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Venus Turns Direct in November 2026: What It Means for Love
Venus ends its retrograde at 00:20 UTC on 14 November 2026, still the evening of 13 November in the Americas. Dates, sky facts and love themes.
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Venus retrograde ends at 00:20 UTC on Saturday, 14 November 2026. In the Americas that is still the evening of Friday, 13 November: 18:20 in Costa Rica and Mexico City, 19:20 in New York and 16:20 in Los Angeles. The planet of love in astrology has appeared to move backwards since 3 October and turns direct at 22°52′ Libra, about eight and a half hours after Mercury does.
The dates at a glance
| Date (UTC) | Event | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | Venus first reaches the degree where the retrograde will end (start of the shadow) | 22°52′ Libra |
| Oct 3, 2026, 07:10 UTC | Turns retrograde | 8°29′ Scorpio |
| Oct 24, 2026, 03:33 UTC | Inferior conjunction: Venus passes between Earth and the Sun | — |
| Oct 25, 2026, 08:56 UTC | Moves back into Libra | Libra–Scorpio boundary |
| Nov 14, 2026, 00:20 UTC | Turns direct: the retrograde ends | 22°52′ Libra |
| Dec 4, 2026, 08:14 UTC | Returns to Scorpio | 0° Scorpio |
| Dec 15, 2026 | Back at the degree where the retrograde began (end of the shadow) | 8°29′ Scorpio |
NASA JPL’s Horizons ephemeris and Kosmo’s chart engine both place the station direct at 00:20 UTC.
What is happening in the sky
Venus turns retrograde about every 19 months, for roughly six weeks. Like Mercury, it only appears to move backwards: Earth and Venus line up on the same side of the Sun, and the changing viewing angle makes Venus drift west against the stars. That line-up, the inferior conjunction, happened on 24 October 2026.
Since then Venus has moved into the morning sky. On 14 November it shines at about magnitude −4.7, roughly 29 degrees west of the Sun, so it is easy to see low in the east before sunrise. It reaches its greatest brilliance on 27 November and its greatest distance from the Sun, 47 degrees, on 3 January 2027.
What astrology reads into Venus turning direct
Astrology links Venus with affection, attraction, pleasure, money and what people value. A Venus retrograde is traditionally read as a season of reflection on those themes: old feelings resurfacing, fresh attention to what you want from closeness, second thoughts about purchases. When Venus turns direct, astrologers describe that reflection as ready to be acted on.
This retrograde ran from Scorpio back into Libra, so the symbolism centres on depth and intimacy (Scorpio) and on balance and fairness in partnership (Libra). None of this predicts how anyone will behave. It is a vocabulary you can use to ask yourself useful questions.
Love questions for the turn
- What did the last six weeks show you about what you need from closeness?
- Is there a conversation about balance, about give and take, that now feels easier to start?
- Did an old connection come back to mind, and what, if anything, do you actually want to do about it?
- Which plan for a date, a trip or a shared purchase did you pause, and is it still right?
Timing note: if your weekly reading covers the evening of 13 November in the Americas, the Venus station falls inside it; in Europe, Africa and Asia it falls on 14 November.