Sacred Warrior: The Journey Begins
Interior Conjunction
March 22, 2025: Venus meets with the Sun in Aries. A new cycle begins.
Venus Speaks
Venus Star Point’s gift to Aries:
Love and a heart-centered approach to life come through a profound belief in oneself. Their intuition is strong, and they act quickly. They are born to lead, not follow.
- Arielle Guttman, Venus Star Rising
Self renewal and beginning new chapters of life are a key part of the Aries experience…Their passion, driven by the Venus Star, is to stay on the path of adventure, self-discovery, and renewal. If it comes down to a choice, they will typically choose the path of uncertainty, the road they’ve never driven down before or the mountain they haven’t quite scaled, as long as their energy holds up.
- Arielle Guttman, Venus Star Rising
Healthy Aries experiences joy and pleasure in competition especially when they are engaging the Red Energy, or Life Force, that animates their focused intent. This is not a mind thing, nor is it about thought because Aries operates intuitively. The thinking function is not the primary motivator when Aries is taking action. Rather, Aries acts spontaneously and intuitively to further the cause they believe is worthy.
This is a spirited and enterprising energy exploring new territory and starting new things, while also learning independence and self-awareness. Thus, Aries is often found to be footloose and fancy free, taking on life as if they are continually experiencing it for the first time. As one who loves to explore and have adventures, their focus is not about having to take responsibility or play by society’s rules unless it is connected to their cause or mission.
-Daniel Giamario, The Shamanic Astrology Handbook
Archetypal Journey of Venus in Aries
The Aries Mystery School Investigates:
A combination of trust, innocence, and courage
The development of a strong individuated self or will
Being committed to a noble or worthy cause
Personal accomplishments and achievements
Pure centered-on-self-awareness, independence
Spontaneity, Aggressive play
The Sacred Warrior who protects and defends the Cosmic Order
-Daniel Giamario, The Shamanic Astrology Handbook
The current Life Intent for the Aries Mystery School is learning how to be a total, complete, and whole individual self. Through their own accomplishments and achievements they discover their autonomous, sovereign, individual identity. Progressive Aries says, “I can do this. I can handle it myself. I have the courage to see this through.” The Aries Warrior symbolizes the powerful creative force within each of us that is passionate, bold, and fiery. This is a masculine energy (not gender related) that drives the personality forward, and when harnessed, can be used to connect us with our original seed potential. The balanced and mature Warrior uses this energy to not only effect change in the Outer world, but to contact the deepest reservoir of life within the self.
This training is about learning to be a defender or protector of the cosmic order. In Aries training, it is necessary to gain clarity regarding the beliefs and causes Aries is committing their energy to further or protect.
The key to being successful in this training is learning how to be spontaneous, independent, and free. Aries explores the first pure expression of individual will.
-Daniel Giamario, The Shamanic Astrology Handbook
Aries asks:
“What is the Noble Cause worth fighting for?”
Light qualities:
The sacred warrior defending the Cosmic Order, Protector, Aggressive Play, Love of the game, Committed action, One-pointed focus, Straightforward, Developing Trust, Innocence, and Courage, Free-spirited, Fun-loving, Charismatic, Independent, Spontaneous, and Decisive, Strong, Brave, Excitement, Adventure, Enthusiasm, Developing Personal Will and Pure “centered-on-self” awareness, Identity is based on personal accomplishments and achievements
Shadow qualities:
Fighting for the sake of fighting without a noble cause or purpose, Extreme self-absorption, selfishness, Lacking empathy or compassion, Impatient, Careless, uninspired action for the sake of action, Ruthless black and white beliefs, Highly competitive – winning at all costs, “I do what I want and I will do it my way regardless”
-Daniel Giamario, The Shamanic Astrology Handbook
Inquiry Questions
Take some time to drop in, deepen into the quiet of your unfolding soul, and explore what is here now in your awareness as you begin to embody the journey of the Sacred Warrior.
As you read through the description of the archetype of Venus in Aries, what resonates for you personally?
Which of the light and shadow qualities jump out at you? From these, what do you think might be a pattern that will be explored over this coming journey?
What aspects of this archetype feel foreign to you, or that you don’t see yourself embodying at all? These spots can be interesting areas to explore over the journey, as they may be blind spots or under-developed areas for you personally.
What other associations come to mind, as you explore this archetype? These might be other cultural archetypes that hold the qualities of the sacred warrior (such as Kali or Sekhmet), planetary correspondences (plants or herbs that are red, fiery, or have a Mars influence), animals that hold the fierce protectress qualities (such as Eagle or Vulture), elements or land bodies (magma, or the blood red sun). What is your own unique lens through which to explore this archetype of Venus in Aries?
Ritual Space
Take some time to drop into ritual space as you receive the initiation of this gate. We step into liminal space, time out of time, in ritual space. We connect with the lineage of those who have watched the stars for millennia, receiving the gift of Venus's journey, aligning ourselves with the cycles that are already unfolding. We remember our nature as beings who cycle, change, transform. We remember how to receive knowing directly, rather than needing others to tell us what is so.
You may wish to create an altar, light a candle, and anoint yourself with oils. Sit with this gate, the quality of Essence that is being called forward. As you deepen in surrendering to receiving initiation, ask who would come to guide you in your journey with this quality of Essence? What of yourself do you offer in return? What is calling to be set down at this gate? What pattern, belief, way of being in this world, is challenged by this quality of Essence? What are you ready to release in order to deepen more fully in this journey?
What gift is revealed in the releasing of this pattern, belief, or way of being? What has more freedom to be itself in this release? You may see this directly, or may need to live with this initiation throughout the whole cycle and come back and answer this question before entering into the next gate. You may wish to draw cards to receive guidance in this way.
As you complete your experience in ritual space, take time to offer thanks and adoration to the archetype, to Venus, to your personal guide that arose for this journey, to your ancestors and lineage. Offer thanks to the land that holds and nourishes and grounds you. In the giving and receiving we remember our deep connectedness to all beings everywhere, throughout time and space.
