Sky events

Venus retrograde

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Venus turns retrograde on October 3, 2026, and returns to direct motion on November 14, 2026. Astrology uses this apparent reversal to revisit preferences, agreements and the ways people express affection.

Pre-shadow begins
August 31, 2026 · 14:43 UTC
Stations retrograde
October 3, 2026 · 07:10 UTC
Stations direct
November 14, 2026 · 00:21 UTC
Post-shadow ends
December 15, 2026 · 18:36 UTC
Crosses back from
Libra into Scorpio

A planet at a station is barely moving, so these station times can be off by a few minutes.

This cycle involves Libra and Scorpio, bringing questions of mutual agreement and personal commitment into the same reading. An old preference may deserve another look, but returning to it does not make it the right choice.

Name what you value now and ask whether an existing arrangement reflects it. Give the other person room to answer. Retrograde motion is a viewing effect in the sky; it does not determine the course of a relationship.

Questions to carry

  • Which agreement between you and another person would benefit from a clear conversation?
  • What do you still value, and what has changed for you?

Keep following

Behind this eventExact times, positions, sources, and method
Retrograde station
2026-10-03T07:10:25.341Z
Direct station
2026-11-14T00:21:21.444Z
Pre-shadow begins
2026-08-31T14:43:58.501Z
Post-shadow ends
2026-12-15T18:36:57.972Z
Ecliptic longitude
218.49° · 8°29′ Scorpio
Fact source
sky.json, generated 2026-09-30
Derived for display
station signs and degrees read from the engine at the committed instants

Instants and positions come from the site's astronomy engine and its committed yearly and monthly sky catalogs, the same data behind the Almanac and the daily horoscopes. Times are universal time; in the Americas an instant can fall the evening before the date printed. Sign-by-sign notes, where present, use whole-sign solar houses. The readings are a tradition being applied, not a forecast. The methodology page sets out both halves.