Rule 1. Notes first, dates second
Think back over the last six weeks: an ex who resurfaced, a purchase you regret, a quarrel about money. Write the list down before you open the calendar. Memory loves to fit events to a story once it knows the story.
Rule 2. Compare equal periods
42 days of retrograde only mean something next to 42 ordinary days. Keep the same notes for the next six weeks and compare the two lists honestly.
Rule 3. Decide what would prove it wrong
If nothing could ever show "this isn't about me", the claim says nothing. "My retrograde was calm" is a normal, valid result.
Plenty of time for the next one
Venus goes retrograde about once every 19 months, for 41–43 days. There is no Venus retrograde in 2027. The next one runs 11 May – 23 June 2028 (Moscow time; 10 May – 22 June in the Americas), in Gemini. All dates, to the minute, are on the retrograde calendar.
What to do this weekend
1. Write down three things from the last six weeks that touched love or money.
2. Keep noting for the next 42 days.
3. Read what Venus stands for in your own sign and house on the Venus page.
The reading is for self-reflection and is not medical, psychological, legal or financial advice.