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Venus Retrograde, October 2018 ~ Sexual Tension ~ October 4, 2018


By Astrology King 

Venus retrograde 2018 starts on October 5 at 10° Scorpio and ends on November 16 at 25° Libra. Venus retrograde brings six weeks of increased passions you can channel in many ways. Of course Venus rules love so relationships will be a major focus for many. But the aspects and fixed stars involved are ideal for artistic and creative work.

The main influence on Venus stationary retrograde is a tense square aspect to Mars. Increasing sexual tension could turn to anger, lack of self-control and impulsiveness. Interestingly, Venus retrograde 2018 is on the same degree as the Ascendant of Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein. Before more detail about Venus retrograde 2018 you can read what it means to have Venus retrograde in your natal chart then the general meaning of Venus retrograde in transit.

Natal Venus Retrograde

Natal Venus retrograde means you have some difficulty in giving and receiving love and affection. You may experience sadness in love or have to endure hardship or delay. Lack of self-love, social anxiety, shyness and even financial hardship are associated with Venus retrograde in your birth chart.

Often these challenges are a result of past life relationship issues. Due to the laws of karma, if you caused suffering or hardship to a lover in an earlier life, you shall experience something similar yourself during this life. Venus retrograde acts like Mars so perhaps you hurt someone you loved. Maybe you had an affair, walked out when they needed you most, or physically injured them.

Whatever happened in past romances, you come into this life with those bad memories etched in your soul. You probably don’t recognize them as memories but as déjà vu or unexplained guilt. Especially when young, there can be a repeating theme of challenging events related to your past.

Sadness and disappointment may come from unrequited love, forced marriage, sexual abuse, mental illness or physical disability. Learning to love yourself is critical in working through your Venus in retrograde issues. Other signs of natal Venus retrograde are poor personal hygiene and not caring about how you look.

Self love can start with beautifying your physical appearance. Using fashion, cosmetics and beauty treatments can greatly improve your self-love, therefore making you more lovable. However, natal Venus retrograde can also show as excessive use of makeup and jewelry or even disfigurement from cosmetic surgery.

The aim of Venus retrograde in your natal chart is to perfect those areas of your love life which once let you down. As your relationship skills improve with experience, your karmic debt will be repaid and you start to enjoy more loving relationships.

Venus Retrograde Transit

Transiting Venus retrograde occurs once every 19 months for a total of six weeks (42 days). This means Venus is retrograde only 7% of the time, the least amount of any planet. The next closest is Mars retrograde at 9% then Mercury retrograde at 19%. Therefore, Venus retrograde is the most strongly felt of all retrograde planets.

During Venus in retrograde your love life enters a fated period. Giving and receiving love and affection becomes more difficult. Old friends or lovers may reappear or you may relive past life experiences in order to sort out karmic issues. As Venus also rules money, it’s traditionally thought that Venus retrograde is not an ideal time for investing or buying luxury items.

Venus retrograde in transit is a time of introspection and reassessment. You will likely become interested in someone or something of value that would bring you pleasure. Destiny encounters are possible and you may actually come into contact with your soul mate. If so, you should experience a feeling of inevitability or familiarity. However, it is better to wait until Venus turns direct to make your move.

Use Venus retrogrades to improve how you feel about yourself, to love yourself more. Think about what really brings you pleasure. Find the reasons for problems in earlier or current relationships. This is where old lovers reappearing can help you clear away the past to make room for new relationships. Even reminiscing about old partners will help to remove your karmic baggage and lighten the load.

Venus Retrograde 2018

There are three distinct phases to Venus retrograde 2018. Before Venus stations retrograde it moves through the retrograde zone, also called the shadow zone. The second phase is when Venus moves in retrograde motion. The last phase is when Venus moves through the retrograde zone again after stationing direct.

Phase 1: Venus in the Retrograde Zone

Venus enters the shadow zone on 2 September 2018 at 25°14′ Libra. From now until Venus stationary retrograde is the first shadow period. During this phase you will get an idea of the love and money issues that will be of concern during the retrograde phase. [See Chart]

Phase 2: Venus Retrograde 2018

Venus stations retrograde on 5 October 2018 at 10°50′ Scorpio on a lovely fixed star which is favorable for love affairs. Venus trine Neptune is a friendly and romantic influence but the strongest influence on Venus retrograde 2018 is Venus square Mars. This is a very challenging aspect so it is best to understand it before looking at the easy influences.

Venus square Mars increases your sex drive but can cause relationship difficulties, especially if there is already some underlying sexual or competitive tension. Yet in a healthy relationship, where both partners have equally strong egos, you may enjoy more exhilarating sexual activity. If single, your increased sexual desire will match your more attractive aura. However, if dating, you should take care not to lower your standards or put yourself at risk because of your impatient lust. Affairs are more likely during Venus retrograde 2018 but not necessarily of a lasting nature.

