Calling for Life - Venus, Saturn and the Ocean
Recently, I´ve been to a Nick Cave concert - the Wild God tour. There was everything – grief, pain, darkness, intensity but above it all, so much JOY and ecstasy! It was an impressive light show with breathtaking live images projected on giant screens. It was so colorful and juicy, almost edible-looking, and soft, in contrast to monochromatic shots of Nick and his band Bad Seeds. At one point, he started shouting „You are beautiful“ followed by „STOP“. I realized how this is all so „Venus-Saturn“. I imagined Medusa pulsating in the vast ocean, flowing freely, opening her body, and then contracting it back. Isn´t it how we all move through life, through relationships that are at the core of human existence? Despite the common conviction that Venus/Saturn contacts are kind of a bummer, I will argue that Saturn and Venus are a life-giving pairing. Grief and heartache open us up to life more than any other experience. Nick´s show felt very much like the planetary signat...