All About Venus in Aries & More
Venus officially enters Aries today, and just like that, something clicks. We shift from softness to spark, from emotional introspection to energetic expression. Venus in Aries is bold, decisive, and forward-moving. It’s not asking for permission or waiting to be pursued. It’s claiming space, redefining value, and inviting us to do the same.
This is a different kind of Venus energy, where desire is direct, where love becomes movement, and where beauty is found in raw honesty, not polish or performance.
And just as we step into this activated Venusian current, something rare and beautiful happens. On Friday, Venus meets Neptune in Aries, and that’s when things start to feel less sharp and more transcendent.
It’s not quite a lull in the energy, it’s more of a moment to breathe and soften around the fire. Venus conjunct Neptune in Aries creates this incredible blend of self-awareness and compassion. It’s one of those alignments where you might feel more open, more loving, and more drawn to the kinds of experiences that heal through presence.
You may find yourself reconnecting with an inner spark you’ve forgotten or simply realizing that you don’t need to be constantly performing in order to be deeply loved. It’s also an ideal time to devote energy toward caring for your body, not out of discipline but out of deep respect. Love, especially self-love, becomes both a feeling and a practice under this conjunction.
By Sunday, we prepare for another major shift. Pluto stations retrograde in Aquarius at four degrees. This retrograde will continue through October 13th and will reshape us more quietly, more gradually, but no less powerfully than the transits that scream for our attention. Pluto retrograde is not a trickster. It is not chaotic. It doesn’t come to test us in the way Mercury does.
Pluto retrograde is wise. It’s introspective. It invites us to go beneath the surface and investigate the foundation we’ve been standing on. And in Aquarius, that foundation is collective. It’s futuristic. It’s tied to the structures we’ve outgrown and the innovations we’ve resisted.
The last time Pluto retrograded in Capricorn, the focus was authority, control, outdated systems, and hierarchical breakdowns. It was heavy. It was relentless. It often felt like we were being cornered by things we thought we had outgrown. But Pluto in Aquarius shifts the emphasis to vision. It isn’t about control, it’s about possibility. And when Pluto moves backward through this sign, it doesn’t take us back just to relive something. It takes us back to understand something differently.
Pluto at four degrees in Aquarius is beautifully intense. Four is a number of structure, stability, and internal discipline. It’s the degree of the rebuild. The questions that come up now won’t be chaotic, but they will be complex. They’ll challenge what you’ve assumed is permanent. They’ll highlight where you’ve quietly complied with the systems that don’t serve you anymore.
But this isn’t about burning everything down. It’s about unearthing what’s buried beneath your current foundation, seeing it clearly, and then deciding if you’re still willing to carry it forward. For those who’ve been doing deep inner work, for those who’ve been actively rebuilding, shifting, and shedding, this is where things start to take root.
This retrograde doesn’t just affect the mind. It affects the way we connect, the way we love, the way we work, and the way we share our energy with others. In family dynamics, old narratives may resurface, not for drama, but for resolution. You may find that certain patterns you’ve long tolerated suddenly feel impossible to ignore.
But instead of collapse, you might encounter support. Instead of spiraling, you may notice quiet invitations from people or situations that want to help you move forward. This is subtle, but it’s powerful. This is Pluto working behind the scenes, moving the chessboard in your favor, but only if you’re willing to be honest about the game you’re playing.
In love, this retrograde doesn’t remove connection. It deepens it. You may find yourself reevaluating what it means to truly evolve with someone—or without them. Relationships that felt performative may begin to feel hollow. And connections that felt solid might get even stronger when you allow your full truth to take up space. Venus in Aries adds fire here, so this won’t be a passive realization, it will feel like a call to action. Love becomes something you actively participate in, not just something you wait around to receive.
Financially, Pluto retrograde may bring a rebalancing. Not through loss, but through insight. You may come face-to-face with the systems you’ve outgrown, including how you earn, what you tolerate for stability, or where you’ve undervalued your own work. It’s not about pulling back, it’s about pulling up. Revealing what was buried so you can build on something stronger.
Spiritually, this is an invitation to look deeper without getting stuck. Pluto in Aquarius retrograde can actually bring clarity through community, conversation, and internal revelation. This is where you realize that you’re not doing the work alone, even when it feels solitary. Healing becomes more visible, more shared, and more integrated. There’s no glamor here. Just growth. The kind that doesn’t ask for a performance, just a presence.
To prepare for this season, it helps to be curious instead of reactive. It helps to ask yourself questions that don’t require immediate answers but invite deeper reflection.
Questions to consider as we enter this retrograde cycle:
Where am I still pretending to be fine because it’s easier than explaining the truth?
What old systems or beliefs no longer reflect who I am now?
Which parts of me are evolving faster than the spaces I’m in?
What am I still clinging to out of habit, not alignment?
Where do I quietly hope someone else will rescue me instead of acting on my own behalf?
In what ways am I hiding behind progress instead of embodying it?
What part of my story is finally ready to be told honestly?
How has my relationship to power changed in the last year?
Where do I need to let myself be helped, even if it feels uncomfortable?
What would it look like to rebuild from a place of truth instead of urgency?
Mantras:
I allow the slow process of clarity to take shape.
What I see now will guide what I create next.
I don’t need to control the transformation in order to trust it.
There is no need to rush this work. There is no demand to perform it perfectly. This is not about fixing yourself. This is about learning to see yourself clearly enough that you stop needing to be fixed. Pluto doesn’t show up with chaos this time. It shows up with depth, and with depth comes peace, if you’re willing to meet it without fear.
Let this week give you the contrast you didn’t know you needed. Let the softness of Venus conjunct Neptune remind you that tenderness is not weakness. Let Pluto retrograde show you that stillness is not stagnation. And let whatever you’ve been quietly healing become the foundation you walk forward on, with strength, with clarity, but without apology. You got this friend.
