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MARS AND VENUS HOLD HANDS Daily Astrology Tues 10th Nov Venus in Libra exactly sextile Mars in Leo. This nice, flowing aspect between the masculine and feminine principles will continue, on and off, for the rest of the year. For now it is being boosted by Jupiter's presence next to Mars. The Mars principle gives you the ability to know what you want and how to get it, and to be disagreeable where necessary. This is the soul journey for women in the 2nd half of life. Venus brings sensitivity, patience and awareness of one's own and others feelings. This is men's soul journey in the 2nd half of life. In each case, it is not just a matter of psychological integration, but of honouring a god/goddess who carries the sacred for you. The start of this journey can be necessarily one-sided. Middle-aged men dissolving into sobs for no apparent reason, women stridently declaring what they want and blaming men for stopping them. All this is understandable. But it settles, and this is the theme now. You are still fundamentally the gender you were born, but your whole being is enhanced by the new ingredient. There is a new centre building in you. This is definitely a glass half full time. Men, appreciate the sensivity you have, women appreciate how much more confident and knowing of who you are than you used to be. It is not a time for the gender war, for throwing around accusations of being inherently toxic. It is a time for men and women to appreciate the sterling qualities that each brings, and to learn from that, to embody them oneself. Men and women really are here to co-operate and to learn from one another. Sure, we can easily see the limitations in the other gender. (And of course there will always be a few bad eggs, of both genders.) But be forgiving, approach them gently, don't try and insist they become something they are not. Lead by example. The current retrograde of Venus enables us to be thoughtful in this respect.