursues rather than suggests. It’s “get over here” versus “come hither,” declared conquest over polite courting.
It dares to fail and it pushes, relentlessly and sometimes gracelessly — but always forward.
Bored by the vague, the tepid, and/or the flaccid, Venus in Aries worships at the altar of fun and drinks mightily from the cup of cortisol.
Venus in Aries 2025
As Aries rules the head, the blood, and our sense of vitality, it is avowed first and foremost to live full, free and without apology.
This transit makes us hungry for action and fresh experiences but you can calibrate the heat and mitigate the collateral damage by channeling the highest expressions of Venus in Aries; directness, playfullness and a willingness to keep on keeping on while eschewing some of the less stellar qualities; impatience, petulance and a tendency to burn through money, people, patience and stop signs with astounding speed.
Taking it back to the better angels, there’s a spirit of unrefined and unrestrained fun when Venus is in Aries — it’s the Venus placement of Lady Gaga and Elizabeth Taylor.
This is a confidence born of fearlessness that encourages us all to crawl back on our bellies from the car crash of love with blood in our eyes and motor oil under our nail beds, saddle up next to a stranger and get ready to take the ride again.
Venus in Aries man vs. Venus in Aries woman
It is precisely this energy of starting anew that we can all channel during this transition. Aries loves a dare, and what greater dare than to shoot your shot and bare your heart?
In terms of aesthetics, Venus in Aries is devil may care kitch bordering on overkill — if this placement were personified, it would be Macho Man Randy Savage — why choose between neon, fringe and western wear when you can have it all?
The heat of this Venus transit is stabilized by the sun shining in the grounded, indulgent, Venus-ruled sign of Taurus, the zodiac’s happy hedonist.
Add to the tempering that Venus spent a chunk of the past few months retrograding in Aries, heralding a period of reflection and revision; thus, the planet’s direct motion in this cardinal fire sign equates to a balanced kind of bold.
The brilliant astrologer Born Under Saturn imparts, “In this light, Venus becomes a compass, not just pointing to passion, but to purpose. And the steps we take under her influence are bolder because they are rooted, fierce because they are felt, clear because they have been questioned.”
Considering this cardinal compass point, we can view this transit as a more refined Venus in Aries, one that draws pleasure not just from the thrill of the chase but from the kindling of connection, moving with intention rather than impulse, lighting flaming arrows but ensuring our aim is true and our desire real before we shoot our shot.
Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and irreverently reports on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture, and personal experience. To book a reading, visit her website.
