Numerous books have been written dealing with the influence of planets placed in houses and signs. These books are (mostly) good and should be on your reading list but only in case you are a beginner in astrology. The deeper you get into the secrets of astrology the sooner you realize that the SAME PLANET in the SAME SIGN does not produce THE SAME effect in the birth charts of two different persons.

This takes us to the ASTROLOGICAL SKILLS.

In astrology, the sign of Taurus symbolises money.  The SECOND house stemmed from this sign symbolises money in every person’s horoscope. Venus, as the ruler of SECOND sign of Taurus –money, also symbolises cash.

However, Scorpio and the 8^th house stemming from this sign also symbolise money, but the money of OTHER PEOPLE (earnings through other people’s money, credits, loans, money of a spouse, grants, bank money, inheritance...).

When interpreting MONEY one needs to know the symbolic of other planets:

MERCURY symbolises small amounts, petty cash, tips, check books, credit cards...

JUPITER symbolises large amounts, big notes, foreign currency...

PLUTO symbolises HUGE AMOUNTS of money, ENORMOUS wealth, inheritance, obsession with money, especially when found in the 2^nd house...

SATURN symbolises poverty, insufficient funds, savings, delay in collection, satisfaction with smaller amounts of money...

URANUS symbolises earnings by taking risks, hazards, fast money, money through trading on the stock exchange, work which is a novelty in our environment...

Naturally, one must not forget the DEGREES of zodiac because each degree of the zodiac circle conveys THE SAME SYMBOLIC OF THE ANALOGOUS SIGN. The degrees bearing the symbolic of Taurus are important here (2,14,26), as well as the degrees with the symbolic of Scorpio (8,20).

I had the opportunity to interpret the birth chart of two women in one day. Their Ascendant was in Taurus and Venus ruled their respective Ascendants. However, Venus in their respective horoscope produced a completely DIFFERENT effects.

The first example

THE FIRST person was born 15/6/1961 in Zemun (20E25, 44N51) at 02:20 AM CET -1.Ruler of her Ascendant, Venus, is placed in her 12^th house at the 8^th degree of Taurus.

Her Ascendant is in Taurus(money) at the 26^th degree( the degree of Taurus -money), the ruler of Ascendant, Venus, being placed in Taurus (money) at the 8^th degree (degree of Scorpio-other people’s money). Venus also rules the 6^th house – the first job we decide to do. Venus is in numerous aspects with Jupiter (ruler of the 8^th house), Mercury (ruler of the 2^nd house), Moon, Pluto, North Nod, Neptune.

She says: « I’ve spent all my life chasing after MONEY. First I worked in a bank and during Milošević regime I started working  ILLEGALY (Venus in the12^th house-criminal acts...) trading with hard currency; these were LARGE amounts of money (Venus at the 8^th degree-working with other people’s money square Jupiter-large amounts of money trine Pluto –huge amounts of cash). Now this Golden Age is over for me and I deal with loans on interest; collateral, people give me their real property, apartments (ruler of her 2^nd house – attitude toward money, investments, earnings, Mercury in Cancer –apartments, real estate, conjunction Moon -flats, real estate). I haven’t had time to find myself a husband...»

So, her Venus directed her toward constant earning of bigger and bigger amounts of money - towards greed.

The second example

Let us take a look at the SECOND EXAMPLE.

This woman was born on 29/3/1959 in Belgrade (20E30, 44N50) at 06:30 AM CET -1. Her Ascendant is Taurus with Venus, ruler of her Ascendant, in the 1^st house at the 10^th degree.

As soon as I produced her birth chart on the computer screen I told her: “…There’s an old lady living in your building. She is of a foreign origin and she won’t live much longer. If you offered to look after her she would make over her big apartment to you...”

The ruler of her 4^th house (household members, people living in your building), the Moon (woman, but also to take care of someone), placed in the 8^th house (inheritance), at the 8^th degree (inheritance) of Sagittarius means to be of a foreign origin, but also to have a big apartment, especially with the Moon conjunction Jupiter –something big.  The Moon square Pluto (death) means that this woman will not live much longer. If my client had accepted the advice she would have activated her horoscope and this woman would have only 6 months more to live— six degrees separate the exact Moon ( woman) square Pluto (death). The Moon symbolises a MONTH and thus, this woman would be dead in six month.

However, my client said: “ Yes, it’s true. She has already offered. But I’m not interested...I’ve got enough...I’ve already inherited my mother’s big house and I’m going to inherit my father’s apartment...my husband is a doctor and earns enough...I don’t need more, I’m not greedy...I can get by with even less than I have now...” !!!

From the point of view of a classical astrology, this is a surprising statement: Ascendant Taurus with Venus (money, material values, to possess...) in the 1^st house (what we mostly strive for) of Taurus would normally mean that this person is greedy and can’t have enough of money.....

But here we come to the astrological skills.

Her Venus in Taurus trines (to accept something with ease) Saturn, the planet symbolising poverty, tight budget, little money, something insufficient and thus, she said that she could easily live with less money and that she was not greedy. In addition, her Venus is placed at the 10^th degree of Taurus which conveys the entire symbolic of the tenth sign of Capricorn and the ruler of Saturn and thus, this degree highlights this statement of hers ---I CAN GET BY WITH LESS MONEY...I AM HAPPY WITH WHAT I’VE GOT...

If Venus had been placed at the 8^th or 20^th degree, this would have been a different story (the degree of Scorpio- something of other people, inheritance). Or at the 2^nd, 14^th, 26^th degree (the degree of Taurus – to have, own, strong awareness of the importance of money and any kind of material value ).....