Transit Venus Conjunct Natal Venus: Your Yearly Venus Return

Transit Venus conjunct natal Venus is known in astrology as the Venus return: Venus travels through the sky and comes back to the degree it occupied at the moment of birth. It is a small but meaningful yearly renewal in love, values, pleasure and money. The effect is felt most strongly for two or three days around the exact conjunction.

When does the Venus return happen and how long does it last?

In most years the Venus return falls fairly close to the birthday, but not on the same date every year. Because Venus turns retrograde about every eighteen months, in some years the return is delayed or happens three times a few weeks apart. Such a drawn-out return can become a season in which the person reviews relationships and values more deeply.

Remembering what you love

In these days the person comes back to their own taste: they feel more clearly what seems beautiful, whose company they enjoy and what they want to spend money on. A relationship may turn a new page, and someone single may feel eager to date again. Refreshing the wardrobe, making the home prettier, going to an art event or sharing a favorite meal with favorite people are the natural rituals of this cycle.

The shadow side is the urge for renewal turning into impulse spending. Using the Venus return as a moment of intention rather than an excuse to shop gives longer-lasting results: for example, writing down what should take up more room in love and money over the coming year. The houses natal Venus rules, the ones beginning with Taurus and Libra, also share in this yearly refresh.