At this moment, the stars are offering a rare window of opportunity: Venus is forming sextiles with Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto. Venus is a benefic planet in astrology, and these harmonious aspects provide fertile ground for progress and positive change.
Venus began the sequence with a sextile to Pluto and continues into next week with a sextile to Jupiter on Monday (coinciding with the solar eclipse) and a sextile to Saturn on Tuesday.
The trio of Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto has dominated 2020 as a powerful Capricorn stellium, bringing major transformations. While that combination created upheaval, Venus’s current sextiles are softening the tone and turning this energy into an opportunity for constructive action.
If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to pursue new possibilities or solidify gains, this is an excellent time to act.
Sextiles in Astrology
In astrology, aspects describe the angular relationships between planets. Some aspects are tense, others supportive—sextiles fall into the supportive category. A sextile occurs when two planets are two zodiac signs apart, which creates an easy flow of energy that invites action.
Right now Venus sits in Scorpio while Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto occupy Capricorn, placing them two signs apart and forming sextiles. Sextiles represent opportunities, but they typically require initiative; the benefits are available if you make the effort to seize them.
This dynamic blends Scorpio’s intensity and passion with Capricorn’s discipline and long-term focus. Use Scorpio’s emotional drive to motivate action, and Capricorn’s structure to channel that drive into tangible progress.
Venus Sextile Pluto
Venus’s sextile to Pluto began recently, amplifying Scorpio’s influence—Pluto is the natural ruler of Scorpio—so you may feel intense emotions and a strong urge to transform aspects of your life. This transit supports releasing what no longer serves you and reshaping relationships, values, or creative goals in ways that align with your deeper desires.
Venus Sextile Jupiter
Next comes Venus sextile Jupiter on Monday, arriving alongside a solar eclipse. Jupiter’s influence heightens optimism, luck, and expansion, especially as it connects to Sagittarius energy. This sextile encourages you to pursue opportunities that offer growth, to be open to collaboration, and to act on the momentum created by Pluto’s earlier transformative push.
Venus Sextile Saturn
Finally, Venus sextile Saturn on Tuesday brings the practical follow-through needed to make gains last. Saturn’s energy supports planning, responsibility, and long-term stability, helping you turn inspired ideas into reliable structures that serve you well into the future.
Note the Changing of Zodiac Signs
These sextiles arrive just before several planets change signs. Venus moves into Sagittarius on Tuesday, Saturn shifts into Aquarius on Thursday, and Jupiter follows into Aquarius on Saturday. That sense of impending change can create urgency: act now to lock in opportunities before the planetary scenery changes.
Where You Should Focus for Astrological Success
To make the most of these transits on a personal level, check the positions in your natal chart. If you don’t yet have your chart, use a birth chart generator to find the exact houses where 23–29 degrees Scorpio and 23–29 degrees Capricorn fall. Those houses show the life areas most directly affected by Venus in Scorpio and the Capricorn stellium.
The two houses involved are likely to collaborate: the passions, values, or relationships highlighted by Venus can fuel the structures, career goals, or transformations ruled by the Capricorn placements. Focus your effort where those houses intersect for the greatest payoff.
Aries
You have an inconjunct to Venus and squares to Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto. Strengthen your inner foundations and remain flexible as you integrate changes you were pushed to make this year.
Taurus
Opposite Venus but trine to Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto. This supports building something long lasting—overcome laziness and stubbornness to take full advantage.
Gemini
Inconjunct to both Venus and the Capricorn planets. Adaptability is your asset now; avoid getting stuck in habitual responses and stay open to adjustments.
Cancer
Trine Venus and opposite Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto. External challenges this year can be turned into forward movement with the help of supportive people or resources.
Leo
Square Venus and inconjunct to Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto. Don’t let fatigue or stubbornness prevent necessary changes—flexibility will be key.
Virgo
Sextile Venus and trine to the Capricorn planets. You can spot and create opportunities now, boost your confidence, and strengthen long-term security.
Libra
Semisextile to Venus and square to Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto. Positive results are possible but will require considerable effort; lean into discipline and follow-through.
Scorpio
Conjunct Venus and sextile to the Capricorn planets. You’ll attract opportunities more easily at this time and may find others eager to support your initiatives.
Sagittarius
Semisextile to Venus and the Capricorn planets. Opportunities exist, but you must actively pursue them rather than waiting for them to arrive.
Capricorn
Sextile Venus and conjunct Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto. After a year of intense focus, you now receive beneficial energy to apply lessons learned and to pursue meaningful rewards.
Aquarius
Square Venus and semisextile to the Capricorn planets. With effort you can convert changes into advantages—address any resistance that could cause opportunities to slip away.
Pisces
Trine Venus and sextile to Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto. This is a favorable period: collaborate with others, do the work, and you’ll see supportive results.
Natal Planets Impacted & the Focus
- The Sun: Identity, self-confidence, and personal goals.
- The Moon: Emotions, home, and core needs.
- Mercury: Communication, thinking, and expression.
- Venus: Relationships, values, and how you connect with others.
- Mars: Drive, action, and where you invest energy.
- Jupiter: Expansion, opportunity, and optimism.
- Saturn: Responsibility, structure, and long-term planning.
- Uranus: Change, individuality, and breakthroughs.
- Neptune: Spirituality, compassion, and boundary work.
- Pluto: Transformation, power, and deep renewal.
Are You Ready for Success?
With Venus forming sextiles to Pluto, Jupiter, and Saturn, the cosmos is making opportunity available—but it requires your attention and action. Focus on the life areas ruled by the natal houses at 23–29 degrees Scorpio and 23–29 degrees Capricorn, and prioritize any natal planets within those zones.
As Jupiter and Saturn prepare to leave Capricorn and move into Aquarius, this week offers a final chance to consolidate gains tied to the Capricorn stellium. Use Venus’s supportive energy to plan, initiate, and secure progress so that 2021 begins on firmer ground.