scorpio venus
Eroticism, then, is about gravity, not about gratification, the pull toward something that reorients the self. And this gravity manifests not only in romantic or sexual relationships, but in every domain where desire dares to disrupt duty.
Tamara • Erotic Decisions
She loves with the force of the ocean—deep, eternal, and unforgettable. Her heart is not easily given, but when it is, it becomes a catalyst for transformation. Every connection she makes breathes new life into the soul of the other. Beauty, to her, is not skin-deep—it is found in the rawness, the vulnerability, the merging of spirits. She moves... See more
Venus: the principle of desire, love, beauty, value; the impulse and capacity to attract and be attracted, to love and be loved, to seek and create beauty and harmony,
Richard Tarnas • Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View
Modern relationships are cauldrons of contradictory longings: safety and excitement, grounding and transcendence, the comfort of love and the heat of passion. We want it all, and we want it with one person. Reconciling the domestic and the erotic is a delicate balancing act that we achieve intermittently at best. It requires knowing your partner... See more
Esther Perel • Mating in Captivity
Eros is a force that doesn’t like to be constrained. When it settles into repetition, habit, or rules, it touches its death. It then is transformed into boredom and sometimes, more powerfully, into repulsion.
Esther Perel • Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence
Looking for love sounds more like chasing the high of an extreme sport, trust falling with someone you don’t really know like that. It demands exacting reciprocity, extreme vulnerability. It brings out people’s basest and most primal instincts and a frightening desire to merge into someone else. When the girlies on TikTok talk about dating, they... See more
I seek intimacy with everything in life and it continues to be the thing that also scares me the most.
Amanda Norgaard • You'll Be Given Love
Ava • The Agony of Eros: On Limerence - By Ava - Bookbear Express
Sex is that paradoxical combination of vulnerability and assertion, giving ourselves up and wanting all the more.