If you already have a beat on some ongoing communication problems or misunderstandings in your closest relationships, it is likely that these will come to a peak during that time. So the theme of “communication issues” in relationships will be very prominent throughout the Venus retro period, but especially so during mid-late June. Note that at the tail end of the Venus Retrograde, we will have Mercury Retrograde starting up, and from June 17th - 24th, these two retrogrades will overlap. So while we are working on our listening skills, it’s also time to work on our speaking skills. Some of these needs will bear repeating if our partner/friend doesn’t seem to hear us. Some of these needs will be new, some rediscovered (retrograde energy). So we must use our words (Gemini) to express our needs in relationship (Venus). Gemini is also the sign of communication-specifically, verbal communication. It is possible to learn something new about them, if we make the effort. You might be surprised at what that “old” story reveals about your partner or friend in the present. Ask a question or two about it to clarify. How we can respond differently in this time is to trust that there might be a reason that your loved one keeps telling you this story. Or, we might even get frustrated and say: “Yeah, I’ve heard this one,” which usually shuts the other person down. Our inclination might be to let it slide, nod politely, and wait for them to finish the story we have already heard-all the while not listening. We are especially alert to it in a partner or friend, though. We all tend to think we don’t repeat ourselves, but I think all of us do it, to some degree. Perhaps you’ve experienced the following phenomenon with a loved one: they are telling you a story that they’ve told you before. Now is a time to work against that tendency and to truly listen. It is human nature to “tune out” at times, and to think we know exactly what the other person will do or say. So we can get complacent, especially in long-held relationships. This is a time where we will be forced to question our assumptions about our partners and friends. Even when we might think we already know all the answers. Gemini is about staying curious, even when there is pressure to have all the answers. At its best, Gemini holds the ability to keep a beginner’s mind. With Venus retro in Gemini, it’s time to look at our significant relationships with fresh eyes. How do we do these things? By working with Gemini energy. And it is time to reconnect with ourselves regarding what truly brings us pleasure and peace. It is time to review the lessons we have learned in relationships, particularly over the past eight years (one Venus cycle). This Venus retrograde is a time in which we can reconsider our core values. Venus also points to how we can calm ourselves and how we can experience pleasure. The Venus placement within our birth chart does indicate the nature of our basic relationship needs.
But the Venus archetype is so much more than that. We primarily think of Venus as the planet of love and romance (as it rules Libra and the 7th House of partnership). We can use retrograde periods to step back and reconsider, review, and reconnect.
These challenges make us uncomfortable enough so that we might confront the issues that are holding us back. But we will experience challenges regarding the nature of the retrograde planet-in this case, Venus. Retrogrades, in and of themselves, are not inherently negative. Venus is stationing retrograde in Gemini on May 12th and remains retrograde in that sign until June 24th.
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