Part of Eros
Part of Eros Square Venus
The Part of Eros A tense aspect between planets about 90 degrees apart that creates friction and a push to act. Squares are challenging but are often what drives real growth. Venus presses your longings against overindulgence, vanity, or clashing values, so what you want can tip into excess or attach to the wrong object until you sort genuine love from mere appetite. The friction asks you to choose worthy desires. Spend your longing on what truly nourishes, not just what tempts.
- desire
- love
- friction
Sources
- Brennan, Hellenistic Astrology (2017)Brennan reads the Part of Eros, the lot of Venus, as the point marking desire, love, longing, and what you yearn for and are drawn toward.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of Venusian love and value with the lot's significations of desire and longing as a specific working relationship.
- Valens, Anthologies (160)Valens reads the square to a lot as obstruction and hard pressure bearing on the lot's affairs.