I'm breaking up 🤎
this is my Venus Retrograde story – but it's not what you think
Happy Leo season!!! 🦁 We’re officially at the end of this crazy week. All the big shifts have shifted — New Moon, nodes in Aries-Libra, Venus retrograde — and we are now sitting in the aftermath of it. Quick check-in:
Leo season has been pretty interesting so far. Within days of the ingress, I’ve received two podcast invitations, a paid horoscope writing gig, and an influx of reading bookings — hellooooo, 2nd house of value(s)! 👋 Yet, my imposter syndrome has been getting increasingly loud. Do I actually know Astrology? What am I going to talk about? How do I even write a bio??
In case you didn’t know, the lesser-talked about transit — Chiron, our “wounded healer” — is also going retrograde in Aries. (Daniela from Cosmic Latte made a great video about it.) I feel like it ties in with the bigger Venus Rx question:
“Do you feel like you deserve what you love?”
Leo is a fixed Fire sign. ♌️ Fixed signs are unyielding in their beliefs (have you ever succeeded in changing a Taurus/Leo/Scorpio/Aquarius’ mind about ANYTHING??), but Leo’s stubbornness is augmented by the heat of Fire 🔥. Their passion alone is enough to convince you of anything, but only if they believe in it, too.
So what happens when Venus, our planet of love, beauty, and values, starts moving backwards in the sign that is known for courage and self worth?
We have a crises of confidence on our hands.
Hence, my current predicament.
Before we go any further, the following segment is deeply, (excruciatingly) vulnerable and therefore only available to paying readers. A monthly subscription of $5 unlocks my entire archive and supports me as a full-time astrologer and writer. 🥹 I love & appreciate your support so much. OK, let’s dive in!
Venus Retrograde is known to sow seeds of doubt in our relationships . . . but mine have been germinating for months. 🌱
Yesterday, when Venus and Mercury, our planet of communication, were holding hands in the sky, I had an epiphany: