The Gathering Place ( Modalities of Divination )
Venus stations retrograde Saturday @ 10°Aries @ 7:36 PM, EST: Repetitious Patterns
Venus traditionally retrograded through five of the twelve astrology signs; Aries, Gemini, Leo, late Libra/Scorpio, and Capricorn; however, the second half of the 20th century marked a retrograde entry into Pisces; therefore, the above can be amended to reflect Aries/Pisces, which adds another feminine element of water to the masculine presence of fire, air, and earth. I believe an Evolutionary balance is occurring.
This retrograde in Aries will take Venus back into Pisces where it will eventually station direct April 12th @ 24°Pisces. Therefore, the energies of this retrograde are going to be twofold through the signs and houses.
One way to understand a Venus retrograde, outside of understanding Venus herself, is to compare it to Mercury stationing ( which will happen in less than two weeks @ 10°Aries ), except the energetic disruption will be on an emotional level ( heart ) rather than a mental level ( mind ). Just as a Mercurial retrograde, a Venusian retrograde presents an opportunity for spiritual growth through experience—if we choose to learn.
It's no secret that planets affect aspects of our personality and energy, but Venus in particular portends an intense evolution of the heart when she transits the various signs of the zodiac. Stationing retrograde will impact our individual patterns of how we give love, how we receive love, and how we perceive love from the filter of our heart.
To reiterate the above and to preface the below, for most of the 20th century, Retrograde Venus was entirely in the sign of Aries ( Cardinal masculine ); however, in 2009, particularly the second half of the 20th century, a shift occurred, taking Venus retrograde back into Pisces ( Mutable feminine ). This is a notable shift in dynamics in light of the rising political climate explained more in the following paragraphs.
The last time that Venus went retrograde in Aries was March 4th, 2017, and it retrograded back into Pisces on April 15th of 2017. Venus' initial ingress into Pisces was on January 3rd, then it departed from Aries for the final time on June 6th, 2017.
Interesting events that occurred during Venus' last retrograde was the mass protest and march by women during Trump's first 100 days. It was the largest single day protest in US history at that time with an estimated three to four million participants nationwide. The "Me Too" movement also began in 2017.
With the current political climate, it appears these patterns may begin repeating themselves, especially when Venus passes through the same degrees on the same days with relationship to the Sun as it did in 2017. Ironically, The Handmaid’s Tale premiered April 26th, 2017. Based on the book by Margaret Atwood, depicting a dystopian future in America controlled by Christian Nationalism, which suppressed women's rights, making slave ownership and rape a legal facet in the name of "God".
Reviewing the last time Venus retrograded in Aries/Pisces year 2009, we witnessed the first black president, Barack Obama, elected. This was a huge moment in terms of the civil rights movement, and, in my opinion, fueled deep-seated racism producing a visible rise of white supremacy. Obama also signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 to close the income gender gap and further announced U.S. support for the UN declaration on sexual orientation and gender identity, to end discrimination and human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
The 2009 Venus retrograde involving the women's and transgender movement was an echo of the 1961 Venus retrograde in Aries involving the Civil Rights Movement. The Freedom Riders, the burning of "Black Wall Street" in Tulsa, the March on Washington for jobs and freedom, and the murder of Emmett Till, so name just a few. We also had the Vietnam war protests and the "Make Love not War" liberation movement which lasted through the 60's.
So, when I say, "Repetitious Patterns" of, this is what I am referring to. There's a lot more I could go into here, but for the sake of time and length, I'll focus solely on this retrograde.
Read full ( this is a longer one ). Pretty certain this is the most personal I've gotten in one of these posts: http://inspiritualservice.com/celestial-events-2025
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