Venus Retrogrades back to Pisces: Path to Clarity

Venus retrograde from Aries to Pisces: Path to Clarity

When Venus is retrograde, we have a unique opportunity to restructure our relationships, shift habitual patterns, question our values, and explore different ways to relate with our physical body and sensuality. Venus retrograde is an invitation to shift our mindset regarding income and wealth and redefine our relationship with money and abundance.

In Aries, Venus retrograde emphasized the value of self-love, autonomy, and self-actualization, encouraging us to invest in ourselves and in our desires before seeking validation and approval outwardly. This transit reminded us of the power of choosing ourselves, prioritizing personal passions, and being aligned with what we truly need and want.

As Venus moves back into Pisces, the energy calls for a reevaluation, redefinition, and restructuring of our relationship to spirituality, surrender, and our sensitivity. This transit encourages deep reflection on how we relate to both our own and others’ pain, emphasizing issues of boundaries and the need for a conscious relationship with our empathy.

Shadows of Pisces can manifest in relationships and emerge more prominently during Venus’ retrograde in the sign, as retrogrades bring unresolved issues to the surface and challenge us to break free from cycles of repetition and unconsciousness. These days, we can become more aware of any savior-victim dynamics we may engage in, patterns of self-sacrifice, and subtle attempts to manipulate people through guilt, victimization, and martyrdom.

Venus retrograde in Pisces: Confronting Illusions

This second chapter of the Venus retrograde transit is an opportunity to tie up loose ends and revisit themes and situations that emerged during Venus’ previous transit through the late degrees of Pisces. Venus was in Pisces from January 2 to February 4 and issues from that period may resurface to be seen and dealt with in a new, more conscious way.

Venus returning to Pisces invites us to confront lingering illusions, question romanticized perceptions, and recognize where we may have projected unrealistic desires and expectations onto others. This transit challenges us to recognize where we may have idealized relationships, people, or situations beyond what they truly are, and offers us an opportunity to see through any fantasies we may have unconsciously believed to be true.

These days, we may gain awareness of where we have mistaken potential for reality, or placed faith in situations that lack solid foundations.

Venus’ retrograde period in Pisces offers us the opportunity to move beyond unrealistic expectations and align with a love that is rooted in Truth rather than fantasy. In its highest expression, this combination of energies invites us to gravitate toward relationships that nourish us on a Soul level, rather than those that feed illusions or unfulfilled longing. Venus retrograde in Pisces encourages us to align with higher values and course-correct if we acted out of integrity.

Retrograde Venus conjunct Neptune, the North Node, and Saturn

As Venus leaves Aries and re-enters Pisces, she immediately crosses Neptune at 29º53’ of his home sign. The Venus-Neptune conjunction, happening in proximity to the Lunar North Node and Saturn, is the last alignment of the two planets in the sign of the Fish, as Neptune is entering Aries on March 30.

The final Venus-Neptune conjunction in Pisces is an opportunity to forgive ourselves and others, open our hearts, and attune to the frequency of unconditional love. This is an extremely potent time for all sorts of healing and therapeutic work. The Venus, Neptune, and North Node conjunction facilitates the dissolution of past relationship patterns, karmic cycles, and illusions that have shaped our approach to love.

At this time, we are being invited to release any lingering attachments to unfulfilled fantasies and trust that whatever is dissolving is making space for something more aligned and True. The North Node’s involvement magnifies the relevance of this process and the lessons we are learning for our evolutionary path.

On April 7, retrograde Venus perfects her conjunction with Saturn at 25º15’ of Pisces, marking a time of emotional maturation, karmic accountability, and relationship restructuring. This alignment brings a reality check: it invites us to ground the lessons of Venus’ retrograde journey and urges us to integrate them in tangible, lasting ways.

Venus conjunct Saturn and the North Node in Pisces, Neptune in Aries

After completing her retrograde, Venus is going to meet Saturn, the North Node, and Neptune for the third time, but Neptune will be in Aries. Venus and Saturn meet again in Pisces on April 25, offering us an opportunity to gain more clarity about what the retrograde was about and make more adjustments, if necessary, from a new level of consciousness. This event is a moment of integration and offers us a chance to embody the lessons of the retrograde and apply them in practical ways.

The Venus-Neptune conjunction in Aries, exact on May 2, will invite us to shift from surrender to action, from the dissolution of the old to the initiation of a new path. More clarity will be available around this time: this alignment calls for greater courage and authenticity in love, challenges us to align with a new system of values, and encourages us to establish new relationship patterns. The Venus-Neptune conjunction in Aries will begin a brand new cycle of growth and learning, inspiring us to align with relationships and values that reflect the highest Truth.

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