How To Use This Venus Retrograde For Good
Because I promise you, you’ll feel better.
The key here, is to go deep. Go so deep, you feel a little weird about it but, it brings you closer to yourself.
Personally, with the Venus Retrograde going to my 12th house first, I am sitting with some of my own lessons I’ve learned from Retrogrades past. A lot of what you’re going to get through this list, I have personal experience with reforming throughout my time tracking this transit within the different areas of my chart and I’ve bumped my head and triumphed because of it. Below are some good ideas to follow through on with yourself for this Venus Retrograde
Heart Healing: When’s the last time you’ve engaged that Heart Chakra? This is a great time for delving into the color green, experimenting with Rose healing, and accessing your feelings through: journaling, counseling, or crying. Spend some quiet time with yourself and look at your heart. Consider what you’ve been through in relationships in your life and think about what could be serving as blockages from yourself. My favorite heart healing tea right now is rose hips, hibiscus, and a little bit of marshmallow root. Anytime I feel my heart closing, because I am ruminating over a past relationship that didn’t serve me and, am about to turn the corner on harsh negative self critique, I brew this. Think of the things you avoid, that make you feel embarrassed or ashamed or angry and bitter. Sweetness works wonders. Baking once a week was another way I learned to embrace more sweetness for myself and opened my heart to more love.
Budget: This was a hard one for this Venus in Aries girly! One Venus retrograde, I went to the bank and printed out 6 months worth of transactions and got to highlighting! My first indicator of self side eye came when I noticed all the categories and colors of highlighter I needed to complete the project. From there, I was able to reconcile what I was spending on and even pinpoint some of my reasoning which ultimately helped me redirect myself. I also purchased a Clever Fox Budget Journal which allowed me to track my finances line by line and actually showed me how much I had.
Pay Off Dumb Debt: If you can manage it, find a way to pay off some of the sillier debt you have. Another way to use this is by refinancing large items, or at least checking into the prices and process behind making that happen. DO NOT PUT YOURSELF OUT TO PAY DEBT. The last thing you want is Venus Retrograde needing to redirect your finances, leading you to stress behind money “you just had”.
Do Something Venusian: Just because Venus is moving backwards doesn’t mean we become anti Venus. I encourage you to engage in a Venusian activity that feels good to you and add something extra to the experience FOR the experience. Maybe you dont usually shower by candlelight but, this Venus Retrograde may push you to use candlelight and play a good binaural beat to help relax you for bed. If you don’t usually do baths, try one with a bath bomb. If you’ve been dying to learn more about hair cuts, see if you can go watch one in action at a beauty school or by a local stylist. Now, don’t go becoming the model of the hair stylist but, check it out.
If You’re Gonna Be Nostalgic: Inquire yourself before you go back and text that person who was apart of the “good times”. When I think back to the happier parts of my life, I know that I was regularly attending movies, into fitness, dancing SO MUCH, and being seen. Maybe the circumstances of my reality don’t find me as I was when these things were taking place in my early 20’s but, I am still into movies, fitness, dancing and being seen. Why can’t I put my new spin on it as 33 year old Shawnte?
Consider Your Presentation: Not to get all Jupiter in Libra in the 11th here but, have you ever thought about how you look to other people? I get compliments everywhere I go and I am not exaggerating. If I’m being honest, its important to me that I look good to me. Everyone else I look good to and I hear from is a bonus. As you are bringing out your fall wardrobe, it could be important to consider how your clothes make you feel about yourself. While I do not condone just throwing things out unless thats what feels totally right to you right now, I do recommend having a bit of a fashion show and checking into how the looks make you feel. Yes, Venus is retrograde so it may not be the time to buy new items but, be honest about what you want to see yourself in. Moodboard it up on Pinterest, go shopping if you must and see whats out there so you can pounce when retrograde ends.
Acknowledge Yourself: Do you know the staples that mark your beauty? You should! What’s I mean is, where the light touches your face, what colors match your skin tone flawlessly? Are you an eyebrows or lips person? Besides your outer appearance what makes you beautiful inside? What wounds make you beautiful? What do others find beautiful in you that you find beauty in yourself?
SO what Venus Retrograde Good will you do for yourself?