This article offers an overview of Venus-Mars conjunctions in Capricorn. It includes data on frequency and distribution by degree, the motion of Venus, as well as a review of history and trivia on the dates the aspect perfected in recent times.
Venus-Mars Conjunctions in Capricorn
Venus-Mars conjunct every 1.2 years on average*. Subject to their respective retrograde cycles and relative speed, they have periodic serial conjunctions. For example we are currently inside a series of 3 consecutive ones occurring 2021-2022. The currently applying one on February 16th 2022 is taking place in Capricorn.**.
*Based on Ven-Mar conjunctions data between 500 BC and 2500 AD
**Tropical placements – Western astrology
Source: astro-seek
Previous Venus and Mars conjunctions in Capricorn
Venus-Mars conjunct in any given sign at intervals. It has been a while since the last couple of Venus-Mars conjunctions in Capricorn:
- The most recent Venus-Mars conjunction in Capricorn took place on January 6th 1994 at 13 CAP 02.
- 32 years earlier, on January 4th 1962 Venus and Mars conjoined at 8 CAP 03.
- on February 16th 1960 Venus and Mars met at 25 CAP 04. That is exactly 62 years to the day of the currently forming conjunction. It may be notable that we are welcoming a conjunction on an anniversary of another conjunction in Capricorn.
January 6th 1994
What happened on January 6th 1994
- American skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right knee** in an attack that forced her out of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. The assailant was hired by her rival Tonya Harding’s ex-husband.
- Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool (26.44)
- Virginia Kelley Clinton, mother of US President Clinton, dies
- In financial news: Dow-Jones hit a record 3803.88
- “The Government Inspector” opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 37 performances
References:
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/06/UPI-Almanac-for-Saturday-Jan-6-2018/6911515123141
https://takemeback.to/06-January-1994
https://www.onthisday.com/date/1994/january/6
** N.b. Capricorn rules the knees and according to some (sources) the 13th degree concerns the right knee structures. It is not a given that an activation of the degree will result in increase of related afflictions but that those specific afflictions will be somehow prominently marked in history. In this view, the 1994 incident makes sense. Events that make the news under certain aspects are time-stamps. Perhaps nothing more than signposts. The implications of each aspect or activation develop over time. In this instance, it is not the broken right knee that is significant for mankind but why it happened and what it meant for the vaster structure in place.
Collective vibes and trends for January 6th 1994
- Music – US: Hero by Mariah Carey; UK: Twist And Shout by Chaka Demus & Pliers ft. Jack Radics & Taxi Gang was in the top 5 hits.
- Movies – Iron Will, was one of the most viewed movie releases in 1994
- Books – Women Who Run With The Wolves (Clarissa Pinkola Estes) was one of the best selling book.
- TV shows – La petite vie.
- Videogames – Attack of the Zolgear; Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage.
(Sourced from: https://www.onthisday.com/date/1994/january/6_)
January 4th 1962
32 years earlier, on January 4th 1962 Venus and Mars conjoined at 8 CAP 03.
(An interesting parenthesis here : at the time of that particular conjunction, Saturn was at 0 AQU 04. This is nearly a match to where Venus-Mars will touch base for the second time this year on March 6th at 0 AQU 01. There is certainly a personal story there, for those willing to dig into the long-term cycles and map it. Something ear-marked by Saturn then is now activated within our timeline.
Sabian symbols suggest the following image for the first degree of Aquarius:
AN OLD ADOBE MISSION IN CALIFORNIA – KEYNOTE: The power inherent in all great human works to endure far beyond the workers’ life spans.
THE CONCRETIZATION OF AN IDEAL. This also implies the “immortalization” of an individual within a great collective and cultural enterprise.
The solution point is 1st degree of Leo that speaks of CONFLAGRATION:
PHASE 121 (LEO 1°): BLOOD RUSHES TO A MAN’S HEAD AS HIS VITAL ENERGIES ARE MOBILIZED UNDER THE SPUR OF AMBITION.
KEYNOTE: An (eruption) of bio-psychic energies into the ego-controlled field of consciousness.
What happened on January 4th 1962
- First automated (unmanned) subway train in New York City.
