How to Heal Your Venus Wound: Reclaiming Self-Worth, Sensuality & Receiving

Venus vs. Mars: Why Soft Power Is the New Strength for Women

There’s a wound many women carry that isn’t spoken about enough. It’s not a cut you can see or a scar you can trace with your finger—it’s deeper, quieter, woven into the way we view ourselves, our worth, and what we feel we’re allowed to receive. This is what I call the Venus wound.

The Venus wound shows up in countless ways: in the way we feel guilty for resting, in the shame we’ve been taught around our bodies and sensuality, in the hesitation to accept love or money without needing to “earn” it through struggle. At its root, it is the belief that femininity—softness, pleasure, receiving—is less valuable than action, achievement, or sacrifice.

But here’s the truth: Venus energy is not weakness. Venus is magnetism, sensuality, beauty, receptivity, and love. And when we heal this wound, we don’t just reclaim ourselves—we redefine what power truly means.

Understanding the Venus Wound

The Venus wound often begins in childhood. Maybe you were praised only when you accomplished something, not when you simply existed. Maybe you learned that beauty was dangerous, or that desire made you “too much.” Maybe you were told that your softness was fragile, while strength meant suppression.

This wound leaves women chasing Mars energy—constant motion, achievement, and proving—while abandoning their Venus gifts of rest, magnetism, and trust.