Open - Why This Venus Star Point Matters

• 16°︎ Capricorn on 6th January 2026

• A simple Presence Practice & Invoking of Venus

Capricorn Archetype & the Sea Goat

• Mountain/goat symbolism, resilience, rulership by Saturn.
• Sea goat myth: fall into emotional depths, demons of deceit, vow to truth, climb to the pinnacle.
• Reflection: Where in your life are you “climbing the mountain,” and where are you avoiding your own truth?

Shadow, the Devil Card & Self‑Mastery

• Devil in Tarot as facing the unconscious, not “evil.”
• Inverted pentagram (matter over spirit) vs upright (spirit through matter).
• Life as test/game: clarifying your goal and using Capricorn grit, discipline, responsibility.
• Reflection: Which patterns feel like “self‑made chains” you’re ready to remove?

Venus Archetype: Love, Virtues & Sins

• Venus as love, value, beauty, art, taste, self‑worth.
• Seven virtues and seven sins; how love, desire, beauty distort without humility, reverence, grounding.

“The heart becomes luminous when it passes through the shadow with honesty.”

• Reflection: Which Venus qualities are you integrating now (e.g., self‑worth, humility, attracting desires with gratitude)?

Inanna & Ereshkigal Myth: Descent, Death, Rebirth

• Practice: Listen to this section lying down or with eyes closed, envision yourself as Inanna, and Ereshkigal then journal on “What needs to be stripped for my own rebirth?”

Closing Integration

• Venus as a guide to bring greater meaning to existence through compassion, embodiment and love.
• A glance at the main astrology of early 2026 that Venus prepares us for.