venus retrograde in aries + pisces: fall in love with yourself
the greatest romance you'll ever know
And just like that…the goddess is tired. Everyone’s so annoying! Venus is slowing down and heading back to the ground she has trekked before. When Venus is Retrograde, it’s a time to reflect and repair where we’ve been neglecting what Venus needs. This Venus Retrograde starts on March 1 and will last until April 12, examining the realms of Aries and Pisces. The first sign and the last sign. The beginning and the end. The new and the old. Venus Retrograde will start in Aries and make its way back to Pisces, signifying that a previous lifetime has some last words before it wraps up. And it will wrap up because it can’t go on any longer. Full dates of this Venus Retrograde story below:
JANUARY 2, 2025: 🐟 VENUS ENTERS PISCES
FEBRUARY 4, 2025: 🐏 VENUS ENTERS ARIES
MARCH 1, 2025: ⏮ VENUS RETROGRADE BEGINS - 10° OF ARIES 🐏
MARCH 27, 2025: ⏮ 🐟 VENUS RETROGRADES BACK INTO PISCES
APRIL 12, 2025: ⏭ 🐟 VENUS RETROGRADE ENDS, DIRECT AGAIN - 24° OF PISCES
APRIL 30, 2025: ⏭ 🐏 VENUS RE-ENTERS ARIES
JUNE 6, 2025: 🐂 VENUS ENTERS TAURUS
What makes this Venus Retrograde extra potent is that we will also concurrently have Mercury Retrograde in Aries + Pisces (yes, really) starting March 14. More on that in future post~ but it’s important to note that Mercury Retrograde is a time to review and to speak on the changes you want made. This will make it so the Venus Retrograde things that come up can’t help but be said. Enough is enough. There’s a better way to live.
VENUS RETROGRADE THINGS: reviewing relationships, exes coming back out of the blue, old traumas getting triggered, finances getting reexamined, changes bubbling up with our style and aesthetic, our priorities changing with our investments and the things we value
ARIES THINGS: self, impulse, adventure, truth, innocence, independence, flirting, physical touch, newness
PISCES THINGS: the collective, spirit, art, sensitivity, romance, the ocean, haze, intuition
Pisces is so good at being everything. Aries is so good at being singularly itself. Venus in Pisces often ends up blurring the lines of the individual with the collective, it can get absorbed so easily into others. While sensitivity and compassion are amazing, this can often turn into codependency at its finest.
Aries needs to be free and maintain a sense of self. This Venus Retrograde won’t be breakup city for everyone (though some will surely happen) but it will be the time in all of our relationships, from romantic to business, to ask “Where do you start and I begin?” Who are you without the other person? Are you feeling pure joy and bliss in your life? Or does that depend on the other person’s mood? Are you so afraid of starting over that you have settled into a dynamic you never wanted to be in? Even if you stay in your connections, something about the exchange needs renovation.
Breaking the patterns of Venus in Pisces will help us access the powers of Venus in Aries: loving yourself will be the cheat code. The greatest romance you will ever know is the one with yourself. When you love yourself it makes taking shit from other people impossible. If you have been feeling like you’ve been on someone else’s ride for too long it’s time to get off. Sounds simple, but that’s Aries for ya! It’s why we love the no-nonsense, direct sign. Pull the emergency brake. Unbuckle and hop on out! You have free will and Aries is gonna keep bitch slapping ya until you remember that. Your life is not a pre-assigned homework assignment. It’s an unfolding adventure filled with excitement and new opportunities. Dive into newness. Open the window and let the stale air out. We'll emerge from this Venus Retrograde with a renewed spirit (Pisces) and a stronger sense of self (Aries.)
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xo Stevie