Venus retrograde dates and degrees

Aug 31 @ 22 libra enters shadow

Oct 3 @ 8 scorpio station rx

Oct 23 @ 0 scorpio cazimi

 Nov 13 @ 22 libra station direct

Dec 15 @ 8 scorpio leaves shadow

Today, Venus crosses 22 degrees of Libra, the degree where she will eventually station direct at on November 13. This means she's entered the pre-shadow zone, the territory where she'll eventually transit retrograde.

Venus is a benefic, so we expect good things from her in general. Venus brings people together and is the symbol of relating, love, beauty, creativity and money. So many of the things that make us happy!

When a benefic goes retrograde, we don't quite get what we expect. At times, we may feel we're missing the Venus 'magic', however, at other times we may get something unexpected, that we didn't even know we were missing. 

Libra is a 'yang' sign and Venus here tends to get what she desires through other people such as through relationships, beautiful surroundings, receiving compensation, s...

On Friday, August 28 at 12:15 am EDT, the Full Moon aligns with the Lunar Nodes to form a partial Lunar Eclipse at 4 degrees Pisces/Virgo.

I've had my eyes on this lunation for weeks because it'll be especially de-stabilizing as it squares Uranus in Gemini. The Pisces Full Moon conjoins the North Node which suggests emotions are especially overwhelming and ready to burst. The North Node in Aquarius extends the emotion beyond the personal realm into the collective.

The Great Awakener, Uranus, has a shattering, electrifying influence. We often think of shocks when it comes to a square aspect with Uranus. As the Virgo Sun seeks order and practicality and the Pisces Moon desired to escape from worldly restrictions, Uranus in Gemini squaring them both ensures an unexpected shift is in store.

The Pisces-Virgo axis often appears in unequal relationships such as victim-savior, martyrdom or overly dependent dynamics. In health matters, Pisces may ignore the restrictions and healthy habits that Vir...

Full Moon at 12°21' Libra Wednesday, April 1, 2026 7:12 PM PDT | 10:12 PM EDT

Under the radiant light of the Libra Full Moon, something that has been building since the New Moon two weeks ago reaches its peak and with it comes a moment of breathtaking clarity.

The Full Moon illuminates the stirrings of the soul and brings them to full bloom.

The Archetype: Libra, the Scales, the Search for Justice

Libra is one of the most misunderstood signs in the zodiac. We hear balance and we imagine stillness and perfect equilibrium. But the Scales are not a symbol of balance achieved. They are a symbol of weighing the active, sometimes agonizing process of discernment.

Full Moons always call us into the polarity of two opposing signs. Libra is the recognition that we do not exist alone. We are shaped by our partnerships, our cooperations, our reflections in the eyes of another.

The Full Moon in Libra is flooded with the light of the Aries Sun, and in that flood of light, we are asked to see ...

There are moments when our paths shifts so definitively that we can sense the gears of destiny clicking into place.

From March 25 to 28, 2026, we are navigating a celestial changing of the guard that asks us to reconcile our rawest ambitions (Aries) with the structural integrity (Saturn) required to sustain them over the long term.

On March 25, the Sun conjoins Saturn in Aries, illuminating the embattled leader in its fall. Imagine a master architect trying to build a cathedral in the middle of a lightning storm. Aries wants a clear target and a direct aim; Saturn demands patience, consideration, and a long-term blueprint.

You're likely to sense a handbrake effect, the sudden friction of your goals meeting obstacles. This isn't the universe saying "no," but rather Saturn asking: Is this vision strong enough to sustain your future? It’s an invitation to trade reckless force for disciplined power.

The Alchemical Support: Sun Sextile Pluto

Simultaneously, the exalted Sun in Aries forms...

Pisces New Moon
28 degrees Pisces
March 18, 2026
6:23 PM PDT | 9:23 PM EDT

The New Moon in Pisces arrives on March 18 at 28 degrees Pisces, near the final degree of the zodiac, and with it comes a profound invitation: to release what has been, and to dream of a new future filled with expanded purpose and self-belief.

Pisces is a sign of mystery, magic and the divine. Archetypally it is associated with the mystic, the dreamer, transformation and dissolution. 

Dreams become vivid and imagination becomes epic. When we enter Pisces energy, we are called inward — into the dream space, the sacred quiet where intuition speaks most clearly and we're transformed by the numinous.

A New Moon is an opportunity to set intentions for the month ahead, and as this one is ruled by Jupiter, it offers expansion, hope and glorious opportunity for the long-term future.

After the Storm: Eclipse Season Closes

Eclipse season has a way of accelerating destiny — rearranging the furniture of our lives in ways w...

On March 10, 2026, Jupiter stations to turn direct at 15° Cancer, concluding an introspective retrograde journey that began last November. A planetary station represents a concentration of archetypal intent—a stillness before a surge.

As the Great Benefic pivots, the internal work of the last four months regarding our foundations, security, and emotional attachments begins to flow outward.

The Archetype of Belonging and the Shadow of Nationalism

Cancer governs the threshold of the inner sanctum: the home, the womb, and the invisible web of lineage. While Jupiter here amplifies our capacity to nourish and protect, we must also observe its shadow. When the Cancerian need for "belonging" is filtered through fear, it can manifest as a regressive rise in nationalism—an "us versus them" tribalism that prioritizes the collective ego over human connection.

With Jupiter symbolic of religion and dogma, it's interesting that this Mercury retrograde and Jupiter station direct has revealed the d...

Virgo Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon)
12 degrees Virgo/Pisces
March 3, 2026
4:37 AM PST / 6:37 AM EST (Full Moon)
3:04 AM PST - 4:03 AM PST (Eclipse Totality)
6:04 AM EST - 7:03 AM EST (Eclipse Totality)

An extraordinary Total Lunar Eclipse occurs across the Virgo (Moon) / Pisces (Sun) axis in the early hours of Tuesday, March 3. The Moon swells to her fullest and then is engulfed in the Earth's shadow, where it's illumination briefly turns to a deep, ruddy darkness, this one lasting 59 minutes.

Emotions run high under a lunar eclipse; what has been suppressed rises, what has been avoided becomes glaringly obvious. Virgo Full Moons often bring about crises - it's common to experience health crises or heightened anxieties that expose what needs to be healed or purified. 

As eclipses only occur when the Full Moon aligns with the lunar nodes, they carry particular karmic gravity. What is illuminated now has been building, often for years, toward a moment of reckoning and emotional catharsis.

Sout...

Aquarius Solar Eclipse (New Moon)
February 17, 2026
4:01 AM PST / 7:01 AM EST
28 degrees Aquarius

On February 17, we reach a cosmic inflection point. We are entering the vortex of a powerful Solar Eclipse at 28° Aquarius.

Solar Eclipses are New Moons conjunct the Lunar Nodes and have a fated quality about them. The light of the Sun is temporarily obscured, and while this will only be visible over Antarctica in a "Ring of Fire" solar eclipse, the cosmic significance of the darkening of the light of consciousness will reverberate throughout the world.

Aquarius is the sign of the collective, groups, innovation and progressive ideas. A Mars-Uranus square aligned with the solar eclipse suggests collective unrest, eruptions of conflict and provocative ideas that motivate people into action.

Transition of Leadership

Solar eclipses are notorious for the fall of a "King" or leader, a weakening in their power or a transition from their powerful role. In Aquarius, the Sun is in detriment suggesting ...