No good deed goes unpunished is a phrase that comes up for me as I see Saturn sending a wide grin to the benefic conjunction in Cancer on June 9.
Venus and Jupiter come together at 25° in the Moon’s home sign Cancer but they’re overcome by Saturn in Aries. If there’s one thing that gets underestimated all the time in astrology, it’s the power of the superior whole sign square.
I’m starting to think that I made it up but I could swear I read a Dutch short story once that perfectly describes the upcoming Venus/Jupiter/Saturn situation. I’ve searched everywhere but, alas, I couldn’t find it.
Here’s what I remember. It’s a story about a woman who sees people’s pain and feels compelled to do something to alleviate their suffering. She starts offering free hugs to everyone who approaches her. Gradually, however, people start taking advantage of her. They touch her inappropriately, hurt her, abuse her, and then even torture her. It’s horrendous. The story ends with her death. She absorbed other people’s darkness until it killed her.
The kindness of Venus and Jupiter overcome by Saturn.
The protagonist tragically fails in her noble mission because she believes kindness alone is enough. Like many Venusians and Jupiterians, she assumes that goodness naturally evokes goodness. Saturn points out she couldn’t be more wrong.
As the woman offers warm hugs and solace without limits or boundaries, she quietly keeps repeating the same message – that people can take anything they want from her at no cost. The peace she radiates does not evoke respect from others. On the contrary, she becomes a social vacuum into which everyone instinctively starts dumping their anger, fears, needs, frustrations, and resentments.
If you surrender your Saturnian boundaries, you’ll find that people will test how far that surrender extends. A well-intended service can quickly provoke expectations from others which then turn into entitlement. And entitlement typically devolves into abuse.
I think the protagonist resembles a Jupiterian saint who forgets that it is actually self-sacrifice that redeems the crowd… The superior square from Saturn is here to remind us that true love also depends on our ability to say “no.”
I’ll leave you with a video in which I discuss some other themes that could come to the foreground with this year’s Venus/Jupiter conjunction, and how to look for clues in your natal chart.
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Michelle Corbesier is an astrologer and artist residing in Belgium with her beloved husband and whiskered companions. Offering natal, horary, and synastry consultations to clients in every continent, Michelle is passionate about guiding others on their journeys of self-discovery and empowerment. Sharing her love for the starry craft, she also provides private tutoring and mentoring to aspiring stargazers. Get in touch with Michelle at her website Michelle’s Midheaven, find her classes here and follow her on Substack, or Instagram.
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