As September kicks off, there’s a Venus transit on the horizon that I have my eyes on.
It has me specifically thinking about values and standards. Venus is going back and forth between Libra and Scorpio, my Sun and Venus, so I’m taking inventory on who and what I am devoting my time, energy, attention, and love to.
This month, the cosmic atmosphere is all about:
Values.
Discernment.
Standards.
Choice.
Attention.
Priorities.
Devotion.
Previously, Tower moment themes were pretty prevalent. Collapse. Upheaval. Endings. Uncertainty. I’ve spent a lot of time navigating these themes and everything that comes with the collapse of something that no longer works. But eventually, the Tower must fall and you’re left with the pieces, the rubble, and the question of what comes next.
There may be a lot surrounding you that you still value, but you can’t take everything with you. You have to decide what is important enough to carry forward and what actually belongs in the direction you’re going. I don’t want to take some of everything, slap it together, and create something new just to have something to show. If I have to rebuild, I want to be intentional about what I’m rebuilding with.
And it starts with values. Values are a big part of Soul Mapping because before we can map where we’re going, we have to orient ourselves to where we are. It’s easy to list ten things we value. It becomes a little different when we have to narrow that list to five, or even three. At that point, we’re deciding what is actually taking precedence in our lives. If I say I value freedom, stability, love, family, connection, or community, those values should inform the decisions I’m making and eventually become part of what I’m building with. Otherwise, I may create something that doesn’t actually represent what’s important to me.
Standards ask me to take what I learned from the old structure and build better. Why didn’t it work for me? What did I accept then that I wouldn’t accept now? Maybe I’m not in a place to have the absolute best version of something yet, but I can choose something better than what I accepted or thought I deserved before. I can even look at something I once wanted and decide, yes, this is what I asked for, but I actually deserve better. Our desires are allowed to be revised as our standards change.
And that makes discernment crucial. There will always be things that have a certain appeal because they’re close to what we want. They’re similar. They’re reminiscent. But they’re not quite it. Those things can still take a lot of our time, energy, and attention if we let them. Post-Tower, I think we have to get real with ourselves about what deserves to come with us. If I’m rebuilding something better—something with a more stable foundation—I have to be discerning about what I use to build it.
But this is also where choice becomes exciting. The old structure is gone. That can feel helpless at first, but we’re also not the same people we were before it fell. If we think about the Fool’s Journey, we’ve been through the Hanged Man, Death, and The Tower. We’re wiser, more knowledgeable, more aware. We get to choose from a more informed, empowered place. And with the Star following the Tower, there is hope. There are possibilities. I get to rebuild myself, and I get to choose what that looks like.
Our values naturally begin to inform our priorities. If I value stability, I’m going to prioritize opportunities that provide stability. If I value adventure and exploration, my priorities may look completely different. And where I place my attention becomes an extension of those priorities. It’s very easy, especially during a rebuild, for something shiny to come along and suddenly receive all of our attention. But if I say something is important to me while consistently giving my time and attention somewhere else, there’s a disconnect between what I say I value and what I’m actually prioritizing.
And then there’s devotion. Devotion brings heart into the picture for me. It asks what I hold as sacred in my life and how I’m giving to it with care. Devotion isn’t a one-and-done choice. There’s intentionality, commitment, and repetition in it. It’s continuing to give our time, energy, attention, and love to what we’ve decided matters.
After the Tower falls, life goes on. The structure is gone. This is what’s left. This is my lot. And rather than simply creating something new for the sake of having something again, I’m thinking about what deserves to be carried forward, what deserves to be built differently, and what I’m willing to devote myself to as I build what comes next.
Your Cosmic Advisor,
Monique 💫