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...