Venus Retrograde. December 19, 2021-January 29, 2022
Venus enters Retrograde Arc or Shadow. November 17, 2021. Tropical. 11° Capricorn 04’. Sidereal. 17° Sagittarius. pūrvāṣādhā Venus Stations Retrograde. December 19, 2021. 6:44 AM GMT. Tropical 26° Capricorn 29’. Sidereal. 2° Capricorn 25’.
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Sun-Venus Inferior Conjunction. January 9, 2022. 0:47 AM GMT. Tropical. 18° Capricorn 43’. Sidereal 24° Sagittarius 39’.
pūrvāṣādhā. The conjunction is midway through the retrograde cycle, and when Venus rises as a Morning Star.
Venus Stations Direct. January 29, 2022. 6:48 AM GMT. Tropical. 11° Capricorn 04’. Sidereal. 17° Sagittarius.
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Venus leaves Retrograde Arc or Shadow. March 2, 2022. Tropical 26° Capricorn 29’. Sidereal. 2° Capricorn 25’. uttaraṣādhā
Retrograde planets occur when the planet is closest to earth and slows up in its orbit as seen from the earth. Venus stationed retrograde on December 19, and at present, is still an evening star, since it rises and sets after the Sun, but as it moves closer to the Sun it forms an inferior conjunction with Venus, which is nearest to earth in its orbit and is between the Earth and the Sun. When Venus exactly conjoins the Sun on January 9, Venus disappears completely from view until about 3-5 days later when it has its heliacal rising (first time it can be seen) as the Morning Star, which means it will then rise and set before the Sun until it forms a superior conjunction on October 22, 2022, when Venus is on the far side of the Sun in its farthest point from Earth in its orbit, and the Sun is between the Earth and Venus. (Scroll down if you wish to purchase my talk on Venus, which goes into more detail about the cycle. I also address this in my 2022 Sensitive Degrees Webinar.)
During this retrograde, as a general rule in the world there will be a lot of rethinking and reviewing anything represented by Venus, , which can mean love, money, relationships, cars, and even homes and the security they bring. Venus may not bring the love, weatlth, confidence and harmony you look to Venus to bring, but instead there can be discord, misunderstandings, high expectations, which will need to be lowered to avoid disappointment, and overspending (especially this retrograde since it coincides with the holidays, but watch it since it will bring more debt in the new year). Watch for the days around the conjunction, between January 7th-11th since that means that Venus is combust, and to the ancients who looked at the sky the disappearance of Venus from view meant that everything Venus represents could disappear. Once the heliacal rise takes place around the 12th-15th, there may be some anger and even violent moods because now Venus will be in a new morning star phase, which the ancients likened to a more aggressive period of time.
On a personal note, during Venus retrograde periods, the ability to love, value, and earn may be curtailed or delayed. Money markets may not rebound as quickly, and people may be stuck in relationship limbo. If single, you may not meet people as quickly, or a new relationship may simply take longer to blossom. There should be more saving and conserving since money can fluctuate, rather than borrowing and spending. Even if you wanted to indulge in a second home or new car, you may not have much of a choice, since lending institutions will continue to be cautious, and extra funds might not be readily available. Try not to act impulsively when it comes to matters of the heart or bank account. If it can be avoided, try not to get married, plan a honeymoon, or ask for a raise or promotion. Wait until Venus goes direct to do the legwork if you are involved in mediation, lawsuits, or job negotiations, and wait another week or two until Venus regains its speed, to pursue them fully. What makes Venus retrograde periods productive are the time and space they offer for planning strategies related to Venus generally, but also the house that Venus passes through and any planets, points, or angles, retrograde Venus conjoins.
