What Is Venus Retrograde?
A period of reviewing love and values: what Venus retrograde brings to relationships and why exes return.
Definition
Venus turns retrograde about every 18 months for ~40 days. Venus governs love, values, aesthetics and relationships — and these themes get reviewed during retrograde.
What It Brings
- Re-evaluating relationships: does this bond nourish me?
- Old relationships and exes resurfacing.
- The urge for unplanned changes in aesthetic and financial matters.
- Questioning values: what do I truly want?
Advice
Postpone big relationship decisions (marriage, breakups) until after the retrograde. Retrograde is a period for deep review, not fast decisions. If an old bond returns, pause and ask “why did it return?”
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Tradition says relationships begun in retrograde carry a “review” quality. They can last, but they like to be tested.
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