So in a good relationship you express your love through sex. But in a difficult relationship you are more likely to express hate because of a buildup of sexual frustration. This is probably not the best time to work out the underlying causes of relationship tension because the need for sexual satisfaction is so primal it overrides all else. Compromise will help avoid hostility, but a tendency to agree to anything just to get your way could lead to loss and regret.

Venus square Mars also brings anger, lack of self-control and impulsiveness to Venus retrograde 2018. So if you are already an impatient or aggressive person, try not to lose your temper if you face rejection. There are other ways to safely express your frustrations. Try to release physical tension in productive ways through sport, exercise or masturbation. You could also channel this energy into creative work like sculpture or dance.

Venus trine Neptune has a romantic, relaxing and dreamy influence which will tone down the raw and impulsive nature of Venus square Mars. You should feel more compassionate and willing to help others. So your love life will benefit from increased tenderness. Wanting to connect at the spiritual level will also moderate the overly sexual nature of Venus retrograde 2018 to favor more tender or tantric sex.

This creative, friendly and beautifying influence lowers the risk of losing your temper and of taking risks just to get laid. Along with the creative outlets mentioned for Venus retrograde 2018 square Mars, this aspect is good for her watching movies, entertaining visitors and beautifying your surroundings. It especially favors singing but anything creative can lead to something beautiful.

Venus Retrograde 2018 Stars

Fixed star Alphecca at 12°32′ Scorpio conjunct Venus retrograde 2018 is favorable for love affairs. It bring benefits from friends and gives artistic and musical taste. In general, this star in the Northern Crown gives honor, dignity and poetical and artistic ability. [1] But on the Ascendant as it is for Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein it gives a life spent in a variety of pleasurable pursuits, loves adornments, secretly engaged in love affairs or adultery.

Fixed star Acrux at 12°07′ Scorpio gives another spiritual influence to Venus retrograde 2018. This star in the Southern Cross gives ceremony, justice, magic and mystery, and is often prominent in the horoscopes of astrologers and occultists. [1]

Phase 3: Venus Direct

Venus stations direct on 16 November 2018 at 25°14′ Libra opposite Uranus but on the two most fortunate fixed stars used in astrology. Again it is important to understand the challenges of the difficult aspect before seeking answers in the helpful stars.

Venus opposite Uranus (4°23′) usually signals a change in your love life. If you already have a partner, then an unexpected event may cause a lot of upset tension. Perhaps your partner rejects your need for a change or excitement in the bedroom. Even flirting may lead to some drama in the relationship. A healthy relationships would endure such transgressions and a permanent separation would be unlikely. An affair at this time would more likely lead to a rapid separation.

If dating, a new romance now would certainly be exciting. It is most likely, however, that it would be a short-lived relationship. But if you are the unorthodox type and need your freedom, a new relationship with a similar person could even lead to marriage. As Uranus rules the internet, you could fulfill your need for a change through internet dating or other stuff.

Whatever your situation, if love is not an option then change and excitement can manifest in another area of life. Financial windfalls are possible but take extra care with your money. Beware of a tendency to risk it all on suspect schemes or gamble it all away. You could easily find stimulation some other way such as gaming or another form of entertainment.

Venus Direct Stars

Fixed star Arcturus at 24°29′ Libra conjunct Venus brings popularity, gifts and favors from friends, but some false friends of your own sex. In general, the brightest star in Boötes Constellation gives riches, honors, high renown, self-determination and prosperity by navigation and voyages. [1]

Fixed star Spica at 24°05′ Libra conjunct Venus similarly bring benefits from friends, social success and false friends of own sex. In general, the brightest star in Virgo Constellation gives success, renown, riches, a sweet disposition, love of art and science, unscrupulousness, unfruitfulness and injustice to innocence. [1]

Venus leaves the shadow zone on 17 December 2018 at 10°50′ Scorpio. The third and last phase of Venus retrograde 2018 is now complete. [See Chart]

If Venus retrograde affects you directly see your monthly horoscope. For more details on how Venus retrograde 2018 aspects your birth chart, see Venus Transits.

Venus Retrograde Dates

  • 2017, March 4 to April 15 —27° Pisces to 13° Aries
  • 2018, October 5 to November 16 — 25° Libra to 11° Scorpio
  • 2020, May 13 to June 25 — 21° Gemini to 5° Gemini

 

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October and the Void – between two Worlds ~ October 22, 2016


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Welcome to October. After a purging marathon in September, we have entered a new month. For many it was a rough start. People are exhausted from the deep cleansing and detoxing in September which included also a lot of physical symptoms. Many are asking: How much longer? It seems like we are never getting anywhere and the ascension turns out to be a never-ending story. It will be – if you think it to be that way. Remember the law of attraction and how easy things manifest now. So it is your choice what you make out of it. October bears great potential to move forward quickly. And it will be calmer energetically. At least it feels like it as we have gotten used to the quick moving and fast burning fire energies. Many of us have learned to handle them constructively to move up in their energetic frequencies quickly. With the start into October, we have entered a phase of rebalancing.