Venus is retrograde for 41-2 days, so the first time it reached the degree of the retrograde arc or shadow, as shown above (the same degree as the direct station) on November 17, through the day it leaves its retrograde arc or shadow (the same degree as the retrograde station) on March 2 is a total of 3 ½ months which means that a normal 1-2 day transit will pass in between the degrees of the retrograde and direct stations three times. If you have a planet, point, or angle in between Tropical. 11° Capricorn 04’ to 26° Capricorn 29’ and Sidereal. 17° Sagittarius- 2° Capricorn 25’ you will get a transit of Venus three times. If you have anything on or near the stationary degree Venus will hit it twice, once on the station, and once at another time during these months. If you have something on the planetary station, within one degree, it is especially potent. Scroll below for some meanings about when Venus may hit a planet, point, or angle in the chart, or when it travels through a particular house.
What makes this retrograde cycle even more intense is the fact that Venus will conjoin Pluto three times, which means that love (Venus) in the world will be filled with intensity and the desire to reshape and reorganize things that represented the status quo. Harmony, and the desire for love and peace could be shaken up, especially during the first two conjunctions, when Venus is direct, then retrograde. The third conjunction takes place when Venus is direct and there may just be some movement in a better direction after some earth-shattering events that have disrupted harmony. We will not be the same but we may actually be better, more aware, and more desirous of harmony. The conjunctions of Venus-Pluto take place on December 11 at Tropical 25 Capricorn 19. Sidereal 1 Capricorn 15; December 25, 2021. Tropical. 25 Capricorn 43. Sidereal 1 Capricorn 39 (Venus is retro) and March 3, 2022. Tropical. 27 Capricorn 50/3 Capricorn 46.
Again look to your own chart where the conjunction falls and think about the house it is in since that is where Pluto has been for a while. Venus will finally shake things up but bring you back to a better place. If it is conjoining a planet, point, or angle in your chart, it will do the same as you have already experienced and are continuing to experience the Pluto transit.
If you use Indian astrology. If you have a planet, point or angle in your chart between Sidereal. 17° Sagittarius- 2° Capricorn 25’ then you will get the transit three times and this is what may accentuated, examined, and transformed by Venus:
Sun. power, vigor; Moon. maternal, mind; Mars. strength, courage; Mercury. speech, learning; Jupiter. knowledge, wealth; Venus. love, happiness; Saturn. sorrow, fear; Rahu. intensity, compulsion; Ketu. extremes, spirituality; Lagna. destiny, vitality.
If you do not know which house sidereal Sagittarius-Capricorn occupies, look at your ascendant, or Moon, or even your Sun, and just count from there. General descriptions for bhavas (houses) are as follows:
1. appearance, destiny, temperament, personality, constitution; 2. Money, family life, food, speech, early childhood; 3. Siblings, Fine arts, courage, desires; 4. Mother, happiness, real estate, vehicles; 5. Children, romance, investments, speculation; 6. Open enemies, work, competition, obstacles, illness; 7. Marriage, partners, contracts, passion; 8. Life and death cycle, research, accidents, other's money, inheritance; 9. Father, teacher (guru), religion, higher learning, opportunity; 10. Career, status, public recognition, reputation; 11. Profits, rewards, gains from work, awards, older siblings; 12. spiritual practice, secret enemies, foreign travel, debt, confinement.
If you use tropical Western astrology. If you have a planet, point or angle in your chart between Tropical. 11° Capricorn 04’ to 26° Capricorn 29’ then you will get the transit three times and this is what may accentuated, examined, and transformed by Venus:
Sun. vitality, individuality, ego; Moon. emotions, habits, conditioning; Mercury. communication, intelligence; Venus. love, beauty, creativity; Mars. physical energy, aggression, courage; Jupiter. expansion, abundance; Saturn. limitation, disciplined, fear; Uranus. originality, independent, rebellious; Neptune. spiritual, immaterial, imagination; Pluto. intensity, power; North Node. power, place where you must strive; South Node. place where it is easy, habits; Ascendant. personality, destiny; IC. home, family, mother; Descendant. partnerships, contracts; Midheaven. career, father
If you do not know which house tropical Capricorn occupies, look at your ascendant, or Moon, or even your Sun, and just count from there. General descriptions for bhavas (houses) are as follows:
1. personality, body, appearance; 2. finances, possessions, values. 3. communication, siblings, short journeys, learning; 4. family, mother, home; 5. children, recreation, entertainment; 6. health, service, pets; 7. marriage, contracts, partnership; 8. business transactions, sexuality, life and death matters; 9. higher education, travel abroad, publishing, law; 10. profession, status, father; 11. gains, friendships, hopes, dreams; 12. compassion, spirituality, limitations, solitude
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Saturn-Uranus Square
Saturn square Uranus. February 17, 2021.
