Anyone notice any effects of transits on their libido?  I've been noticing some weird fluctuations over the year and it's kind of unnerving.  It could be just a shift in going from "mostly single and celibate" to "in a longterm committed relationship" for the first time.

suggestions and advice appreciated!

uhm.  mars in pisces.  18 degrees.  square neptune in sag, 16 degrees :P 

trine uranus in scorpio, 10 degrees (so maybe, maybe not...)

not sure this is a venus question, really.

I've never thought to track it. That would be cool to do though! I know for certain there are times when I very much want my body to be for only me and myself alone (Cardinal Venus/Mars -Moon-Pluto T-square).

I'm not sure if I'd track the Moon or Venus/Mars...My libido doesn't change as frequently as the Moon changes signs...

i have all this eighth house stuff and pluto aspects and it's a bit unnerving to have the engine slow down.

and i'm way sensitive to subtle stuff i don't know how to bring up that really shouldn't be a big deal but for some reason it puts my head in a different space.  if i could only figure out where/what and how to kick myself out of it... :P

awkward.

though i guess maybe all the pisces and neptune at work might make things hard to predict..

No, I'm never tracked it.  I was pretty much "on" all the time, until menopause.   (Where's the old lady in a rocker emoticon?)

I have Mars in Pisces, like you, touching most everything else in my chart.   

Sexual activity is always more frequent in the first part of a new relationship.  Say the first year. That's been my limited experience.  Is that the answer you're looking for?  

well, it makes sense, it just feels weird to have things slow down.  maybe it's the medication:P

I just gained 8 pounds after going on the pill. I'm 32 and never really been on the pill. it's weird. i've been trying to gain weight for years (after a parasite I got when I was 21).

My unsolicited advice to you is to do something sensual for yourself every day. Whether it's just rubbing a nice cream on your legs.  I have faith with your 8th House stuff it will be back. is Pluto squaring your Aries??  

Kash, I first read your sentence above as "rubbing ice cream on your legs". Ha haha!

I was just about to type exactly what vajra said. Haaaa.

well you know i'd advocate for that, too!

i was just thinking about ways i've tried to heal/help myself...when the libido fluctuates i find it's helpful to create physical reminders through touch or whatever.

This is a yoga pose called "window". You lie on your back, bring your knees to your chest, grab on to each big toe and let your knees fall out towards the side of your body. It's benefit is to open the root chakra, which is the chakra associated with your sex organs/libido. 8th House's domain. Just hang out there for a while and breathe slowly, being mindful of your root chakra. Send it some compassion. You don't need to worry about an entire yoga practice to just do this pose. A highly experienced yogi (30+ years experience, she is a Capricorn) gave me the advice a while back of just doing one posture a day, as long as you like.

Anyway I hope this thing I do can help you too!

the only thing pluto's doing to me right now is trining my eighth house chiron (pretty much on the ninth house cusp.)

this could be that, maybe... thanks for the advice.... sounds like things i should do for myself anyway.  it's too easy for me to forget to take care of the body :P  

maybe that's part of what that aspect up there's about.  it's sort of alien to me.  two really slow moving planets in aspect... so most people my age should have that trine happening... in different houses.

Thanks Kash, for sharing that pose.  I need all the help I can get sometimes =P

...ahem...not right now though ;)