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Venus, the planet of love is on the move, leaving behind the planets that are more focused on getting this professional year up to speed and joining Pluto in a social and serendipitous part of your chart. While over the next few days the Sun, Mercury and Mars will all follow, this gives you time to first adjust to having the laws of attraction and synchronicity working in harmony, something that is going to increase the potential for serendipitous moments and/or encounters.

Having the Moon not only in an adventurous part of your chart as Venus, the planet of love leaves today but drawing towards an alignment with the rest of the planets here as a New Moon, is helping to lock in her mission to bring the spirit of romance and adventure together. It helps that there are forces staying on that will keep this alive, with today’s adventurous lunar vibes helping with that.

Just as the Moon’s departure from your relationship sector yesterday has left you more emotionally engaged and aware, Venus’ return to an adventurous part of your chart today is good news for matters of the heart. With the Moon and a parade of planets hot on her heels, the planet of love’s mission to bring the spirit of romance and adventure together has both built in support from the start and more on the way.

It is before the first New Moon of 2026 peaks but with the Sun, Moon and the rest of the planets keeping you emotionally engaged and aware that Venus leaves your relationship sector today. As the planet of love, Venus is leaving you with a better sense of what you want from your relationships and in the safe hands of planets that help with the when, where and how. This includes working with Mercury and Mars, the planets of communication and passion.

While the Sun, Mercury and Mars, the planets of communication and passion and even the Moon will all return to your relationship sector over the coming days Venus, the planet of love’s return today is giving her a chance to get in first. This kicks off the most pivotal months of the year on the relationship front and thanks to the Moon’s departure from your romantic sector yesterday, with the spirit of romance in the air.

Venus, the planet of love might leave your romantic sector today, but just as a romantically charged weekend is giving the spirit of romance and adventure the best possible boost. With the Sun and Moon moving towards the first New Moon of 2026 and Mars, the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos in his last weekend here for another two years, today’s romantically charged lunar vibes are helping to capture both your heart’s desires, hopes and aspirations and the influence of planets that can turn desires into reality.

In a case of perfect timing, it is over the weekend that Venus, the planet of love returns to begin the most romantically charged months of 2026. With the Moon returning tomorrow and the Sun, Mercury and Mars over the coming days, Venus is able to break the ice. Waiting for Venus and the rest of the planets as they return is Pluto, with the planet of change and transformation waiting for this moment.

As Venus, the planet of love leaves your communication sector today, her mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice is in safe hands. At the same time that the Sun is spending his last weekend here at a friendly aspect to Uranus in your relationship sector, Mercury and Mars, the planets of communication and passion are about to do the same. A New Moon is drawing everything together.

This is not just a good news day on the romantic and relationship fronts, but the start of a trend. As the dwarf planet Eris, the warrior princess of the cosmos settles into her first weekend in direct motion in your romantic sector Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams is just nine days away from returning to spend the next 13 years here. This comes just as Venus, the planet of love not only returns to your communication sector, but her mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice has built in support from the start.

It is just as Venus, the planet of love is leaving Capricorn and wrapping up her mission to update your romantic and relationship desires, hopes and aspirations for the coming year, that today’s stars are helping to lock this into place. At the same time that a friendly aspect between the Sun in Capricorn and Uranus in your romantic sector peaks, so too does the Moon’s clash with Jupiter in your relationship sector. These are planets that are going to shape the coming months.

Venus, the planet of love is on the move today and with it a complete shift in focus. As Venus leaves a nostalgic and reflective part of your chart, this brings the nostalgic trip down love’s memory lane she has been taking your heart on to an end, with her return to Aquarius a chance for a fresh start. By the time the Sun returns in a few days to begin your birthday month and new solar year, Venus will have your heart looking to the future.

Venus, the planet of love is on the move today and in terms of your heart’s focus, this will be a significant shift. As she leaves a social and serendipitous part of your chart Venus ends a desire to always be socially connected. Instead, Venus’ return to a nostalgic and reflective part of your chart brings you to the start of a nostalgic trip down love’s memory lane that will end with her return to Pisces next month.