06/01/26

Today at 08:35 PT, the Sun meets Venus, and with it comes a soft but powerful invitation to reflect on love, not just the kind we seek from others, but the kind we allow ourselves to receive. This union feels especially meaningful as we stand at the beginning of a new year, where intentions are still tender and undefined.

With the Sun and Venus aligned, relationship themes come into sharp focus. A synastry chart today can reveal how love flows between you and another, where harmony exists, where growth is needed, and how to create connections that feel mutual, nourishing, and real.

There’s something deeply clarifying about this moment. It asks us not just who we want to love, but how we want to be loved. Not in fantasy, not in theory, but in reality. In our everyday lives. In the way we are spoken to, supported, chosen, and held.

So often, we focus on finding the right partner without first understanding the kind of love our nervous system needs. Some of us need gentleness. Some need consistency. Some need freedom. Some need reassurance. And none of those needs are too much, they’re simply information.

This is a beautiful time to look inward and ask: am I allowing myself to receive love in the ways I actually need? Or am I settling for what feels familiar, even if it doesn’t nourish me?

Sun conjunct Venus invites honesty without self-judgment.

It asks us to recognize that love is not a performance or a reward, it’s an exchange of presence. And the way we treat ourselves sets the tone for every connection we invite in.

As this year begins, love doesn’t need to be chased or proven. It can be clarified. Defined. Chosen with intention.

When we understand what kind of love feels safe and expansive to us, we stop trying to fit into relationships that ask us to shrink.

This energy reminds us that self-worth and desire are not opposites, they’re partners. When we know what we want and believe we’re worthy of it, love meets us differently.

Today feels like a gentle opening. A moment to set the emotional tone for the year ahead. To decide not just who we want beside us, but how we want to feel within ourselves.