Venus Retrograde : Insights into the dark side

In the annual cycle of planets through our chart, there are periods during which, from the perspective of earth, they appear to travel backwards.  These periods are called retrograde periods.  With the bridging and outer planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto these retrograde periods are uniform and last for approximately five months of the year.

In the case of the three inner planets, Mercury, Venus and Mars, the retrograde  pattern varies.  Mercury due to its proximity to earth travels retrograde three times a year, for approximately three weeks.  Since Mercury relates to communication, the unique way we perceive, process, digest and make sense of our experience these retrograde periods of Mercury are times when we may experience delays or checks on forward progress and are therefore forced inwards mentally,  to consider issues in greater depth, or drawn back to redress or complete projects, ideas, thoughts that may have been…