- Born: André Rouvoet, Dutch politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands 2007-10;
- Died: Hans Lammers, 82, Nazi leader and Chief of the Reich Chancellery, 1933–1945
References:
https://www.onthisday.com/date/1962/january/4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_1962
Collective vibes and trends for January 4th 1962
- Music – US: The Lion Sleeps Tonight, by The Tokens (n.b. interesting as the opposing degree of Saturn’s position at this time is an awakening of Leo energy); UK: The Young Ones by Cliff Richard was in the top 5 hits.
- Movies – Through a Glass Darkly, was one of the most viewed movie releases in 1962
- Books – A Shade of Difference, by Allen Drur was one of the best selling books.
- Videogames – Spacewar
(Source: https://takemeback.to/04-January-1962)
February 16th 1960
What happened on February 16th 1960
US nuclear submarine USS Triton sets off on underwater round-world trip, dubbed Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut.
Collective vibes and trends for February 16th 1960
- Music – US : Teen Angel by Mark Dinning; In UK: Why by Anthony Newley was in the top 5 hits.
- Movie – Carry on, Constable, directed by Gerald Thomas, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1960
- Book – Folk Medicine by Deforest Clinton Jarvis was one of the bestsellers
References:
https://takemeback.to/16-February-1960#:~:text=Historical%20Events,events%20of%20February%2016%2C%201960%3F&text=US%20nuclear%20submarine%20USS%20Triton,submerged%20circumnavigation%20of%20the%20globe.
People with Venus-Mars conjunctions in Capricorn
There are many people born with this aspect but we have selected a few for variety to include in this overview.
Friedrich Hund – “German physicist known for his work on atoms and molecules. Hund made pivotal contributions to quantum theory – especially concerning the structure of the atom and of molecular spectra”. (Molecular orbital theory, Quantum chemistry, Quantum tunneling, Hund’s cases, Hund’s rule).
Born: 4 February 1896 – 05:45h in Karlsruhe, Germany
Venus led waxing conjunction. Aspect perfected on February 10th 1896.
Frederick Wiseman – “American filmmaker, documentarian, and theater director. His work is “devoted primarily to exploring American institutions”. He has been called “one of the most important and original filmmakers working today”. (Source: Wikipedia)
Born: January 1st 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts
By The White House from Washington, DC , Public Domain
Sean Patrick Hannity – “American talk show host and conservative political commentator. He is the host of The Sean Hannity Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show, and has also hosted a commentary program, Hannity, on Fox News, since 2009” (Source Wikipedia)
Born: December 30th 1961 – 10:30h, in Franklin Square, New York
Venus led waxing conjunction – Aspect perfected January 4th 1962
Venus-Mars conjunction in Capricorn in February 2022
On February 16th 2022, Mars catches up to conjunct Venus at 16 CAP 53, moments before a full Moon across Leo-Aquarius at 27 LEO/AQU 59 (and shortly after Mercury shifts into Aquarius).
Sabian symbols imagery for 17 Capricorn suggests this degree is associated with an impulse for ‘Release from inhibitions’.
The pivot point (solution point) is:
“PHASE 107 (CANCER 17°): THE UNFOLDMENT OF MULTILEVEL POTENTIALITIES ISSUING FROM AN ORIGINAL GERM.
KEYNOTE: The life urge to actualize one’s birth potential.”
(N.b. All Sabian Symbol degree mentions on this site use as reference Dane Rudhyar’s re-interpretation, found here: An Astrological Mandala)
Venus-Mars conjunctions in Capricorn – frequency, degrees and the motion of Venus
A data review of 3000 years between 500BC and 2500 AD has shown that Venus-Mars will have been conjunct in Capricorn 163 times. That is 6.7% of all Venus-Mars conjunctions in this time-span (2431).
It has been 28 years since the last couple of Venus-Mars conjunctions in Capricorn.
Interesting to note that we are currently welcoming a conjunction on an anniversary of another conjunction in Capricorn. On February 16th 1960 Venus and Mars met at 25 CAP 04. That is exactly 62 years to the day of the currently forming conjunction.
