Venus in Astrology — The Lover

Venus is currently in Scorpio 3.4° · ℞ retrograde.

Archetype

value

Orbital period

~225 days

Sign transit

~23-60 days per sign (retrograde-dependent)

Body rulership

Kidneys, lower back, throat, skin

Keywords

lovebeautyworthpleasureattraction

Dignity & debility

Where Venus performs at home, where it struggles, and where tradition says it sings. Click any sign to open its reference page.

Rulership

Taurus Libra

The sign(s) Venus rules. At home — strong and native, though not always gentle.

Exaltation

Pisces

Where Venus is honoured. Performs with added grace — a welcome guest.

Detriment

Scorpio Aries

Opposite Venus’s rulership. Works harder, learns through friction what it couldn’t learn at ease.

Fall

Virgo

Opposite exaltation. Asks humility. Gifts show up quieter here — sometimes inverted.

Other personal bodies

Fast-moving inner planets. They shape the day-to-day — how you think, love, want, and move.

The Messenger

Mercury

How you think, speak, negotiate — the style of your mind meeting the world.

The Warrior

Mars

What you want. How you move toward it, defend it, and name when it’s been crossed.

Pairs with

Tarot keys for Venus

In the Golden Dawn tarot tradition, each Major Arcana card walks a Hebrew letter path on the Tree of Life — and each path corresponds to either a planet or a sign. The cards below are the keys the tradition attributes to Venus, with their classical correspondence noted.

In progress

The long-form reference for Venus is being written.

The skeleton above is the reference: archetype, dignity table, rhythm, and keywords. Deeper sections — Venusthrough each sign, through each house, in aspect, in retrograde, and the common misreadings — are hand-written, not generated. They layer in as they’re finished.

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Last reviewed April 18, 2026

Venus everywhere in the chart

Every sign, house, and aspect Venus can form

Venus in each sign (12)

Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces

Venus in each house (12)

1st House 2nd House 3rd House 4th House 5th House 6th House 7th House 8th House 9th House 10th House 11th House 12th House

Venus's aspects (54)

Sun — conjunction Sun — sextile Moon — conjunction Moon — sextile Moon — square Moon — trine Moon — opposition Mercury — conjunction Mercury — sextile Mars — conjunction Mars — sextile Mars — square Mars — trine Mars — opposition Jupiter — conjunction Jupiter — sextile Jupiter — square Jupiter — trine Jupiter — opposition Saturn — conjunction Saturn — sextile Saturn — square Saturn — trine Saturn — opposition Uranus — conjunction Uranus — sextile Uranus — square Uranus — trine Uranus — opposition Neptune — conjunction Neptune — sextile Neptune — square Neptune — trine Neptune — opposition Pluto — conjunction Pluto — sextile Pluto — square Pluto — trine Pluto — opposition North Node — conjunction North Node — sextile North Node — square North Node — trine North Node — opposition South Node — conjunction South Node — sextile South Node — square South Node — trine South Node — opposition Chiron — conjunction Chiron — sextile Chiron — square Chiron — trine Chiron — opposition

Venus

Keywords

Dignity & debility

Other personal bodies

Tarot keys for Venus

The long-form reference for Venus is being written.

Every sign, house, and aspect Venus can form

Other personal bodies

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Keywords

Dignity & debility

Other personal bodies

Tarot keys for Venus

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Every sign, house, and aspect Venus can form

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