Tropical 7°Aquarius-Taurus 13. Sidereal. 13 Capricorn-Aries 10.
Saturn square Uranus. June 14, 2021.
Tropical 13°Aquarius-Taurus 6. Sidereal. 19 Capricorn-Aries 3.
Saturn square Uranus. December 24, 2021.
Tropical 11°Aquarius-Taurus 5. Sidereal. 17 Capricorn-Aries 1.
Saturn square Uranus. September 30, 2022.
Tropical 18°Aquarius 59-18bTaurus 21. Sidereal. 24 Capricorn 55 - 24 Aries 17.
Within 1° orb between 9/23-10/21.
The Saturn-Uranus square has been the dominant outer planet transit in 2021, and on December 24 we come to the last exact square of the year. It is not totally gone though since the square will appear again in September 2022, though not exact even though within a few minutes of orb. As a general rule, Saturn represents conformity, security, and playing it safe, while Uranus represents change, independence, and sudden things occurring. The square can represent rising and falling, taking two steps forward, and one step back, wanting to move into the future, but having things hold us back. As a general overview, these may also coincide with the pandemic rising and falling, and the economy rising and falling or just sudden things happening to change the status quo. As astrologers, many of us were waiting over the past few months to see what would this last pass bring, and here it is. A sudden new virus variant that is throwing the current state of thinking we were out of the woods into disarray. As I write this, the airlines have just cancelled hundreds of flights due to crew and staff calling in sick. Whew. Last year at this time holiday travel was brought almost to a halt, and this year it is throwing everything into disarray since people have been set to travel.
Time will tell what these next few weeks will bring, but if we do relate this to this final square to the pandemic, the good news is that we do not have the Jupiter-Saturn-Pluto conjunction that we had in 2020. However as I have been saying over the last few months we have once again had Mars conjoining a solar eclipse degree and a Mars-Ketu conjunction. We did have these in 2020 as well, but without the Jupiter-Saturn-Pluto conjunction I don't think we will have another lockdown, especially since there are many people vaccinated, and the good news out of South Africa, where Omicron was first detected, is that it is diminishing as quickly as it came. So lets hope this is all the Saturn-Uranus square is bringing even though it will still put a monkey wrench into people's plans.
The economy though will still be unstable and that is what I believe we will have to watch for over the next three months. As an aside, the Saturn-Uranus opposition occurred five times between October 1918 and June 1920, which coincided exactly with the Flu pandemic between February 1918-April 1920 and was followed by the roaring 20s. Another Saturn-Uranus opposition occurred five times between November 2008 and July 2010, which coincided with the great recession. Basically Saturn-Uranus brings instability followed by a recovery. I spoke about this in the 2022 Sensitive Degrees Webinar which you can purchase below.
If you have planets, points, or angles hit by the Saturn-Uranus square, meaning the tropical fixed signs, and sidereal movable (cardinal) signs of those degrees, then you also might be pulled between wanting to keep the status quo, and opting for security, with the desire to take risks and start something new. Wait until a few weeks after to make that decision, and try to find a way to do both....make changes and keeping what works for you. Do not as they say throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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Lectures and Upcoming Conferences.
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Monday November 29, 2021. 7:00-8:30 PM. EST. Lecture: The Magnificent Venus Cycle. Sponsored by Milwaukee NCGR. Venus, which alternates as a morning and evening star, has fascinated astronomers, astrologers and storytellers for millennia. We will examine its astronomy, mythology, and astrological cycles. More specifically, we will see what happens on a natal and mundane level when Venus forms inferior and superior conjunctions with the Sun, and when it goes retrograde and direct. Attention will be given to the next Venus retrograde cycle between December 19, 2021-January 29, 2022. This lecture is for all levels and zodiacs. $25. Purchase at my website. www.ronniedreyer.com.
