Phases of the Venus cycle

  1. Venus Stations Retrograde on March 2, 2025 at 10 Aries: a time of intentionally moving inwards and pulling your energy back from external relationships in order to focus more on your relationship to self, your sense of self-worth, and your own creativity; becoming aware of what you do or do not need in your outer relationships and life in general; reflecting on and re-examining your own values, desires, resources, and personal relationships; resolving karmic issues (unfinished business) with people from your past; reconsidering the commitments you've made to others and/or to certain creative projects and endeavors; starting to let go of that which you no longer need, value, or find to be supportive (Evening set on March 19, 2025 at 4 Aries)

  2. Inferior Conjunction on March 23, 2025 at 2 Aries: the midpoint of the retrograde process and the ending of one cycle and beginning of the next; a time of thoughtfully checking in with yourself and taking stock of — and renewing your connection with or discarding — some of your possessions, creations, values, desires, relationships, and/or false aspects of self; sensing new values, new ways of being and relating and creating, and new connections coming into your life (Morning Rise as Venus Phosphoros or Lucifer the "light bringer" on March 26, 2025 at 0 Aries)

  3. Venus Stations Direct on April 13, 2025 at 24 Pisces: definitively ending, abandoning, or changing some of your old values, past creative projects, or existing relationships; stepping more fully into the new cycle with a renewed sense and appreciation of your own values, resources, and creative capacity and a renewed commitment to those people, relationships, and projects you have chosen to devote more of your time and energy to in the new cycle

  4. Venus at Greatest Western Elongation on June 1 at 25 Aries: inviting in new connections, new relationships, and new creative projects while continuing to nurture and evolve your existing relationships, creative work, and values; accumulating resources and possessions; enjoying what you have created and are attracting into your life now (Morning set on Nov 26, 2025 at 24 Scorpio)

  5. Superior Conjunction on January 6, 2026 at 16 Capricorn: acknowledging, appreciating, and celebrating your most treasured relationships and creative projects; sharing your resources, possessions, and creative work with the ones you love; continuing to express yourself creatively in the outer world through your relationships and work (Evening Rise as Venus Hesperos on February 16, 2026 at 8 Pisces)

  6. Venus at Greatest Eastern Elongation on August 15 at 8 Libra: feeling a gradual pull inward to examine your values, relationships, creative projects, and resources and appreciate the most important people in your life while also starting to sense potential issues brewing in your connections or projects that may have fallen out of alignment with who you are now or your changing priorities and interests (Next Venus Retrograde starts on October 3, 2026 at 8 Scorpio with the Inferior Conjunction occurring on October 24, 2026 at 0 Scorpio)