Venus will station retrograde from the latter third of Gemini tomorrow. For nearly six weeks, the brightest planet in the sky will appear to move backwards from our perspective. The beginning of its apparent reverse motion puts us on notice that Venus will soon pass between Earth and the Sun. Venus starts its retrograde period in the midst of a long opposition to distant Quaoar, which has occupied Sagittarius since its discovery in 2002. Its opposition to Quaoar, taking place from the precise degree where Venus changes direction, symbolizes another kind of impending passage, into the season of your re-creation.
The word ‘recreation’ has pleasant connotations. There is no reason why the hyphenated term ‘re-creation’ should be any less fortunate. Venus’ role during its retrograde period will be as a reminder to feel fortunate about an apparent and auspicious opportunity to re-create yourself and the world.
The period between Venus’ retrograde station tomorrow and June 27, when the brightest planet resumes direct motion, will serve as a container of sorts. Within that temporal vessel, there will be an astonishing series of celestial events, one after the other, exceeding in auspiciousness any similar period in your lifetime. Taken as a whole, that series of events implies big changes in your life. Not the kind of changes that leave you feeling helpless and victimized either, but rather the kind you can participate with, as in a dance. That’s the promise held as Venus initiates the container of its retrograde period in opposition to Quaoar.
Quaoar is named after the creator of the Tongva people, first citizens of what is now Los Angeles, California. As the Tongva conceived it, Quaoar danced all the other deities, one after the other, into being. Each god or goddess so created joined in the dance, participating in the creation of the world. The chart for Quaoar’s June 4, 2002 discovery has a lot in common with its opposition to Venus at tomorrow’s retrograde station.