Powerful Full Moon in Leo Reveal & Release Ceremony by Annie Botticelli Ceremonies during astrological power periods help us to make the most of the potentials of the event.  Full Moons often brings things to fruition or fulfillment, marking important endings. Sometimes the Full Moon brings things out of hiding and into the light so secrets and other hidden things can often be brought into the open at this time.  Blocks to desired outcomes can often be revealed and point to steps to take to fulfill the goal.

  Your Definitive Guide to Venus Retrograde through the Signs and Houses - Capricorn/the 10th House ... The planet Venus is also called the Triple Goddess because it rules three distinct areas of life: 1. Money 2. Love and 3. Beauty/Aesthetics Every 18 months or so, Venus will appear to be going backwards in its orbit, which is called a “retrograde”.  The potential lessons and other manifestations for a retrograde can have some different expressions than when a planet is moving direct. This is part 10 of a 12-blog series that covers extensively the potentials of Venus moving retrograde through the signs and houses.

Wonderful Attributes of Venus Retrograde in the Birth Chart   I don’t watch many videos on astrology, usually I am making my own.  However, recently I had a video about Venus Retrograde in the Birth Chart come to me and since someone close to me has this placement, I was interested in what the person making the video had to say.  I listened to almost half of the video, which was done by an amazing astrologer who is well-known and does much for the world with their work.  I was surprised by how negative this persons interpretation on Venus Retrograde in the Birth Chart was and upon further research, I found that this was consistent with the other online resources about Venus retrograde in the birth chart. I believe that each planet, sign, and transit have a SPECTRUM of potentials that run from positive to negative.  To focus on the aspects of a placement that could be considered negative or challenging is to miss much important working knowledge on the matter. This experience motivated me to share some positive counterbalance on the placement of Venus retrograde in the birth chart.

Venus Retrograde Do’s & Don’ts: Venus goes retrograde about every 18 months. It will stay retrograde about 43 days or about 6 or 7 weeks. There is a shadow period of about a month beforehand, and there is a shadow period of about a month afterwards. Essentially there is about a 4-month period about every 1 ½ years that is just covered in the energy of the Venus retrograde.  What follows is a comprehensive guide to Venus retrograde, a “global” view, and its implications and focus, so that you can understand the aspect better and apply this information to every time Venus is retrograde regardless of what sign or house in your personal chart. Venus rules: Love Beauty (including artistic endeavors) Money During this retrograde period anything having to do with Love, Beauty/Art or Money is going to going through a major “re-evaluation”! A lot of questions are going to be asked. Whether coming from the outside or being instigated from the inside. But on the topics of Love, Beauty and Money you’re going to have your hands full with things coming up, for better and worse. There are plenty of things that are really good to do during this time, but there are a whole slew of things that best to apply more discernment when deciding about.