

What to Know About 2021-2022’s Venus Retrogradeīecause Venus retrogrades happen every 18 months, the last one was from May 13 to June 26, 2020, in mutable air sign Gemini, which is ruled by Mercury, the planet of communication. Instead, this transit’s all about addressing and nurturing Venusian business that’s already well underway. If it’s in your seventh house of partnership, you’ll be meditating on your closest one-on-one relationships.Īnd while Venus retrogrades are not to be treated as huge, fear-mongering red flags for moving forward on anything related to love, beauty, and money, it’s not the ideal time to tie the knot (unless perhaps you and/or your partner were born with natal Venus retrograde or it’s a remarriage, which would be fitting), get a bold makeover, buy a new wardrobe, or make a major financial investment. For instance, if it’s in your first house of self, you’ll be reflecting on your personal brand and how you want to be presenting yourself in the world. Your focus - aka your Venus retrograde mission, if you will - is based on the house of your natal, or birth chart that Venus is retrograde in. Like Mercury retrograde, Venus’ backward turn is a time to go back to the drawing board, reflect, revise - but specifically in terms of relationships, creative projects, and financial endeavours. If it’s in your tenth house of career and public image, you’ll be particularly magnetic when you step into the spotlight and especially capable of making a winning impression on higher-ups.Īnd when Venus is retrograde, which occurs for about six weeks, you can expect delays, confusion, and a nudge to go inward in regard to the areas of life the romance planet rules. Say it’s in your third house of communication because it’s such a social planet and the third house is all about connecting with others, you’ll be especially charming, curious, and capable of hitting it off with a variety of people, possibly brainstorming artistic ideas right and left.

One of the benefic planets (the other being Jupiter), which are thought to bring good fortune, Venus has a pleasure- and charm-boosting effect on anything it’s interacting with. When moving direct (aka when it’s not retrograde), Venus colours how you externally relate to others (not only romantically but platonically or collegially), experience love, romance, and beauty, and think about money and material possessions. It also goes retrograde - in other words, slows down and appears to be moving backwards - every 18 months. The planet of love, which oversees how you relate to others, how you flirt and express yourself artistically, how you experience pleasure, and what you value and see as aesthetically pleasing, is a personal planet that spends about a month in each sign. Here’s what you need to know about Venus’ 2021-2022 retrograde.
