Venus Retrograde 2026
Happening now · day 38 of 42 · 5 days to goHappening now: since October 3, 2026 (exact at 09:15 CEST), until November 14, 2026. Read what this phase in the sky means and how it might play out for your zodiac sign.
Happening now · Day 38 of 42
October 3 to November 14
5 days to go · began on October 3, 2026, 09:15
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The facts at a glance
Venus Retrograde
Exact moment
October 3, 2026, 09:15
CEST · 07:15 UT
Happening now
Day 38 of 42
until November 14
Zodiac
Scorpio
8°29'
Event type
Retrograde
Venus Retrograde
Duration
42 days
until November 14, 2026
How often?
every 1.6 years
about 42 days each time
Next time
May 11, 2028
Venus Retrograde
How we calculated this
Computed to the minute with the Swiss Ephemeris (NASA JPL data), tropical zodiac. The time is German time, Universal Time (UT) is the time at the prime meridian.
Source: planet positions from the Swiss Ephemeris (NASA JPL data), the same basis professional astrology software uses.
8°29' Scorpio
On October 3, 2026 Venus turns retrograde (in Scorpio).
What Scorpio adds
The sign gives the moment its colour. Scorpio stands for the themes of the day for everyone; for you it depends on where Scorpio sits in your chart.
Venus Retrograde Bingo
Which of these do you know around this day? Tap what fits. Three in a row is bingo.
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Who notices it most
- ScorpioThe sign itself
- TaurusOpposite
- AquariusAt a right angle
- LeoAt a right angle
With the Sun, Moon or Ascendant in one of these signs, many notice a day like this more clearly. Who do you know with one of them?
Why these four?
The moment sits at 8°29' Scorpio. The four signs lie right there, opposite, or at a right angle to it. Astrology counts these angles as the most noticeable: what happens there nudges, challenges or sets something in motion.
What Venus's retrograde can do
Depending on the area of life it falls into in a chart, it shows up differently. These are the twelve possibilities:
- Fresh startSelf & new starts
- Treasure huntMoney & values
- SignalTalk & close circle
- NestingHome & family
- HeartbeatLove & joy
- Clear-outRoutine & health
- MirrorRelationships
- Deep diveIntimacy & change
- WanderlustTravel & meaning
- SummitCareer & goals
- NetworkFriends & plans
- RetreatRetreat & dreams
A note to future you
Open on
May 11, 2028
Venus Retrograde
- 1What is on your mind most right now?
- 2What should be different by then?
- 3Who do you want to tell about it then?
Write down the three answers today and read them again on May 11, 2028. Who joins you?
All 2 dates of 2026
Every full moon in your calendar
- Full moon
- New moon
- Eclipse
- Mercury retrograde
The dates appear in your calendar on their own, each with a link to its explanation. Remove it any time.
What does this mean?
On October 3, 2026 at 09:15 (CEST), Venus turns retrograde. Seen from Earth, the planet seems to pause in the sky and then drift backwards for a while. In astrology this begins a time for second thoughts. Words that start with "re" suit it better than a big fresh launch: revisit, revise, reconnect.
What does Venus mean?
Venus covers value and attraction: love, money, beauty. She pulls toward you whatever pleases you. She also reveals your style in relationships, what you know how to enjoy, and which kind of beauty truly gets to you. From your Venus position you can read how you love, how you bargain, and what you gather around you to feel good.
What does a retrograde station mean?
Retrograde station: seen from Earth, the planet seems to stop and then move backwards. It only looks that way, because Earth is overtaking it. A good time for everything that starts with re: rethink, revise, redo.
What does Scorpio mean?
Scorpio goes deep: power, intimacy, truths that aren't pleasant. It stays where others walk away and wants to know what's under the surface. Where Scorpio is active, nothing gets prettied up. Things get transformed instead. One theme ends, and another comes back stripped to its core.
Venus Retrograde
Venus slows down in Scorpio and turns retrograde. Until it goes direct, love and money are for reviewing: correct, clarify, reopen old feelings rather than decide.
What it means for your zodiac sign?
A short reading for each sun sign. You feel the moment most where it hits a point in your own chart directly.
Aries
As Aries, you will probably pick up the undertones more than the main tune. They are quiet and can still be useful. The focus is love, money and pleasure: old topics come back to the table and can be sorted out calmly. Fire signs often get going by doing. Pick one small action for the day that you will actually finish.
Taurus
As Taurus, you might get a nudge that feels awkward at first. Check whether it takes you somewhere useful later on. This moment shines a light on love, money and pleasure, and old topics come back to the table and can be sorted out calmly. Earth signs usually want something they can hold. Turn the impulse into one practical step.
Gemini
For Gemini this mostly happens in the background. Rather than an upheaval, maybe one small thing shifts. These days, look closely at love, money and pleasure, since old topics come back to the table and can be sorted out calmly. Air signs like to sort their thoughts in words. Tell someone what is shifting, or write it down.
Cancer
For Cancer, a moment like this often just rolls along, like a tailwind on a bike ride. Where does something come easier right now? The focus is love, money and pleasure: old topics come back to the table and can be sorted out calmly. With water signs, feelings often speak first. Take a quiet moment and listen to what they are saying.
Leo
As Leo, you might get a nudge that feels awkward at first. Check whether it takes you somewhere useful later on. This moment shines a light on love, money and pleasure, and old topics come back to the table and can be sorted out calmly. Fire signs often get going by doing. Pick one small action for the day that you will actually finish.
Virgo
The sign Virgo sits at an easy angle to this event. Many people find days like this lighter. Is that true for you? These days, look closely at love, money and pleasure, since old topics come back to the table and can be sorted out calmly. Earth signs usually want something they can hold. Turn the impulse into one practical step.
