Venus Retrograde occurs approximately every 18 months, and stays retrograde for about 40 days. Jessica DiRuzza, MFT  describes the meaning of Venus Retrograde and offers practices on how to be with what this collective time period is about for each one of us. This world transit is a time of re-evaluation and renewal around Venusian archetypal themes such as romantic relationship, friendship, creativity and the creative process, finances and investments, and one’s values. Waking up to the things within Venus’s domain can at first be uncomfortable, awkward, even painful, but with the ability to be present and address these areas in all our lives, there is the gift of restoring balance, harmony, and right relation.