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Venus opposing Saturn: 3 Ways You Block Love, Connection, and Pleasure

October 11, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Rumi famously advised to seek the barriers you erect against love. As Venus opposes Saturn, it shows us the ways we block love, connection, and pleasure.

Filed Under: Astrology Tagged With: astrology, boundaries, connection, inner critic, joy, love, opposition, perfectionism, pleasure, Saturn, transits, Venus, Venus opposing Saturn

3 Reasons You Need an Unmonetized Creative Hobby

January 21, 2025 | Renée Fishman

In this era of portfolio careers and multiple side-hustles, having a creative hobby that you do just for fun may feel like a wasted opportunity. Here are 3 reasons why it’s essential to have at least one outlet that you don’t monetize.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: creating, creativity, fun, hobbies, pleasure, productivity, side hustle, unnecessary creating

Venus in Scorpio: Pursue Your Taboo Desires

December 4, 2023 | Renée Fishman

While Venus transits through Scorpio, it invites us to explore our desires that go against the grain and to embrace ways of working that may not be the cultural norm.

Filed Under: Astrology Tagged With: astrology, business, desire, pleasure, Scorpio, taboo, Venus, work

Venus Trine Uranus: Innovate Your Pleasure

October 31, 2023 | Renée Fishman

When we think we know what we want, we may pursue that thing with blinders to what else is out there and miss the experiences and opportunities that truly light us up. As Venus in Virgo forms a trine to Uranus in Taurus, it encourages us to experiment by shaking up our established systems and routines and perhaps discover a new path to pleasure.

Filed Under: Astrology, Navigating Change, Productivity Tagged With: astrology, change, desire, experience, experiments, navigating change, plan, pleasure, productivity, routine, systems, Uranus, Venus, vision

How Pursuing Pleasure Can Boost Your Productivity

August 10, 2023 | Renée Fishman

Engaging in reflection on what brings you pleasure may feel like a “waste of time” when you have so much to do, but this can actually be the key to turbo-boost your productivity.

Filed Under: Astrology, Productivity Tagged With: astrology, dopamine, fulfillment, motivation, pleasure, productivity, success, Venus, Venus retrograde

Venus Conjunct Uranus in Taurus: Revolutionize Your Relationship With Your Resources

March 30, 2023 | Renée Fishman

What happens when the planet of relationships, money, and pleasure meets up with the planet of innovation and revolution in a sign notorious for resisting change? An invitation to examine our relationships to money, pleasure, comfort, and change itself.

Filed Under: Navigating Change Tagged With: assets, astrology, change, experiment, experimentation, habits, money, navigating change, pleasure, relationships, resources, sustainability, Taurus, Uranus, Venus, Venus conjunct Uranus

Why Quitting is the Key to Longevity

August 31, 2021 | Renée Fishman

It may seem counterintuitive, but here’s why quitting is the key to maintaining longevity in any practice.

Filed Under: Practice, Productivity Tagged With: consistency, habits, holistic performance, pain, pleasure, practice, productivity, rituals, sustainable

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