Don’t Cut Your Hair: Notes On Venus Retrograde

What to know. What to do. And how to track your personal Venus Rx story.

Throughout the years I’ve made some terrible decisions during Venus Retrogrades. I’ve relapsed into toxic romances, uprooted my life for nostalgia and empty opportunities, and even imploded some seemingly fine friendships. But I’ve never cut my hair.

As of March 1, 2025, Venus has officially stationed retrograde. The goddess of earthly delights and social graces has left the room, leaving us to wander in her absence for 40 days and 40 nights.

Am I being dramatic? Perhaps. Venus retrograde is about remembering what we love. And, sometimes, like Aphrodite emerging from the sea foamy waters of blood and cum, the process is messy.

OK. BUT WHAT IS VENUS RETROGRADE?

Venus retrograde is part of Venus’s synodic cycle or her relationship with the Sun.

Every 18 months, evening star Venus appears to stand still, circle back in the sky — and disappear. After a long sojourn in the symbolic Underworld, she conjoins the Sun, then begins her ascent to become a morning star.

Her phase change is marked mid-c…