 

September has been the most challenging month for a lot of people. Many were hoping for a rewarding start into October after all the hard work done, purging and transmuting energies for ourselves, the collective and the planet. Instead, many people feel empty. Very empty. So empty that they feel useless and are haunted by feelings of just wanting to go home and exit. The question of “Who am I and WTF am I doing here?” is present again. A lot of us fell into a big identity crisis.

“A lot of us fell into a big identity crisis. We are doubting ourselves and what we are doing.”

We are doubting ourselves and what we are doing. We even doubt our talents and gifts because we do not feel like doing anything. We are simply… lazy. Beyond measure. Except for the sexual energies. They seem to be all around for many, and people dealing with this feel like they are going to explode any second because of all these sexual thoughts an feelings. In addition to that – cravings seem to change again and the digestion system is changing. Many people experience a feeling as if the body is not digesting at all anymore. Hunger simply seems to disappear. All of that is uncomfortable and confusing. “Why did I go through all this cleansing to end up feeling like THIS??? That does not feel like the bliss I expected?”

 

The Emptiness, the Sexual Tension and its Root Causes

Why are so many feeling this way? It is very simple. As already described in the article on the September energies: The Universe wants you empty and in full surrender. Many have reached exactly that state now. Emotionally, there is not much left to purge. Our physical bodies feel worn out and very tired due to the release of old stored fear patterns that have been released from the physical body as well as the ongoing restructuring of our DNA and cellular structure. As the body has become lighter, it needs less food or no food at all. The digestion system is adapting. And our body needs rest. Even those that are usually very active and athletic do not feel like moving at all. Please do yourself a favour and follow what your body asks for. Don’t force yourself to be active if you don’t feel like it – it is just an old 3D belief pattern that we have to be active and work out regularly.

“There are times of doing and times of being and we have to learn to follow our natural cycles again.” 

There are times of doing and times of being and we have to learn to follow our natural cycles again. In addition to that, due to the planetary constellation with Venus moving through Scorpio now, a collective cleansing of old sexual patterns goes on. That releases tons of sexual energies that had been stuck in the collective for eons. Those of us that still have own sexual patterns to deal with, feel this in a very amplified way and tend to project it onto their partners. Just make sure to let go of those energies in a constructive way with lots of gratitude for the release. Masturbation can be a life-saver these days :-). Don’t be surprised if you end up in a sea of tears after masturbating. That is just the energy release. Let it go with a big “Thank you”.

 

The No-thingness between two Worlds

Now that we have been emptied out, a void has been created within us. A space for the new to come in. Osho would call this the state of “no-thingness”. It can be disorienting and frightening to be in this gap. The old has left, the new is not here yet. We are in between two worlds. This is often experienced as the dark night of the soul. We have nothing to hold on to, no clue what direction this is going to take. We don’t see all the possibilities yet that might lie ahead.

“It can be disorienting and frightening to be in this gap. The old has left and the new is not here yet. We are in between two worlds. That is often experienced as the dark night of the soul.”

“But it was just this state of pure potential that existed before the Universe was created. Nothing is not just nothing, it is all. It is vibrant with all possibilities. It is absolute potential. It is unmanifest yet, but contains it all”, says Osho. All you can do is relax into that gap with a deep trust that you have now reached a state with the potential that something sacred can be born: Your true self. Your cocooning phase will be over soon if you continue to choose love and embrace your experience and your very being.

Please be aware that you can only shift your frequency up with the full trust in this process and in appreciating the Divine perfection in all that is. And that does not only include you but puts you into first place. You are the most valuable person in your life. Love yourself in your emptiness and know that you have created this space to allow for the new. And it WILL exceed your wildest imaginations if you stay in unconditional love for yourself and everyone and everything around you. Please keep in mind that the use of alcohol or tranquilizers will keep you in low frequencies and can cause a downward spiral for you, as you are only suppressing your emotions and are not releasing them in a constructive way. This will extend your stay in 3D until you learn to love yourself and your journey.

 

So after having said all of this. What is it about October? This month is going to be a rebalancing act. Step by step, the new will come in. Your rewards for all the work done. You will see more abundance, feel more love and be much more open to receive as your heart walls are being removed. That can be overwhelming sometimes. You most likely will experience a swinging in and out of 5D as you are rebalancing within and as the collective masculine and feminine energies are striving for an equilibrium as well. You will probably experience a further dissolving of linear time and a reluctance to routines and schedules. There will be some ups and downs but in general, many will feel a deep confidence and have an inner knowing that the worst is over. Thank you so much for having done so much work for this whole planet and its inhabitants. I am so proud to be on this journey with all of you.

 

The texts I share are always based on channelings I receive and/or on experiences of clients and my own. I do not claim what I share to be the ultimate truth. I encourage everyone to only take what resonates to find your own truth and wisdom. As this is universal wisdom, I do not claim any copyright. Please feel free to share this content as long as you keep its message complete so that the meaning does not get twisted. Thank you. With lots of light and love, Vera Ingeborg

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