In these texts, A is the person whose Venus is read and B the person whose Mars receives it.
Mars represents physical energy, action and courage, along with the open or built-up expression of anger.
Facilitating contact
The system associates this contact with a strong physical affinity. B stimulates A’s sensual, sexual and erotic energy. A brings a romantic, sensual tone to the encounter.
Physical closeness makes that interaction perceptible. The description takes on meaning in shared experience, not only in the expectation of what might happen.
Obstructing contact
A may feel that B is rough or clumsy in their caresses. In the most harmful expressions, threatening gestures or aggressive actions may appear.
If such behaviors occur, they need to be recognized for what they are. Naming a planetary relationship does not make them an acceptable form of intimacy.
Aspects of Venus
Venus represents the way we give and receive affection, sensuality, charm and physical closeness. Its aspects are read in relation to the attraction, enjoyment or discomfort that another person’s closeness can awaken. As you read these descriptions, think about how you enjoy affection with your partner and how they like to receive it.
The intensity of that experience depends on the synastry as a whole and on the awareness with which both live the bond. Inventory 1 is also essential: family and cultural models influence how comfortable we feel with touch. Two people can feel attraction and have different needs for closeness.
Respecting your own boundaries and your partner’s allows closeness to become a shared discovery. No description of affinity replaces what each person wants or accepts at a given moment.