Timing technique
Venus retrograde: six weeks to rethink what you love.
From 3 October to 14 November 2026, Venus is retrograde, from Scorpio back into Libra. It only happens every 19 months, for about six weeks. Here are the exact dates, the shadow, the next ones, and how to see where it lands in your birth chart.
What happens in the sky
Venus never goes backward. It turns around the Sun faster than we do, and every 584 days it passes between the Earth and the Sun. For about 42 days around that moment, seen from here, it seems to move back.
42 days out of 584 is 7.2%. So about 7 people in 100 are born with Venus retrograde. Rare, but not that rare.
Now: Venus retrograde in Scorpio and Libra
Venus stopped on 3 October 2026 at 8.5° Scorpio, slides back to 22.9° Libra, and turns direct on 14 November.
The shadow: Venus first crossed 22.9° Libra on 31 August, and only gets back to 8.5° Scorpio on 15 December. Between those dates it walks the same stretch of sky three times.
The next Venus retrogrades
11 May to 23 June 2028: from 19.7° Gemini back to 3.2° Gemini (shadow 7 April to 26 July).
17 December 2029 to 27 January 2030: from 24° Capricorn back to 8.6° Capricorn.
No Venus retrograde at all in 2027.
What it asks of you
Venus rules love, money, pleasure and taste. When it goes back, those topics come back to the table: an old flame writes again, a spending habit shows its real cost, a style you loved no longer feels like you.
The classic advice: think twice before a big purchase for looks (a car, a makeover, a luxury item) or a sudden new love. Review, don't rush. When Venus is direct again, the choices are clearer.
Read it in your birth chart
1. Find the house that holds Libra and Scorpio in your birth chart. That is the area of life where love and money get reviewed this time.
2. Look for a planet of yours between 23° Libra and 8° Scorpio. Venus passes over it three times between September and December: that topic will not go unnoticed.
Example: Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn, born in Brussels on 4 May 1929, is one of the 7 in 100: she was born with Venus retrograde in Aries.
Venus rules her Taurus Sun. Her elegance never followed trends, and later in life she gave her time and her fame to UNICEF, as a Goodwill Ambassador from 1988. Follow her chart below.
Her real chart
Audrey Hepburn, born with Venus retrograde.
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Questions about Venus retrograde
When is Venus retrograde in 2026?
From 3 October to 14 November 2026, from 8.5° Scorpio back to 22.9° Libra. The shadow runs from 31 August to 15 December.
Is there a Venus retrograde in 2027?
No. The next one runs from 11 May to 23 June 2028, in Gemini.
Can I start a relationship during Venus retrograde?
Yes. Just give it time: what starts now often looks different once Venus is direct again. Past loves coming back are more common than brand new ones.
What does being born with Venus retrograde mean?
About 7% of people are. It often shows a taste and a way of loving that follow your own inner rules more than the fashion of the moment.
