Algol
I’ve focused a lot of my attention on Venus this month because she is literally the star of the show.
Venus is combust the Sun, in a conjunction with the Sun, or cazimi the Sun. These are all different ways to say that Venus and the Sun has lined up in the sky from our geocentric perspective. I’ve written already about some ways this has been showing up in my life here. But today, I am going to get even deeper into my own chart because I have a very special Venus placement; not exactly an enviable placement, but one that is worth commenting on, nonetheless.
I have Venus in my 12th House in her Home sign of Taurus, which may sound nice. However, in the late degrees of Taurus, there is a fixed star called Algol. Algol is colloquially named the Demon Star. In Arabic, the star is called رأس الغول /ra’s al-ghul/ which means head of the ghoul. Similarly, in Hebrew it became known as Rōsh ha Sāṭān or Satan’s head. The mythology takes us to Medusa, the gorgon with snakes for hair, who could turn people into stone. The star is considered one of the unluckiest in the sky and is fixed at 26° of Taurus, which is exactly where Venus was when I was born.
Talk about luck of the draw, not only do I have one of the most demonized stars sharing a lot with my natal Venus, I also have Lilith in my seventh house of partnerships (which I spoke about in this video). But not everyone fully subscribes to Algol being the evilest villain to inhabit the sky. Efforts have been made to dig a little deeper than surface level with this archetype. While its true that many cultures would associate Algol with bloody violence and losing one’s head, there are still some redeeming qualities to people with this placement *nervously wipes brow*.
The damnation of feminine archetypes is nothing new. It comes as no surprise to me that the story of Algol began as one of a hero and evolved into a wretch.
Originally written in Collective Journaling at The Stoa
