by Robert Wilkinson
Venus enters Aries at 7:52 am PST PDT, 3:52 pm GM on February 3. From here it moves through the first 14 degrees of Aries, going stationary retrograde at 14 Aries on March 4 at 1:08 am PST, 9:08 am GMT. What does this mean?
In a few weeks I’ll be writing a more extensive article on what we can expect from this Venus retrograde period. For now, its entry into Aries marks a threshold, where we’re getting a forward look at the themes that will dominate March, April, and the first half of May.
Venus now moves from dreamy, compassionate, and universal Pisces into the dynamic “ready, fire, aim” impulsive genuineness of Aries. Venus in Aries leaps forward into relationships, opportunities, and is quick to like and equally quick to “unlike” its objects of attraction. Venus in Pisces feels everything there is to feel, whereas Venus in Aries feels only what it immediate. As Venus is exalted in Pisces, it grows in very favorable ways in that sign, whereas Venus in Aries is in “exile,” since Aries is opposite Libra, one of the signs Venus rules. (Taurus is the other one.)
Venus in Aries is a bit more agitated than Venus likes, since its Taurus quality likes comfort and ease, while Libra likes things measured and balanced. Venus does not like impulsiveness, and Venus in Aries can certainly be impulsive! Still, Venus in Aries is good for getting reflections about what we like and why we like it, and what about us is or is not attracting what we want and value.
Venus entering Aries also marks a shift in the energy of planets and houses we have in Taurus and Libra. We are now getting a “forward motion” look at the new initiatives of Aries experienced by the ruler of any planets or houses we have in Taurus or Libra. We’ll get a “backward look” at what we’re going to go through in February during March while Venus is retrograde in the same span of Aries it will traverse in February.
So look at it as the front end of a new set of likes, a new social promise, new values, and new perspectives. We will get to reconsider a lot during the Venus retrograde period, and when it retrogrades back into Pisces April 2-3, we’ll be back in the dreamscape it’s been in the past day or so. That will help us adjust the “creative word” we want to sound forth that will begin actively shaping our future in May after Venus re-enters Aries in direct motion on April 28.
So see the future already activated by Mars, and find value and appreciation for the new beginnings right in front of you. Something has ended, but because Venus has to retrograde all the way back to the last “face” of Pisces, clearly our recent endings and beginnings won’t be complete and able to be valued in their proper light until May.
You may also want to take a look back at what was going on during the recent Venus square Saturn happening the last 9 days of January, since Venus will retrograde all the way back to the square and activate it anew literally during the entire month of April! Venus square Saturn is a time to re-evaluate which relationships are more trouble than they’re worth, and which things we need to get rid of because they no longer represent what they used to in our lives.
The trick is not to get too rigid or pessimistic in these areas, and because the square will take place around 27-28 Pisces to Sag, those who have planets or angles near those degrees in the Mutable signs will be most impacted. Of course I’ll write more about that in early April.
Right now, Venus is quintile Pluto, giving us the first point of Venusian specialization in its year cycle that began in late November. We should be able to see these gifts and “quintessential” refinements anew in early April, and have them relatively perfected by late April.
Also of great importance is when Venus biseptiles Saturn in mid-February, since that will set a lot of changes into very intense activity! That period will bear a direct relationship to the retrograde biseptile in mid-March, with final forks in the road to come in mid-May. Active zones will be around 25-29 Sagittarius, 16-20 Aquarius, 8-12 Aries, 29 Taurus-3 Gemini, 20-24 Cancer, 12-16 Virgo, and 4-8 Scorpio. If you have something in these zones, expect big shifts in the houses where Venus and Saturn are transiting that will be related to your planet as well as houses and planets where you have Taurus and Libra.
So welcome to the gateway to a new experience, to be followed by a turning back to review some Venusian things in March and early April. We are now preparing for the “slow turning” of reviews, reevaluations, and renewed appreciation of many things in a few weeks, and maybe even the return of old friends and associates you haven’t seen for quite a while or couldn’t find for whatever reason. The new world you’ve already glimpsed or begun to enter can now be valued and appreciated!
© Copyright 2017 Robert Wilkinson
I wish that the wisdom inside us will lead to some beautiful findings.
There are so many good path to be found, which all go in right direction.
Let the wisdom guide us and our friends!
And I hope I will hear the guidance of your wisdom and understand what
it is try to tell me.
Yes I do have a connection: IC at end of the sagittarius & DC at end of pisces.
Posted by: helina | February 03, 2017 at 11:36 AM
As always, an interesting post with loads of information. I'll will re read the post again after some pondering has happened as I am sure not everything was grasped with one reading.
Intense, interesting times are ahead even through the retrograde!
Blessings be to all.
Posted by: Nic | February 04, 2017 at 11:33 AM