Venus , our planet of attraction and acquisition, opposes death daddy Pluto on Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 1:54 p.m.

This standoff is as fraught as it is fertile, as the rot/renewal energy of Pluto accelerates transformation in romantic relationships.

This opposition takes place days after Venus climbs onto the gilded throne of Leo, a sign that, at its lower vibration, is more than willing to trade what’s true for what flatters.

Pluto retrograde in Aquarius is having none of that stuff.

Venus wants a pleasure palace of easy connection, but Pluto wants what’s real and bone-deep, even — and especially — if it hurts.

This opposition is not a punishment but a reckoning that reminds us that there is no real love without the totality, terror and tenderness of raw honesty.

An opposition, as a

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