Venus-Saturn: The Ugly Duckling Syndrome: The Swan Thing

Question: I read somewhere that people with Venus/Saturn aspects in the natal chart are typically plain as children but grow into a more attractive appearance. Is this true?  Wouldn’t it make sense that Venus/Saturn aspects would create an ugly duckling phenomenon? As might be expected there are strong issues about self-evaluation, especially with respect to one’s beauty and, in the case of women, one’s femininity. With women especially, there were often very early messages that it was wrong to be…