Without a devotional approach to this sacred interval, we can easily fall prey to its subconscious traps. The gods-who used to use planets to send us divine messages-are now caught in some mechanical assembly line, having lost all intelligence and creativity.Īnd this is why, often enough, the dire predictions about Venus retrograde come true. Invest your money now and you could lose your shirt.Īs if Venus were standing at an engine grinding out these same dull fates year after year! Alas it’s what happens when you take the sacred out of astrology. And that expensive thing you want to buy? You’ll pay more for it than it’s worth. And forget about old lovers-they’ll be knocking on your door, but don’t open it! Don’t make any drastic changes to your appearance-you’ll regret it. Venus could entice you with an exciting new love who seems to offer everything that’s missing from your life-until you realize he’s worse than any jerk you’ve ever been with. Yet what today’s astrologers typically say about this period is “Watch out! Difficulties with all things Venus lie ahead-she’ll screw with your relationships, your money, your beauty, your overall happiness!” For six weeks every 18 months, Venus retrograde offers an auspicious time for positive changes and enlightenment. This wonder still occurs whenever the planet Venus appears to go backward (or retrograde). Moses spent 40 days and nights on Mount Sinai, listening to God then carving His Ten Commandments into stone.Ī few thousand years before these events, 40 days and nights was how long it took Ishtar, the Queen of Heaven, to transform, from Evening Star to Morning Star, again and again. Jesus fasted this long in the desert while resisting the Devil’s temptations.

It station direct on January 29.Ĭonsider committing to using this sacred interval to achieve an important desire.Ĥ0 days and 40 nights-it’s how long the Buddha sat under the Bodhi Tree before reaching enlightenment. Venus stations retrograde soon, on December 19.

Venus retrograde 2020 dates