Venus and Ketu : The Secret Mystical Infatuations

An emotional affair without sex occurs when two parties share their feelings for each other. These affairs are supercharged with emotions. The sound of her voice, the style of his email—they are all loaded. But if you confront them, they'll insist they've done nothing wrong. These secret emotional affairs are powerful influences in the individuals' lives. They often live in a fantasy world, where they imagine what the other party is doing, even while appearing to watch sports on TV or doing some other task .


In our astrological chart, the planet Venus represents love, affection, beauty, and harmony. The house where Venus is placed in our natal chart will reveal our emotional expressiveness and our ability to express love. Venus will show what kind of lover we are and what traits we find attractive in others. The house where Venus sits is extremely important for our intimate relationships. It enables us to express our love nature and directs how we express that love to others. When Venus is placed in the 12th  house, there are many opportunities. 

The 12th house is known as the “House of Suffering”. All issues that rule this house are kept hidden or secret. The deep secrets about our own personality, as well as our emotion ,  are locked within this house. Having Venus placed here is an indicator of suffering through love affairs and through heartache at some time in one’s life. Almost every astrology book you read will tell you that a Venus in the 12th house the individual is destined to experience clandestine or secret love affairs. How and why does this happen? This happens because the expression of love is kept secret from others. The initial emotion of love is held within and sometimes never expressed. Individuals with this placement often find themselves in love with someone that is not free. This often manifests as falling in love with someone who is already married or committed to someone else. 

Parameters :

Venus : The planet Venus represents love, affection, beauty, and harmony. The house where Venus is placed in our natal chart will reveal our emotional expressiveness and our ability to express love. Venus will show what kind of lover we are and what traits we find attractive in others.
Jupiter : Jupiter is a dev -guru, who removes the ignorance and darkness by throwing the light of wisdom. It is a planet of righteousness and justice. The higher attributes of mind and the uplift of the soul are governed by Jupiter. It increases the spiritual side of the native. The native may master many occult and mystical techniques during his lifetime.Jupiter is a planet of real, pure and unconditional love .
5th house : house of emotions and love affairs 
8th house : house of hidden secrets  ,secrets that one is conscious
12th house : subconscious mind, indicates secrets you don't know you had,indicates salvation 
Ketu : Ketu is a planet of mystery,spirituality ,past life connections ,It gives intuition and forethought and religious mystical deeds done in the previous births.

Combinations 

1. Venus and Ketu association /conjunction/aspect  always create  secret spiritual/emotional relationships.
2. Many individuals with Venus in the 12th house  experience secret love affairs. Sometimes the feelings are acted on and other times they are kept hidden and repressed. Not all individuals with Venus in the 12th will cheat on their spouse,but many will have “emotional /spiritual affairs” because of the energy of this placement. Even the most moral, committed and happily married individual can fall prey to this placement. I have seen it hundreds of times with clients and with friends in my life. This placement of Venus is extremely difficult, but with understanding and compassion , these individuals will eventually heal. Suffering arises as a result of the situations that these individuals find themselves in. It is important for anyone with this placement to truly look within and be honest about their emotions. 
3. Venus conjuncts Ketu in 8th house and aspected by Saturn indicates very secret ,mysterious and hidden infatuation .Venus conjuncts Saturn in 8th house also gives mystical secret relations.  
4. Those native with Ketu in 12th house have a deep interest in secrets  , the unconscious and anything mysterious,influence of Venus on the 12th house further gives secret spiritual/emotional infatuations .
5. Jupiter and Ketu association/conjunction forms Yogini  Yoga represents mystical and spiritual deeds of the past lives, the native will be frequently visited or encounters  by his previous lives  partners   in dreams and real life to settle down the give and take accounts . If this combination falls in the  12th house  ,then the  native unknowingly made  numerous psychic connections with  his past life partners in this birth in the name of secret affairs .
6. Lord of the 5th house placed in the 8th/12th house also indicates secret love affairs ,but the influence of Venus and Ketu on the 5th lord  mystify the relations on the secret note .  

Case study 

Roma was having Ketu and  Venus in her 12th house.  Due to the placement of Ketu in the 12th house ,she was obsessed with spirituality, the metaphysical or occult, and all that’s hidden in the world.  She was spiritual, compassionate, and sensitive to others feelings. Happily married for several  years, her life suddenly changed. She met someone at a Vipassana meditation  session  and instantly fell in love. The connection between her and this co-worker was very strong ,highly emotional charged , very spiritual and undeniable. The feelings were highly spiritual between them, but they both were married with decent families. She described to me how devastating it was for her to feel that way about someone other than her husband. She felt intense guilt and shame for the feeling she had in her heart. That feeling  was ignited and it seemed that nothing could ever shake it. She  told me that she cried in her room each night and asked God to take away the feeling  in her heart for the other man. The sadness in her heart was almost unbearable. She learned to live with her feelings in secret. 

She believed in the sanctity of marriage and she never betrayed her husband. She never told her husband about her feelings for this other man. Eventually, she moved to another state. This example illustrates how individuals with the influence of Venus and Ketu  within the 12th house suffer through love and relationships. This suffering occurs because it if often inappropriate to feel and express the love they have openly. The secret nature of the 12th house forces the Venus love energy and Ketu spiritual energy inward, deep within and into the darkest recesses of the heart. There is often an inability to express the love nature due to material, practical, psychological or moral reasons.