When one meditates and gains mastery over the energies of Power and Pleasure for personal transformation into wisdom this is one of the considerations of Tantra. When Venus is trine Pluto, then the mechanisms of Power and Pleasure are available to use and meditate on. Pluto has been given rulership of power by modern astrologers. All of the items just mentioned are ruled by Venus. This is found through the constant selling of sexual imagery, alcohol and intoxicating substances, and the pleasure of food, fashion, music, movies and all forms of entertainment. Pleasure is even used as a means of having power over the working class. Squares to Nodes by major planets such as: Saturn, Sun, Moon, the angle axis 6 To name a few oh and the other aspects on shared degrees (natal synastry ) are his Mercury conjunct my Neptune: 9 Sag His Mercury sextile my Pluto : 9 Sag - 9 Libra his Mars opposite my Jupiter: 11 Virgo - 11 Pisces his Jupiter square my Node: 10 Virgo. The fight over this power, is a cause of war. Because desire is endless, the powerful have an innate and intense habit to dominate those without power to gain and control the resources that bring pleasure. Venus was considered by the Meso-American cultures as well as the Chinese and Babylonian astrologers to be a harbinger of war. Pleasure in our current society is a commodity, and the struggle to attain it is one of the roots of conflict within our society.
Energetically Venus is the urge towards the pleasure of incarnation. It calls forth images of intense passion as we have urges towards pleasure. Venus as the lesser benefic can be intense when in this aspect. For the next two days Venus will be Trine Pluto. Without Sex and Death would there be beauty and love.