The person who changed your reading list
You tend to love what you’re learning. A trip, a philosophy course, a cuisine you’d never tried, a friend from a different background: these light you up in the way a new crush lights up other people. You may appreciate ceremony and ritual, whether religious or not, and you often find beauty in the rules and traditions of places that aren’t yours.
The 9th house is about meaning and distance, and with Venus there you tend to want both from love.
A partner who’s also a teacher
You’re often attracted to people who know something you don’t, or who come from somewhere you haven’t been. A date that turns into a three-hour argument about whether people are basically good can be the best date you’ve had. Long-distance relationships and partners from other cultures are common with this placement, and you may pick up a language or a recipe book along the way.
What makes you feel loved is being taken somewhere, literally or not. A spontaneous road trip, a book left on your pillow, someone who asks what you think about something big and listens to the answer.
The grass on the other continent
The strain is idealism. Someone exotic to you can look wiser than they are, and a partner from down the street can seem dull simply because they’re familiar. You may also be generous with optimism in a way that skips over real problems, assuming love will sort out a difference in values that it can’t.
It helps to look for adventure inside the relationship rather than always outside it: a new city together, a class you take side by side, questions you’ve never asked each other. And when beliefs differ on something that will shape daily life, such as religion or where to settle, talk about it while you’re still curious about the answer.