Venus turns Retrograde March 4 – April 15 in the next turning point of LOVE.
Venus will be extremely beautiful tonight March 4 near the Crescent moon, Look up and feel her eternal beauty. Know her as the Goddess of all love.
Just like a Mercury Retrograde, Venus Retrograde’s periods make us Reflect, renew, to review, reinvent, and renew our romantic relationships. Old lovers and friends, especially women can come back into our lives during the Venus Retrograde period.
The last Venus Retrograde in Aries occurred March 6 – April 16th, 2009, you will want to think back on what was going on in your love life then.
Venus rules our values and our earnings. Money issues can crop up big time when Venus turns the tap off temporarily. The world economy can take a nose dive. Venus governs our tastes, what we love, and how we want to be loved. Your tastes in all kinds of things: lovers, friends, food, dress, makeup, money, art may change.
Venus turns Retrograde for an average of 40 days every year and a bit as she transitions from being the beautiful evening wishing star to journey through the underworld, where she is a gangsta of love? and returns as the beautiful morning star.
In her 8-year journey between her retrograde star points, she depicts a 5 pointed star or pentagram formation in the skies. She also forms the diagram of a rose. That is why the rose is considered to be the ultimate feminine flower and the apple is sacred to Venus as these are the images she creates. Remember Lilith giving Eve the apple to eat in the Garden of Eden?
Venus turns retro in ARIES where she is an independent amazon Warrioress from 13+ degree of ARIES. Venus is traditionally considered to be in detriment and out of her own element in MARS’s home sign. But those are the old patriarchal values ascribed to Venus. Venus in Aries is the ancient independent warrior Goddess archetype like Brigid of Ireland, or the Amazons themselves.
Venus moves from the initiating impulsive masculine fire sign back to her exaltation sign of spiritual watery PISCES. Venus will absorb the deep mysteries of the Feminine source of unconditional love before she moves direct and renters ARIES again on APRIL 28.
Venus moves from Aries, a masculine fire sign ruled by Mars back to her exaltation sign of spiritual watery PISCES. Venus will absorb the deep mysteries of the Feminine source of unconditional love before she moves direct and re-enters ARIES again.
Venus will cross the Zero ARIES point twice which symbolizes a significant new beginning in the world. Venus crossed it initially on Feb 3. She will Retrograde back over the point on April 3rd, and cross it again moving Direct on April 28. Watch for significant new beginnings.
On March 24th, Venus will make an inferior conjunction to the Sun. Venus will become invisible at night. About a week later after the inferior conjunction, Venus’ begins to appear once more, rising as the lovely Morning Star, where she is known as Lucifer, the light bringer.
Venus will cross the Zero ARIES point twice which symbolizes a significant new beginning in the world. Venus crossed it initially Feb 3. She will Retrograde back over on April 3rd, and cross it again, moving Direct on April 28.
Venus backs into PISCES on APRIL 2 where she is EXALTED. Venus goes from her weak point to her strong point during this Retrograde. VENUS will be bathed anew in the spiritual source and re-empowered with the spiritual Unconditional Love, empathy, and forgiveness of PISCES.
The Grail of the summer stars by Kinuko Y. Craft
This is a very symbolic returning to the original Goddess Energy of Venus and women as SOURCE of all. A very potent symbol.
On April 8th VENUS retrograde in PISCES squares SATURN at the GALACTIC CENTER which could mean a cosmic karmic changing of the patriarchal old guard. This aspect may be the ending of many relationships which have been together for many years.
Venus turns DIRECT on April 15th at 26 degrees PISCES. Venus continues be in square to Saturn at the Galactic Center at this time to bringing a karmic, fated weighty aspect to this turn of the heart.
The planet of love and maturity square off again with VENUS DIRECT on APRIL 21, If things have fallen apart in relationships this could mean a reconciliation, legal proceedings, or the final straw that broke the camels back {one of the symbols of the HIGH PRIESTESS in the TRAOT} from carrying too much old martyrdom and addictive karmic patterns in relationships that were clearly recognized with Venus in PISCES square Saturn.
You want to look at where the track of Venus’s retrograde is in your natal chart. 26 Pisces- 13 Aries to find out how Venus will affect you personally. Look at the house and other aspects Venus triggers.
Venus was traditionally INANNA QUEEN OF HEAVEN, and earth. Not just a Goddess of beauty, romance, and the arts. Her Retrograde period of 40 days- note that significant count-is mythologized in the tale of Inanna going into the underworld to visit Ereshkigal her dark twin sister and returning after being killed by her. She sends her consort-lover into the underworld to replace herself. The myth explains Venus’s cycle and is also an archetypal myth about all aspects of the Divine Feminine, the light and the dark and how we must own all aspects of Her as well as aspects of the light and dark masculine.
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