Venus in taurus in 12th house

Affection tends to be amorous and tactile, yet rather possessive. Values tend to revolve
around security. Venus is at home in Taurus since it is the ruler of this sign. The
characteristics Venus symbolizes -- appreciation, values, and affection -- are expressed more
readily here. Because security is important, many will wait longer than most for the right
partner to enter their lives. Accordingly, you are capable of stable and lasting relationships.
Security here is defined not only as material; equally important is a spiritual and emotional
faithfulness. You are loyal and honest but may become possessive and jealous when your
feelings are at stake. With a highly developed appreciation of physical things, you enjoy
intimate physical contact with the one that you love. You are very sensual in a passive way,
perceiving sex and nakedness to be very natural.

You enjoy comfort and luxury and prefer to live in an attractive environment, personally
striving to decorate your home artistically. Your love of good food is either balanced or
excessive. You have a natural sense for beautifying things, including your own appearance.
You also have an inherent sense of value for material things and accordingly the talent to
acquire objects of artistic and lasting quality. Consequently, money is very important to you.
You have an affinity with the soil, the world of flowers and trees, and enjoy gardening and
cultivating flowers in your leisure time. You may be drawn to those types of artistic
expression where you directly form the materials with your hands. Venus in Taurus is often
shown in the charts of artists and sculptors.

Greek mythology tells us of the strange circumstances surrounding Aphrodite's birth. Saturn
castrated his father Uranus and threw the dismembered phallus into the sea. Aphrodite
emerged from the white foam which formed on the waves. It may be difficult to accept that
the life formation of the goddess of love and beauty was the result of such a gruesome act;
but in the twelfth house it is often this metaphor that comes into effect. Sometimes life is
made sweeter by experiencing pain, loss, and suffering.

With Venus in the twelfth house, you have an inherent need to get in touch with some force
greater than yourself. Venus promotes a love of abandonment, of devoting oneself to
something vast and great. You may be striving for an intangible ideal of affection and grace
which promises fulfillment or perhaps a rekindling of a long past state of contentment. You
will try to quench this desire by seeking such bonding and affection in another person, and
you long to dedicate yourself to someone you love. This is not only an indication that you
expect too much from one person but also that you have a deep-rooted feeling that it is not
enough to love one person alone.

On a practical level, you may find contentment when you are alone or in a quiet, secluded
place. Perhaps you work in an art gallery or museum, or perhaps you dedicate yourself to
the forgotten souls in hospitals or similar institutions. Some may be drawn to the theater
where you might find employment as a scenery painter, wardrobe mistress, or as a make-up
artist. You enjoy mysteries and are attracted to mysticism. Ultimately, you will need to learn
to positively integrate your unconscious feelings with those of your surface conscious mind.