Venus
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Venus stands for value and attraction: love, money, beauty. She pulls in what you like. Through her you see how you handle relationships, what you can truly savor and which kind of beauty gets to you. Her placement describes how you love, how you negotiate and what you surround yourself with when you want to feel good.
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How you love
Your Sun sign is just one part of your birth chart. Venus is the planet that describes your style in love, pleasure, and relationships. Find out which sign it was in when you were born.
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Your star sign doesn't say how you love. Another planet in your chart does. That's the job of Venus in your birth chart. She's the character for attraction and your values. Every planet has a job. The sign it's in describes its personal style. So Venus shows what you love. Her sign shows how you do it. This is an invitation to explore your own unique taste. See if it feels true for you. You can calculate your Venus sign for free at theastroacademy.com.
What Venus means
What Venus governs
Venus is the planet of love, pleasure and values. It shows what you find beautiful and what pulls you in, whether that is a person, money, art or a slow Sunday breakfast. Astrologers count it, along with Jupiter, as one of the two "benefics". Its job in your chart is to describe how you bond, how you enjoy things and what you care about.
Reading your Venus sign
The sign your Venus sits in is the style it loves in. In a fire sign it often loves boldly and fast. In an earth sign loyalty and touch tend to count most, in an air sign wit and long conversations, in a water sign deep, tender bonds. Your taste and style hang on it too, along with the way you treat yourself to something lovely. The Sun tells you who you are. How you love is something you read from Venus.
Venus sign calculator: where your Venus sits
Seen from Earth, Venus never gets more than 47 degrees away from the Sun. So your Venus sits either in the same sign as your Sun or in one of the two signs on either side. A Venus in Aries with a Sun in Cancer does not exist. Venus usually spends three to five weeks in a sign; roughly every 19 months it turns retrograde for about six weeks and can then stay in one sign for up to four months. Your birth date is enough for the right Venus sign. Only the house it falls in needs a time and place.
Venus signs in 2026: every period
| Sign | First entry | Final exit |
|---|---|---|
| Venus in Capricorn | before 2026 | Jan 17, 2026 |
| Venus in Aquarius | Jan 17, 2026 | Feb 10, 2026 |
| Venus in Pisces | Feb 10, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 |
| Venus in Aries | Mar 6, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 |
| Venus in Taurus | Mar 30, 2026 | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Venus in Gemini | Apr 24, 2026 | May 19, 2026 |
| Venus in Cancer | May 19, 2026 | Jun 13, 2026 |
| Venus in Leo | Jun 13, 2026 | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Venus in Virgo | Jul 9, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Venus in Libra | Aug 6, 2026 | Dec 4, 2026 |
| Venus in Scorpio | Sep 10, 2026 | beyond 2026 |
The first row carries over from the previous year and the last runs into next year. Where two rows overlap, Venus was retrograde and briefly returned to the previous sign. If you are looking up someone born this year, you can read the sign straight off the table. For any other date, use the calculator above.
What your Venus sign describes
- How you show affection: with words, time, gifts or touch.
- What you find beautiful: colors, clothes, rooms. There is a matching birth chart color palette.
- How you handle money and pleasure. Are you careful with it, or generous?
- Who you find attractive. Next to a partner's Mars, the Venus & Mars calculator helps.
Something to check: when someone wants to make you happy, what actually lands? Then read the matching interpretation, for example Venus in Taurus, and compare. The guide to the planets explains Venus itself; your birth chart shows the whole picture.
Which Venus sign is the most common?
Aries, with 10.1% of all birth moments from 1940 to 2009; the rarest is Libra with 7%. The most common sign comes up 1.4 times as often as the rarest.
Venus never gets more than 47 degrees from the Sun and usually needs 25 days for a sign. About every 19 months she turns retrograde and can then stay up to 124 days in one sign. Because Venus repeats her rhythm almost exactly every eight years, those long stays fall into the same signs for decades. That is why Aries, Scorpio and Gemini come up more often than Pisces, Sagittarius and Libra.
| Sign | Share 1940–2009 | Born retrograde |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | 10.1% | 13.7% |
| Taurus | 7.3% | 1.2% |
| Gemini | 9.3% | 10.8% |
| Cancer | 8.3% | 6.2% |
| Leo | 8.2% | 6.1% |
| Virgo | 9.2% | 10.9% |
| Libra | 7% | 0% |
| Scorpio | 9.7% | 12.9% |
| Sagittarius | 7% | 0.7% |
| Capricorn | 7.9% | 6.2% |
| Aquarius | 9% | 10.6% |
| Pisces | 7% | 0.3% |
Counted with the Swiss Ephemeris: every moment from 1940 to 2009 at three-hour steps, each counted equally (not official birth records). Stays from a daily scan 1900–2100, from the first entry to the final change of sign.
Famous people and their Venus sign
One well-known person per sign whose Venus stayed in that sign for the whole birth day.
- Marilyn MonroeVenus in Ariesactor
- Salvador DalíVenus in Taurusartist
- Frida KahloVenus in Geminipainter
- Antoine de Saint-ExupéryVenus in Cancerwriter
- Michael JacksonVenus in Leosinger
- John LennonVenus in Virgomusician
- Albert CamusVenus in Libraphilosopher
- Bill GatesVenus in Scorpioinvestor
- Federico FelliniVenus in Sagittariusfilm screenwriter
- Steve JobsVenus in Capricornentrepreneur
- Corbin BleuVenus in Aquariusactor
- Céline DionVenus in Piscessinger
A birth date does not explain a person. Check for yourself whether you see anything in common.
Birth dates: Wikidata (CC0). Signs calculated with the Swiss Ephemeris; without birth times, so only unambiguous placements.
Venus: frequently asked questions
- Do I need my birth time for the Venus?
- No. Venus stays in one sign for about three to five weeks, so your birth date alone is enough for the right sign.
- What does my Venus sign say about me?
- Your Venus sign shows how Venus expresses itself in your chart. Enter your birth date, find your sign, and read the full interpretation below.
- Is the Venus calculator free?
- Yes. The calculator is completely free and needs no sign-up. We only ask for your email when you want to connect the result to your full birth chart.
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