Venus is at her full evening phase glory in the sky right now on June 4th 2023 aka greatest elongation. She will reach maximum brightness July 10th 2023.
Your creative self is going through a transformation this summer as Venus will be retrograde in the creative, bold and self expressive fire sign of Leo. Leo’s are daring, beautiful and need room to be themselves. The sense of Self is important to Leo - get ready to learn more about who you want to be this summer.
Soon Venus will station retrograde in Leo, and then she will conjoin the Sun and something will be reborn within us. It might require an inner death as we look within and remember something important. Something we want to express. To create. To love. To value.
Dates for Venus’s movements this summer:
June 4, 2023 Venus in Cancer at greatest elongation
July 10th 2023 Maximum brightness
June 6th Venus enters Leo
June 19th Venus enters shadow at 12° Leo
July 22nd Venus stations RX at 28° Leo
August 8th becoming invisible
August 13th Venus cazimi aka conjunct Sun
August 17th Venus visible as a morning star
Sept 3rd Venus stations Direct at 12° Leo
Sept. 17th Maximum brightness as Morning star
Oct 7th Venus leaves shadow at 28° Leo
Oct 9th Venus enters Virgo
Oct 23rd greatest elongation as a Morning Star
(Days could change depending on your location)
These dates represent Venus going from evening star, to slowing down, going retrograde and becoming invisible, to a conjunction with the Sun, to going direct and re-emerging visible in the morning sky. This speaks to the dance we will be moving through this Summer.
This cycle speaks to our phases of changing what it is we value in ourselves and others. What we desire out of life and relationship. To what we want to express and what we want to keep to ourselves. To how we learn to love ourselves and allow ourselves to change and express new ideas, new styles, new creations, after diving within and learning to value our new found self. To want new things out of life and learn how to express that.
It speaks to how we learn about ourselves. That by slowing down, looking within and going dark, we can actually be reborn with a new sense of self.
A fresh perspective changes everything.
As Venus in Leo will be opposing Aquarius energies, if you just went through your Saturn return this will be a very impactful transit for you.
Any fixed signs will be impacted by this energy as well, as Leo is the fixed fire sign that opposes Aquarius and squares both Scorpio and Taurus.
Venus is ruling the North Node in Taurus currently, and in July 17th the lunar nodes will shift into Aries and Libra. Venus will then be ruling the South Node in Libra. This is really a time to get rid of stale relationship habits, co dependency that does you no good, or any people pleasing tendencies that do not hold a purpose. You may see that you are no longer wanting to over compensate, over compromise, or lose yourself in others. These types of behaviors will be come very loud and destructive when the south node is in Libra. The North node will also be in Aries at this time, which will heat up fights, arguments, and headstrong tendencies - for better or for worse. There is a lot to learn from relationships and self expression this year.
Venus in Leo will be ruled by the Sun - so any solar transits during this time will be very important to get a deeper look at this energy.