Venus trine Mars

With this trine, wanting someone and liking them tend to arrive together, and that’s less common than it sounds.

Natural romantic chemistry where desire and affection blend effortlessly.

How a MatchMachine report sums up this aspect

A trine means one person’s Venus and the other person’s Mars are about 120 degrees apart. The app counts it as harmonious. What the labels mean.

What it feels like

The two planets are usually in signs of the same element, so the Venus person’s way of receiving love suits the Mars person’s way of showing it. You don’t need to explain much. The timing tends to be right, and affection and attraction feed each other rather than competing.

People often describe feeling relaxed and desired at once. You can be yourself, unshaved and in old clothes, and still be looked at the way you’d hoped.

Where it shows up

It’s in the small physical language of a couple: the way you sit together, who reaches for whom without thinking. Making up after a disagreement also tends to be easy, since neither of you stays out in the cold for long.

Friends may notice it before you do. Couples with this aspect often just look comfortable with each other.

The catch

Trines don’t ask for anything, so you might stop making an effort. A connection this easy can drift into routine without anyone noticing, and because nothing is wrong, nobody raises it. Choose to be curious about each other from time to time, and try something neither of you has done.

It also won’t do the work of other parts of the chart. If the Moon contacts between you are hard, you may feel close physically and still lonely emotionally. It’s worth looking at Moon square Venus if that sounds familiar.

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