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Ahead of Venus, the planet of love’s return to a social and serendipitous part of your chart tomorrow, there is a chance to use Pluto’s last full day here on his own to start looking at where you can be more fearless. When Venus returns tomorrow, this will bring the laws of attraction and synchronicity into play, with listening to your heart and gut more likely to put you in the right place at the right time.

It is just as Venus, the planet of love has reached her last full day in an adventurous part of your chart and of her mission to bring the spirit of romance and adventure together, that the Moon not only returns but to spend its early hours at a friendly aspect to the South Node in an adventurous part of your chart. While Venus will leave tomorrow, this promises to keep the spirit of romance and adventure alive right through the weekend.

After Mercury, the planet of communication left your relationship sector in the New Year, the Moon’s departure today is the start of the real journey. The Moon will continue to return every four weeks, each time leaving you more emotionally engaged and aware, but this first visit for the year was a chance to regroup and revisit the impact a parade of planets had on the final three months of 2026. This is a new year, with everything needed for the journey ahead.

It is just as Venus, the planet of love reaches her last full day in your relationship sector that the Moon not only returns, but to begin the lead up to the first New Moon of 2026. With the Sun, Mars and Mercury all leaving next week, the Moon not only returns with a chance to become more emotionally engaged and aware, but thanks to a friendly aspect to the South Node in your communication sector, with the communication lines open.

A day before Venus, the planet of love is due to join Pluto in your relationship sector to begin the most important months of 2026 on the relationship front, the Moon leaves and wraps up its first visit to your romantic sector for the year. With support for your relationships set to increase dramatically over the coming days, with no planets in your romantic sector, holding onto the spirit of romance needs to be today’s top priority.

Knowing that over the coming days the Sun, Mercury and Mars will all leave your romantic sector, having the Moon return during Venus, the planet of love’s last full day here couldn’t be more timely. As well as setting the scene for a romantically charged weekend, this begins the lead up to the first New Moon of 2026 and a chance to get the most out of planets that are working to get the year off to a romantically charged start.

Ahead of Venus, the planet of love’s return to your romantic sector tomorrow and the start of what will be the most romantically charged months of 2026, the Moon is wrapping up its first visit to your communication sector for the year. This first visit since the dwarf planet Eris turned direct in your relationship sector earlier in the week and the last before Neptune’s return in 10 days, is making today all about having the communication lines open.

It is just as Venus, the planet of love has reached her last full day in your communication sector and of her mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice, that the Moon returns. Making Venus’ job even easier is that this comes just as a friendly aspect between the Sun in your communication sector and Uranus in your relationship sector begins, the same one that Venus is still separating from.

Ahead of Venus, the planet of love’s return to your communication sector tomorrow to begin her annual mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice, the Moon wraps up its first visit to Sagittarius for the year. While the Moon’s friendly aspect to the three planets in your romantic sector over the last few days has given the spirit of romance a boost, it will also leave you more emotionally engaged and aware, making Venus’ job a lot easier.

As the Moon returns for its first visit to Capricorn for the year and to begin the lead up to the first New Moon of 2026, the timing couldn’t be better. It is during Venus, the planet of love’s last full day and just as she is working to raise the bar on your heart’s desires, hopes and aspirations for the coming year that between them, the Sun and Moon are bringing the spirit of romance and adventure together.

Adding to a sense of romantic nostalgia in the air today is the Moon’s return to a nostalgic and reflective part of your chart just as Venus, the planet of love has reached her last full day. At the same time, while it is in the final hours of the nostalgic trip down love’s memory lane Venus is taking your heart on that a sense of romantic nostalgia is likely to spike, a day ahead of her return to Aquarius, there will also be a sense of anticipation in the air.

What makes the Moon’s return to your friendship sector today and a friendly aspect to the South Node shortly after returning significant is the timing. This is something the Moon does every four weeks and will continue to until the South Node leaves in July. The difference this time is that Venus, the planet of love is just one of several planets making this a special time across the communication, social and relationship fronts.