What does it mean when Venus is in retrograde?
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According to astrologer Mechila Blake, when Venus is in retrograde, it’s a time of introspection rather than drastic change. Consider how you spend money, your romantic relationships, or your career path. Venus is a benefic planet, which means it aims to help and prompts reflection to help you evaluate whether you're truly happy. Venus retrograde lasts about 6 weeks and occurs roughly every 18 months.
Venus retrograde can be a time when you start to question your relational attachments and your values. This is because Venus is the planet of relating, liking, and union. Usually, when Venus is retrograde, it's a time to step back. It might manifest as a couple of weeks where you hit a rough point in your relationship, for instance. It does not mean that the relationship is ending necessarily, but there is something about those couple of weeks that requires you to not move forward on autopilot. This is because the relational dynamics are interrupted.
Venus retrograde does not only have to do with romantic relationships, though. It can be about all kinds of relationships, and it can be about your values. For example, I have seen it manifest as you change your job setting, and your relationships with the people that you normally see at work every day go through a change. It can be a transitional period for your style, your sense of aesthetics, genres, and just things that you like.
Venus retrogrades happen in a very symmetrical way, which is not true for other planets. So every eight years, it's going to go retrograde in the same part of the sky. So it's a reset for that part of your life, depending on where it's sitting. It usually feels like you are entering a new era, coming out of that time.
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Venus retrograde does not only have to do with romantic relationships, though. It can be about all kinds of relationships, and it can be about your values. For example, I have seen it manifest as you change your job setting, and your relationships with the people that you normally see at work every day go through a change. It can be a transitional period for your style, your sense of aesthetics, genres, and just things that you like.
Venus retrogrades happen in a very symmetrical way, which is not true for other planets. So every eight years, it's going to go retrograde in the same part of the sky. So it's a reset for that part of your life, depending on where it's sitting. It usually feels like you are entering a new era, coming out of that time.
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