Venus Retrograde

Venus in retrograde motion is supposed to mean that our love lives enter a fated period where we may relive past life experiences in order to sort out karmic issues. Old friends or lovers may reappear and there may be more difficulty in giving and receiving love and affection. As Venus also rules money, it's traditionally thought that Venus retrograde is not an ideal time for investing or buying luxury items. To get a more accurate picture we must look in more detail to the aspects and fixed stars in relation to Venus, from when she enters the retrograde zone, to when she leaves. Venus retrograde is not as common as Mercury retrograde, and only last about six weeks every twenty months.
Venus Retrograde 2012

11 April 2012
15 May 2012
27 June 2012
31 July 2012

Venus enters retrograde zone at 7?? Gemini.
Venus stationary retrograde at 24?? Gemini.
Venus stationary direct at 7?? Gemini.
Venus leaves retrograde zone at 24?? Gemini.
Venus Enters The Retrograde Zone

Venus is still travelling at her normal pace when she enters the retrograde zone on 11 April 2012. The aspects and fixed star will give us an indication of the overall vibe for the whole retrograde cycle. It does have a very karmic feel which fits nicely with the traditional concept of retrograde planets. This karmic feel comes from Venus conjunct the South Node of the Moon by a mere five minutes. Click on the thumbnail below to see the chart. This suggests that our love lives really will go through a period of reliving past love life experiences. The South Node also indicates that some of our more negative habits or attitudes about love and relationships will be brought to light, and that the more troubling aspects of our relationships will be highlighted.

For sure, it can also mean that we run into old friends and lovers again, from this life and past lives. Any new relationships formed during the next few months will likely be past life connections, we will get that feeling of having known them before. The aim of all this is to resolve painful karmic memories. This is because the other very tight aspect is Venus square Chiron, we are being forced to face our inner pain in relation to love, the pain of being dumped or humiliated by infidelity, or the karmic pain cause by doing this to others. Moon quincunx Venus tells of the emotional tension caused by the pain, within the family, and especially for the women affected, the wife, mothers, sisters and daughters.

Venus enters the retrograde zone, and will station direct on the fixed star Hyadum II in the Hyades of Taurus. This supports the theme of exposing broken hearts, as Robson says it gives —tears, sudden events, violence??_and contradictions of fortune—. Ebertin found that the Hyades can cause people to —exploit other human beings in quest of power—. Venus square Chiron means we are forced, through events and through relationships, to face the pain of the past. By doing so, the difficult work of healing the pain can begin, this is the nature of Chiron, wounding to heal.

Venus Retrograde 2012

Venus travels over some major fixed stars on her journey, between 7 and 24 degrees Gemini is the busiest past of the sky for fixed stars. We will only look at the brightest of these. The brightest of all in the region is the fixed star Aldebaran, in the eye of the Bull. Venus is conjunct Aldebaran for the first of three times on April 15. Around this date is a good time for lovin??, as Venus with this star is favorable for marriage. Venus passes over another very fortunate star for love on April 25. Venus conjunct the fixed star Rigel gives a —good and influential marriage especially if female—.

Mercury sextile Venus on May 3 and 4 is a great opportunity to express our feelings of love. Communication should be open and compassionate. However, with Venus on the fixed star Bellatrix in constellation Orion, being too friendly with others if already attached could lead to that Chiron pain.

Very interesting reading.
On a mundane note, undergoing beautifying procedures isn't encouraged when Venus in retrograde.
The karmic dynamics help destroy outdated relationships, bringing up the ones the soul really needs. A retrograde planet requires examining an undeveloped feature related to it, some childish behavior, mentality or approach that needs correcting.
I found yesterday to be unbearable, sometimes these motions take such prosaic dynamics, such as the love of your life, fully committed to someone else, crossing yohr path on your way to work.. Still, I enjoy the opportunity for reflection it brings; gotta enjoy the newly gained wisdom rather tyat what was irrevocably lost in the last Venus retrograde. Such is life 🙂

The rest of the article is here: http://darkstarastrology.com/venus-retrograde/

This is where you need to examine your own Venus; it might not be about karmic relationships this time, since Venus also rules Taurus (owning, goods, greed, etc). Check the house, the progressed house, the aspects, the degree, this is how you get an answer 🙂

Thank you op, I'll read it

Guys...its a karmic spring clean. Embrace it 😛

Posted by nimbue
Venus in retrograde motion is supposed to mean that our love lives enter a fated period where we may relive past life experiences in order to sort out karmic issues. Old friends or lovers may reappear and there may be more difficulty in giving and receiving love and affection.

Crap. Crap crap crap 😭 😭

Lol M

Oh this makes a LOT of sense in regards to whats been happening to me recently. Within the past week or so, two guys that had faded out of my life has mere flings or wasted potentials randomly came floating back within a couple of days of each other. Even though we couldn't really connect well, they still admitted to having some sort of lingering attraction to me that hadn't gone to waste.

So I'm going to assume that I'm meant to keep in mind why I let them walk off in the first place.

The actual intial stage of the transit doesn't happen for a few days, I think, and it peaks between May-July.

Me and my Leo best friend have been tag teaming against all the foolish exes that have been popping up out of the blue...one by one, kicking them down like enemies in a video game...they're stuck in the past...and they're running towards us because we were the only people who ever handled them with truth.

So it's like they're begging for the insights, so we're just letting them have it...then I came across that article and thought aha, that confirms it.

Posted by nimbue
The actual intial stage of the transit doesn't happen for a few days, I think, and it peaks between May-July.

Me and my Leo best friend have been tag teaming against all the foolish exes that have been popping up out of the blue...one by one, kicking them down like enemies in a video game...they're stuck in the past...and they're running towards us because we were the only people who ever handled them with truth.

So it's like they're begging for the insights, so we're just letting them have it...then I came across that article and thought aha, that confirms it.

Interesting....