Shukra retrograde began today in swarashi 12:16 PM & it will go direct 25th June 2020 12:19 PM.
Venus goes retrograde less than any other planet, but when it does, it touches us to the core of our heart. Venus retrograde is similar to a descent into the underworld: a part of us must die so that a new version of ourselves can emerge.
Venus retrograde is so much more significant because it happens only once every 1,5 years of 584 days. And Venus retrograde is nothing else but the beginning on a new Venus cycle.
What is spectacular about the Venus cycle is that it has two distinct phases: Venus rising as a morning star, and as an evening star. For 9 months Venus rises before the Sun. This is her morning star phase.
She then disappears from the sky for approximately 2 months. After 2 months, she rises again, this time as an evening star. After that Venus disappears again, this time for two weeks. A new Venus cycle starts, with Venus rising again as a morning star.
When Venus transforms from an evening star to a morning star, she actually disappears from the sky. Venus goes retrograde. Venus retrograde happens exactly at the end of a Venus cycle when Venus shifts from an evening star to a morning star.
When retrograde, Venus has to leave behind her beautiful evening gown and embrace the purity of nature. This is the rebirth of Venus. Venus retrograde is nothing else but Venus’ rebirth.
The transformation is a complete metamorphosis. No wonder Venus retrograde completely turns our life upside down, too. At the beginning of Venus retrograde, Venus appears to change her direction and starts moving backward.
Venus becomes invisible in the evening sky as she is approaching the conjunction with the Sun. Mid-retrograde cycle Venus conjuncts the Sun and a new Venus cycle starts 7 days after the conjunction Venus appears again, this time in the morning sky
And 10 days after her appearance, Venus finally starts to move forward again.
The first 20 days of Venus retrograde are about letting go of the old, and NOT a time for new beginnings. This is when old lovers or unfinished things from the past come into your life – so that you can finally deal with them.
So yes, the first half of Venus retrograde is about letting go of something of value. However, when we start the second half of Venus retrograde things take a completely different turn.
This is also a time of confusion. When Venus is conjunct the Sun, she is also invisible. Things may not be what they seem. But now, more than ever, it is important to listen to your heart.
This doesn’t mean you should make a big decision yet. It will take a few more days until Venus will appear in the sky again. This is when things will start to make more sense to you. Venus has two sides Morning Star in Taurus & Evening Star in Libra.
This is the meta physical transformation that Venus or Shukra plays in our life. Of course where Retrogrades happen in which Rashi & Nakshatra is equally important for person to person. This time it happens in Vrishab Rashi & Mrighashira Nakshatra.