Considering that it’s been a while since the most recent conjunction in Capricorn, it is particularly notable (from an astrological perspective at least) that, as of 2022, we are looking at several meets between Venus and Mars in this sign within a relatively short timeframe.
The upcoming conjunctions in Capricorn emphasize the span between 15 – 18 degrees of Capricorn.
Reviewing the data on conjunctions between 500 BC and 2500 AD by degree it is seen that Venus and Mars conjunct anywhere between 3 and 14 times per each degree of Capricorn. On average they perfect a conjunction in Capricorn around 5 times per each degree set.
A review of data reveals clustering of Venus-Mars conjunctions between 23 and 24 degrees of Capricorn (14), degrees 7-8 and 8-9 have 9 conjunctions each. That amounts to nearly 20% of conjunctions in Capricorn occurring on just 3/30 degrees of the sign. This may imply that planets or points on such degrees are more “charged”.
Venus-Mars conjunctions at 16th degree of Capricorn
Venus-Mars do sometimes meet on the exact same point, but this is rare. As seen above, they are conjunct somewhat more frequently within each degree span. Between 500 BC and 2500 AD they will have met on the 16-17 degree of Capricorn 7 times. The last time Venus and Mars were conjunct around 16 CAP was
- 3 Feb 1755 and before that
- 28 Jan 1172
While these greater cycles do likely “matter”, they are very long and not immediately relevant to the individual human experience.
Venus motion during conjunctions – Capricorn
From our data report on Venus-Mars conjunctions:
Venus Retrograde conjunct Mars
“Between 500AD and 2500BC we will have had 382 conjunctions with Venus RX – that is around 16% of all their conjunctions in this timeframe.”
23 of those will have occurred in Capricorn. At 6% that is the lowest rate of all signs.
- The last Ven RX-Mar conjunction in this sign took place in 1787
- the next one will be in the distant 2264.
Venus (at station) conjunct Mars
“Between 500AD and 2500BC only 14 conjunctions will have occurred at Venus station.
- The next time this happens will be Nov 11, 2034 with Venus stationary at 20 LIB 27
- The last time this occurred is Feb 3 1755 at 16 CAP 27*
(*Coincidentally the 1755 conjunction is close to the degree of our upcoming one on the 16-17 degree of Capricorn on February 16th. This time Venus will not be stationary however)
It is interesting to note here that the most conjunctions that occurred during a Venus station happened in Capricorn (3/14) and 2 each in Taurus, Libra and Aquarius
This means that a third of signs (total of 4 Venus and Saturn ruled signs) receive 64.3% of all conjunctions during Venus station (during the period under study).”
Saturn-ruled Venus-Mars conjunctions 2022-2029
Following the conjunction in Capricorn in February 2022, Venus and Mars enter Aquarius in unison, forming a fresh conjunction there by March 6th 2022. At that time, the Moon will be in Taurus about to conjunct Uranus, the modern ‘ruler’ of Aquarius.
This cluster of Saturn-ruled conjunctions active between 2022-2029 will repeat again in 2054 and may be of interest for further study.
Further Reading on Venus-Mars conjunctions and cycles
- Ruperti, Alexander, Cycles of Becoming, Earthwalk School of Astrology, Santa Monica, USA, 2005.
- Finey, Michele. The Sacred Dance of Venus and Mars. The Wessex Astrologer.
- Blaschke, Robert P., Aberrations in the Venus-Mars Cycle, as published in TMA, 2010
- Caton, Gary P., Cosmos and Chaos – Perpetual tides of the Venus-Mars Epoch (Essay); published in “The Ascendant”, The Official Journal of the Association of Young Astrologers, 2014
- Caton, Gary P., the 300 Year Venus-Mars Epoch. (For links to a selection of Caton’s work please contact him directly on http://www.dreamastrologer.com/ )
- Martineau, John, A Little Book of Coincidence in the Solar System, Walker Publishing Co., New York, 2001.
Data references by sign and degree of the sign in this piece are sourced from Sky Unfolding report “3000 years of Venus-Mars conjunctions by sign and degree – an astrological data set” (V1 Feb 11 2022).
About the author
Sandra Hill is a professional researcher and writer. She has devoted the last 10 years to the study of Western astrology.
Blog: www.skyunfolding.com
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