Venus Retrograde in Aries: The Bold Reset on Love, Money & Leadership 🔥
From March 1 to April 12, 2025, Venus will be retrograde in Aries, the fiery sign of independence, ambition, and initiation. This retrograde isn’t about waiting—it’s about reassessing how you pursue what you truly want in love, money, and leadership.
Aries energy is direct, confident, and fast-moving, but retrogrades slow us down, forcing us to reflect. Expect to redefine your values, reassess your self-worth, and revisit past relationships, financial habits, and leadership choices.
This isn’t just another Venus Retrograde. It’s setting the stage for Neptune (March 30) and Saturn (May 24) moving into Aries, ushering in a massive identity shift both personally and collectively. Venus is your first reality check—where are you settling? Where are you holding back? Where do you need to step up?
🌟 What Happens During Venus Retrograde?
Venus governs love, money, attraction, beauty, and self-worth, so when she appears to move backward, we experience a deep internal review of these areas. With Aries energy in the mix, this retrograde will highlight:
🔄 Old relationships resurfacing – Exes, past clients, or unresolved dynamics may return for closure or a second look.
💰 Reevaluating financial confidence – Are you charging what you're worth? Spending money in alignment with your values?
💡 Self-identity in leadership – Does your brand, business, or role truly reflect who you are?
🔥 Revisiting old passions & ideas – Aries rules beginnings—projects, businesses, or desires you abandoned might be calling you back.
⚡ Tension in partnerships – Aries prioritizes self, which can bring up imbalances in relationships (romantic or business).
This is NOT the time to rush into new financial commitments, relationships, or major branding changes based on your current, and likely intense, emotions. Instead, it’s a time to reflect and realign.
🚀 Venus Retrograde in Business
Since Venus influences value, money, and attraction, soulpreneurs should pay attention to how they lead, price, and position themselves. Aries energy brings courage—but also impulsiveness.
What to Do:
✅ Reassess your pricing & worth – Are your rates aligned with your expertise? Do you undervalue yourself?
✅ Refine brand messaging – Is your business expressing who you are now or an outdated version of yourself?
✅ Reconnect with past clients – Retrogrades favor revisiting unfinished projects, old partnerships, or leads that ghosted.
✅ Reflect on your leadership style – Are you taking bold enough action, or playing small?
Considerations:
🚫 You may not want to launch a brand-new business, product, or rebrand (your vision might shift post-retrograde). If you have calm clarity about your launch and it is something you have worked on in previous cycles, you can launch. Follow your intuition on this one, not your logical or emotional mind.
🚫 Pause on making impulsive financial investments (you may rethink them later). What can feel like an immediate need, is actually just showing you what you are lacking. Ruminate on what would best fill that need before investing.
🚫 Don't rush into a major business partnership without deep reflection. (See the section below on personal life. A lot of relationship stuff might surface that you will want clarity on before moving forward).
This retrograde is about self-leadership—how you claim space, set boundaries, and make choices that align with your values.
❤️ Venus Retrograde in Personal Life
On a personal level, Aries energy makes us reflect on self-love, independence, and boundaries in relationships.
✨ What to Expect:
🔹 Relationship tests – If there’s an imbalance in giving vs. receiving, it will surface.
🔹 People from the past reappearing – Not just exes, but old friendships, work connections, or family themes returning for review.
🔹 Confidence checks – Do you need external validation, or are you secure in your own worth?
🔹 Emotional impulsivity – Aries reacts fast, so be mindful of sudden arguments or breakups that could be avoided with reflection.
Venus in Aries wants you to prioritize your needs first, but retrograde asks: Are you leading from alignment, or just reacting?
🌊 The Prelude to Neptune & Saturn in Aries
Venus Retrograde is the first domino to fall before two massive planetary shifts in Aries:
🌑 Neptune in Aries (March 30, 2025 - 2038):
A spiritual redefinition of self. Neptune dissolves old identities and asks us to trust intuitive action. Expect themes around personal reinvention, breaking old rules of success, and stepping into a more aligned, inspired form of leadership.
🪨 Saturn in Aries (May 25, 2025 - 2028):
The hard work of self-mastery. Saturn in Aries demands structure, discipline, and responsibility for your personal power. This transit is about proving yourself through consistent, focused effort.
💡 Venus Retrograde is your warm-up:
If you’re playing small, this retrograde will make it uncomfortable. If you’re undervaluing yourself, expect to feel the tension. If you’re not clear on what you truly desire, this is your time to figure it out—because Neptune and Saturn will require action.
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🔥 How to Work with this Retrograde
✔ Celebrate your past successes—then reflect on where you’ve outgrown your old self.
✔ Slow down and rethink impulsive decisions, especially around money, branding, and relationships.
✔ Reconnect with past ideas, partnerships, and offers—there may be something worth bringing back.
✔ Prepare for deep identity shifts—Neptune & Saturn will demand clarity and action.
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✍️ Journal Prompts
1️⃣ What bold desire have I been suppressing?
2️⃣ Where have I been compromising my identity for others?
3️⃣ How can I show up as a leader in my business and relationships?
4️⃣ What financial or self-worth patterns am I ready to break?
🔮 Your Affirmation
“I trust my desires, embrace my independence, and lead with clarity and confidence.”
Venus is giving you a six-week head start on the personal reinvention that Neptune and Saturn will demand. Let's step into our power and charge ahead in our own authenticity and magic.
