I took this write up on the Venus Retrograde from Night Light News. You can get quite accurate info for the upcoming week; her weeks run Thursday to Wednesday, btw! Hope this helps fill in the info gaps, lol!
Venus turns retrograde Friday morning at 10:28 am (Pacific time) at 2 degrees Virgo. Where is that degree in everyone's chart? Venus will re-enter Leo August 10th continuing its retrograde motion till September 7th.
We know that retrogrades signify an inward movement of the planet's energy (and thus our energy). Everyone in the world will experience this Venus retrograde. Love, relationships, values and our possessions will be altered and will not function in ways we are used to. We will be called to look back upon that which is unfinished, including feelings about others, past loves and business relationships. We may have difficulty expressing ourselves for the energy of a retrograde activates inner levels.
We will re-evaluate existing relationships. A new and higher level of harmony and balance will be sought. We will review the issues in our lives that have been difficult and attempt to discover other paths and ways of living that bring forth love, comfort, money and the Art of Living. Relationships that begin during Venus retrograde turn out to be quite different when Venus turns direct. This is a forewarning.
Venus retrograde is also a time to review finances and evaluate the best and better ways to bring in, handle, save, and use money. DO NOT PURCHASE ANYTHING OF IMPORTANCE DURING THE VENUS RETROGRADE.
Also, while Venus is retrograde a most interesting situation occurs. The value and price of things becomes unknown! Therefore one can find great bargain or one can spend extravagantly on an object no longer useful when Venus turns direct. Clean out closets and garages and give things away. Venus retro is a time to unburden ourselves from objects (events, jobs, relationships, ideas, beliefs, that couch, etc.) that are no longer serving us.
Finally it's time to re-evaluate how we think about ourselves, how we look, dress, speak, and tend to our own care and feeding (on all levels including spiritual). It's really a fun time to observe others during a Venus retrograde. Everything's quite upside down. And the best fun of all is when Venus retro is over. The world has changed.