Sunday December 12, 2021. 12-5 PM EST (1/2 hour for lunch). 2022 Sensitive Degrees Webinar (according to sidereal Indian and tropical Western). $80. For purchase go to www.ronniedreyer.com
As I do every year I conducted a webinar on 2022 Sensitive Degrees (my 10th one). If you purchase you will receive a 60 plus page presentation in power point and pdf with many charts and tables for the year ahead, an audio recording, and an audio-visual recording. This year should be a recovery year, but there will be many other astrological signatures that will bring new challenges in addition to sewing up the old ones.As usual I explain in both tropical western and Indian astrology.
Some (but not all) planetary signatures we will cover are as follows
- Brief recap of 2021 as it leads into 2022.
- Tropical and Sidereal Sign Ingresses.
- New Jupiter, Saturn and Nodal cycles. (Tropical Jupiter: in Pisces and Aries. Sidereal: in Aquarius and Pisces. Tropical Saturn stays in Aquarius. Sidereal in Capricorn and Aquarius.) The Nodes change signs in both systems. (Tropical Nodes move into Taurus-Scorpio; Sidereal Nodes move into Aries-Libra.
- Lunations (New and Full Moons)
- Review eclipses of November 19 and December 4. Four eclipses: April 30 (solar); May 16 (lunar); October 25 (solar); November 8 (lunar).
- · Planetary Stations and Annual retrograde cycles of Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Venus retrograde
from December 19, 2021-January 29, 2022. Mars retrograde from October 30, 2022-January 12, 2023. Tropical Mars stays in
Gemini for 7 months from August 20, 2022 to March 25, 2023. Sidereal Mars stays in Taurus and Gemini for 9 months from August
10, 2022 to May 10, 2023.
Mars-Ketu (South Node) conjunction December 15 2021; third Saturn-Uranus square December 24, 2021 and continuing within orb throughout 2022; Jupiter-Neptune conjunction April 12, 2022; Uranus-Rahu (North Node) conjunction July 31;
- Overview month to month of new and full moon. And much more.
Sunday January 30, 2022. 3-4:30 PM EST. Lecture on Saros and Metonic Eclipse Cycles. ISAR Star Club. History and explanations of these cycles, with a focus on the eclipses of 2022 and how they repeat from the years 2004 (Saros) and 2003 (Metonic). Info and reg. www.isarastrology.org
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Celestial Events. December 2021
Lunations
December 4, 2021. New Moon Solar Eclipse. 7:42. Tropical. 12° Sagittarius 22’. Sidereal. 18° Scorpio 18'. jyeṣṭhā
December 19, 2021. Full Moon. 4:35. Tropical. 27° Gemini 28'. Sidereal. 03° Gemini 25’. mṛgaśira
Planetary Stations
December 1, 2021. Neptune stations direct. Tropical. 20° Pisces 24'. Sidereal. 26° Aquarius 20’. pūrvabhadrapadā
December 19, 2021. Venus stations retrograde. Tropical. 26° Capricorn 29'. Sidereal. 2° Capricorn 25'. uttaraṣādhā
Tropical Ingresses
December 13, 2021. Mars enters Sagittarius.
December 13, 2021. Mercury enters Capricorn.
December 21, 2021. Sun enters Capricorn.
December 29, 2021. Jupiter enters Pisces.
Sidereal Ingresses
December 4, 2021. Mars enters Scorpio.
December 8, 2021. Venus enters Capricorn.
December 9, 2021. Mercury enters Sagittarius.
December 15, 2021. Sun enters Sagittarius.
December 29, 2021. Mercury enters Capricorn.
December 30, 2021. Venus retrograde re-enters Sagittarius.
The times above are all noted in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) & the Krishnamurti Ayanāṃśa is used for sidereal calculations.
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Psychology of Astro*Carto*Graphy
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