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☉︎ ☍︎ ♀︎ Sun opposition Venus
The Sun opposite Venus sets the core self across the wheel from the power of attraction: two half-truths looking for a balance.
The Sun shines where there is identity, vitality, and the will to shine; Venus draws close where there is love, beauty, and what we value. What follows is what happens when the two are tied together.
The opposition places them on one axis, so the Sun tends to show up in the people and situations Venus attracts. The task is to own both ends instead of casting one of them onto someone else.
Pushed in a good direction, it yields a steady, generous sense of who you are sharpened by warmth that puts others at ease. Pushed badly, it hardens into pride that has to be the center set against a taste for comfort that avoids the hard thing.
Timing matters. When Venus forms this opposition to the Sun in the sky, it is a temporary weather system that comes and goes. Held in a natal chart, it describes something the person carries for life.
Here the opposition joins Sun (identity and vitality) with Venus (attraction and values), held 180° apart.
Right now
Sun and Venus currently stand about 43.7° apart, 136.3° away from an exact opposition. Watch it move on the live clock.
Where these two stand today
Related oppositions
In traditional astrology this is interpretation, not fate. More: about oppositions · all aspects.