♀ Venus △ Trine ♂ Mars
120° · major aspect · harmonious · default orb ±7°
The trine of Venus and Mars relates the planet of attraction and concord to the planet of desire and force from within one element, an angle Ptolemy placed among the harmonious. The tradition reads the two as the classic complementary pair, Venus signifying love, art, and pleasure, Mars signifying appetite, heat, and assertion, their trine blending affection with vitality in easy proportion. Older sources tie the pairing to warmth in relationship, artistic passion, and physical attraction well-governed. Because Venus tempers Mars and Mars quickens Venus, the combination is associated in classical texts with fruitful union and the productive marriage of pleasure and drive.
Traditional reading
Both Venus and Mars belong to the nocturnal sect, so authors read their agreement as most temperate by night, when Mars keeps his own condition and does the least harm. Venus, the faster of the two, applies to Mars and forms the figure. Reception strengthens the reading where Venus lies in Aries or Scorpio, Mars's domiciles, or Mars in Taurus or Libra, Venus's houses, a mutual exchange the tradition prized. Older writers held that Venus mitigates Martial excess; the trine is the smoothest expression of their long-noted attraction, the two planets classically thought to rejoice in one another's company.
Classical reading
Ptolemy classifies the trine as one of the harmonious aspects, formed by signs of the same triplicity (element). Considered fortunate.
Modern reading
Modern reading: effortless flow between two principles. Often described as flowing, supportive, sometimes complacent.
The two bodies
Other Venus–Mars aspects
More on the Trine aspect in general.
Reference, not advice
This is cultural and astronomical reference, not personal prediction or advice.
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