Venus is more than just romance and fun in astrology. It shapes your values and priorities. Venus will retrograde in Leo starting July 22 2023, for 40 days and 40 nights, affecting your love life, self-confidence, and money. Healing can be difficult and unpleasant, despite its positive implications.
Venus retrograde can help you overcome interpersonal troubles and societal conflicts with compassion. This approach may initially seem harsh.
Venus retrograde in Leo encourages introspection. This may require confronting your principles and making major changes in your love and financial life.
Though uncomfortable, it's necessary for personal growth and honest connections.
Be kind to yourself and others during this time. Be open to Venus retrograde's lessons and ready to make changes to live a more happy, values-based existence.
Venus retrograde can bring change and progress. You can learn more about yourself and have better connections by being brave and caring.
Venus retrograde in Leo, a sign of pride, splendor, theatrical, and self-expression, is more about you than others. This retrograde time may reveal self-esteem wounds, forcing you to forgive yourself, release shame, and accept yourself totally despite your flaws.
This retrograde addresses traumas that have inhibited your natural expression. As you love yourself more, you will love others more.
This retrograde finishes on September 3 at 12 degrees Leo, explaining most of your drama. This retrograde can help you find the courage to change if you recognize your values no longer match your situation.
Venus retrograde offers healing and progress. It will make you rethink your values, love yourself better, and break bad habits.
With courage and openness, you can turn problems into opportunities for rejuvenation and meaningful connection with yourself and others during retrograde.
Venus retrograde 2023 in Leo affects these four zodiac signs the most:
Taurus
Venus retrograde will affect Tauruses and Taurus ascendants greatly. Venus rules Taurus, therefore everything that affects it will effect you. Thus, you may feel like your whole existence is in retrograde.
This retrograde will reveal unsolved tensions in your fourth house, home, and family. It will encourage you to love, be honest, and enhance your life to feel more connected.
This demotion pushes you to solve your problems, even if you don't get along with everyone at home.
If you can resolve family conflicts and focus on love and harmony, this retrograde will help you discover balance and comfort at home.
Resolve family issues, strengthen relationships, and establish a loving home environment now.
Use this Venus retrograde to strengthen your family relationships, foster love and honesty, and find ways to feel more grounded and in tune with your household.
With patience and dedication, you may improve your family life and find balance and peace.
Leo
Summer burnout is normal. Venus retrograde affects Leos and Leo Risings especially. This can confuse your identity and confidence.
Despite your star sign's glitter and swagger, you overemphasize rejection and others' opinions, which can lower your self-esteem.
This course pushes you to tackle self-esteem issues that have clouded your judgment and impeded your capacity to interact with people in healthy and meaningful ways.
Your life problems are likely due to these self-esteem concerns. During this retrograde, double your self-esteem to conquer these challenges and restore confidence.
Recognize your worth and love yourself. Now is a wonderful time to work on self-esteem and self-balance.
Self-esteem helps you avoid others' expectations and judgments. You'll be able to speak up and ignore criticism. This will improve your relationships.
Focus on personal progress and emotional well-being during Venus retrograde. Use this time to reconnect with yourself, establish self-confidence, and develop a healthy self-image. This will let you live your Leo life boldly and authentically.
Scorpio
Do you feel career-frustrated? You may have worried if you are on the appropriate career path and if you have placed too much importance on external recognition for your job.
Venus retrograde will realign Scorpios and rising Scorpios' job ambitions, professional position, and public image. You can reassess your goals and create a new work-life balance during this time.
If you've had career setbacks, this demotion will be a welcome change. It will help you rethink your choices and match your aims with your principles.
This retrograde may show you how to change your professional approach if you have acted against your values.
Venus retrograde will solve your problems. It will clarify your goals, highlight areas for improvement, and boost your career. Spend this time contemplating your aims and values. Accept changes and opportunities.
Your worth goes beyond your work. Develop your emotional well-being and personal relationships.
You need a work-life balance to grow. You may shine in all areas of your life when you strike this equilibrium.
Use Venus retrograde to rediscover your passions and career goals. Prepare to change to follow your dream career. With careful planning, you may rejuvenate your job and reconnect with your dreams.
Aquarius
Aquarius, especially Aquarius Ascendants, will experience a profound Venus retrograde. This downgrading is known for revealing relationship difficulties and rekindling old tensions.
Venus retrogrades via your seventh house, which rules partners, allies, enemies, and spouses. Your loved ones will fight alongside you.
Aquariuses shun drama. Venus retrograde will drive you to confront these issues and compromise.
Expect ex-lovers and friends to return as they remember how you treated them. You may receive apologies and thanks, but some may be resentful.
This retrograde will illuminate everything, letting you to find solutions, set boundaries, and reach the conclusion you've been seeking. Communicating your feelings and expectations with others is crucial.
This time might be emotionally demanding, but it can also help your relationships repair and thrive.
Use Venus retrograde to examine your past and present relationships. Be open to self-reflection and different viewpoints.
Work on balancing independence and socialization. You may improve relationships by actively addressing conflicts and creating limits.
Venus retrograde is a time for self-development. Use this time to understand yourself, heal previous emotional wounds, and build healthy relationships.
With straightforward communication and an open approach, you may overcome Venus retrograde relationship issues and gain a better understanding of yourself and others.
Helen is the founder of Spiritualify.org where she covers all things astrology — from horoscopes and zodiac guides to retrograde alerts and moon updates. She also writes about other mystical lifestyle topics, such as numerology, crystal healing, tarot, dream interpretation, and more.