Libra
As Libra, you will probably pick up the undertones more than the main tune. They are quiet and can still be useful. The focus is love, money and pleasure: old topics come back to the table and can be sorted out calmly. Air signs like to sort their thoughts in words. Tell someone what is shifting, or write it down.
Scorpio
As Scorpio, you are standing in the middle of this one, since it happens in your sign. Can you feel it? This moment shines a light on love, money and pleasure, and old topics come back to the table and can be sorted out calmly. With water signs, feelings often speak first. Take a quiet moment and listen to what they are saying.
Sagittarius
For Sagittarius this mostly happens in the background. Rather than an upheaval, maybe one small thing shifts. These days, look closely at love, money and pleasure, since old topics come back to the table and can be sorted out calmly. Fire signs often get going by doing. Pick one small action for the day that you will actually finish.
Capricorn
For Capricorn, a moment like this often just rolls along, like a tailwind on a bike ride. Where does something come easier right now? The focus is love, money and pleasure: old topics come back to the table and can be sorted out calmly. Earth signs usually want something they can hold. Turn the impulse into one practical step.
Aquarius
As Aquarius, you might get a nudge that feels awkward at first. Check whether it takes you somewhere useful later on. This moment shines a light on love, money and pleasure, and old topics come back to the table and can be sorted out calmly. Air signs like to sort their thoughts in words. Tell someone what is shifting, or write it down.
Pisces
The sign Pisces sits at an easy angle to this event. Many people find days like this lighter. Is that true for you? These days, look closely at love, money and pleasure, since old topics come back to the table and can be sorted out calmly. With water signs, feelings often speak first. Take a quiet moment and listen to what they are saying.
Tips & rituals
4 ideas for this day
- 1Think of a relationship or a purchase you agreed to quickly. Does it still match what you care about?
- 2Pick up one old thread again instead of starting five new ones. Words that begin with "re" suit these weeks.
- 3On the first day, note one thing you want to look at again during this phase. Read the note once more at the end.
- 4Put off final decisions where you can. This stretch suits reviewing better than committing.
Where does this moment hit your chart?
The sky does the same thing for everyone. What reaches you depends on where this moment touches your birth chart. Take a free look at where it lands for you.
Your time windows
Your Time Windows
With dates, and with what you can check in each window.
- Your windowsCheck, prepare, act
- Emotional seasonWhich phase you are in
- DirectionWhere your focus is shifting
- Work & pressureWhat your work demands
- What emergesWhat ends and begins
- Your 90 daysA plan for three months
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Venus Retrograde 2026 by the numbers
The station is exact on October 3, 2026 at 09:15 CEST, and Venus is at 8°29' Scorpio when it happens. A station just means that from Earth the planet seems to stop for a few days, then turn. It never truly reverses, much like the train beside yours at the platform that only seems to roll back.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Exact moment | October 3, 2026, 09:15 (CEST) |
| Universal Time | 07:15 UT |
| Event type | Retrograde |
| Venus | 8°29' Scorpio |
| Turns direct | November 14, 2026 · 22°51' Libra (42 days) |
For 42 days the planet stays retrograde, until November 14, 2026 at 22°51' Libra.
Check the current planetary positions to see where Venus is today. Your free birth chart tells you which house Scorpio occupies in your chart, and the house hints at the area of life this phase may stir up for you. The Scorpio sign profile has more on the sign itself, and retrograde planets lists every phase of every planet.
How to read the data
- Degree: this is where the apparent backward motion starts. The planet passes over this stretch of the zodiac three times: once before the retrograde, once during it and once after.
- Duration: counted from one station to the next, from the first standstill to the turnaround.
- A small test: on October 3, write down which conversation or plan you are taking up a second time, maybe the email you already started once. When the phase ends, look again at what became of it.
How often does Venus go retrograde?
Venus goes retrograde on average every 1.6 years. Each phase runs 42 days on average, ranging from 41 days to 43 days. Put together, Venus spends 7.2 % of all days retrograde.
Venus never actually turns around. Its orbit lies inside ours, closer to the Sun, and it laps the Earth at regular intervals. For a few weeks around each lap, Venus seems from down here to drift backwards through the zodiac.
Between 1900 and 2100, 9.5 % of all retrograde phases started in Scorpio. That puts it at number 5 of the 12 signs.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Counted | 1900–2100 |
| Retrograde per year | once every 1.6 years |
| Average length | 42 days |
| Shortest / longest phase | 41 days / 43 days |
| Share of retrograde days | 7.2 % |
| Starting in Scorpio | 9.5 % (rank 5/12) |
| Previous retrograde | 2 March 2025 |
| Next retrograde | 11 May 2028 |
We ran every day from 1900 to 2100 through the Swiss Ephemeris, using the same rules as this calendar. All dates are in German time.
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Common questions
- When does Venus go retrograde in 2026?
- Venus stations retrograde on October 3, 2026 at 09:15 CEST (07:15 UT).
- What does Venus's retrograde mean?
- Venus eases off the gas in Scorpio. Until the next direct station, whatever Venus rules tends to run backwards. Fixing things, clearing them up and picking them up again comes easier now than a fresh decision.
- How long does the retrograde phase last?
- This phase runs until November 14, 2026 (42 days). It ends with the next event in the same series.
- Which zodiac signs does Venus's retrograde affect most?
- Usually it's Scorpio, because the event takes place in that sign. Aquarius, Taurus, Leo often notice it as well. They sit square or opposite, and a tense angle like that simply means these signs rub against the theme. Check it against your own chart. Further down you'll find a short reading for all 12 signs.