Venus crosses a sign in about 24 days and completes the zodiac in roughly a year. It occupies one house from your Moon and aspects the 7th from there, which is the only aspect it casts.
Read the transit from your Moon sign first. The Moon carries the mind, and Venus works on what the mind finds pleasant, wants to keep, and is willing to spend on. Read the same transit from the ascendant second.
The classical transit chapters support Venus in 9 of the 12 positions from the birth Moon sign. No other planet carries a list this long, and that generosity hides the 2 positions worth planning around.
The 3 left out are the 6th, the 7th and the 10th. The 7th is the house Venus rules as karaka, and the classical list still treats the transit as difficult. That follows the natal principle of karako bhava nashaya, where a karaka sitting in its own house weakens it.
Partnership itself holds up. Attention on it runs high and satisfaction runs behind.
The 12th surprises people in the other direction. It sits on the favourable list, because the 12th holds rest, retreat, foreign places and the enjoyment of what has already been earned. Venus is at ease in all of them.
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How Venus Moves
Venus never travels more than about 47 degrees from the Sun. It follows the Sun around the zodiac and takes close to a year for the full circle. Every house receives Venus once a year, for roughly 3.5 weeks.
Retrograde arrives once in about 18 months and lasts around 40 days. That is far less often than Mercury and considerably longer when it happens. A retrograde Venus inside a sign can stretch one house transit to 2 months or more.
Combustion matters less here than it does for Mercury. Following the orbs in Brihat Jataka, Venus is combust within about 10 degrees of the Sun when direct and about 8 when retrograde. Its wide elongation keeps it clear of that band for most of the year. Check the current sign and both conditions on the Venus transit pages before reading any house result.
Venus casts its aspect on the 7th from itself and nowhere else.
The Three Filters That Decide the Result
Ashtakavarga Bindus
Venus's Bhinnashtakavarga holds 52 bindus across the 12 signs, an average of just over 4 per sign.
A sign with 5 or more supports the transit. A sign with 3 or fewer keeps the result small even from the 4th or the 11th. The Ashtakavarga calculator gives the count for your chart, and the Ashtakavarga system explains how the bindus are assigned.
The Running Dasha
A window of 3.5 weeks acts as a trigger on whatever the dasha has already arranged. Venus mahadasha runs 20 years, the longest in the Vimshottari sequence, so anyone inside it meets 20 Venus transits of every house.
That length is the reason Venus transits get noticed more than their size deserves. Check which antardasha the window falls in with the Vimshottari dasha calculator.
Venus's Condition at Birth
Venus exalted in Pisces, or in Taurus or Libra, carries its transits cleanly. Venus debilitated in Virgo gives less, unless a Neecha Bhanga applies in the chart.
For Capricorn and Aquarius ascendants Venus is yogakaraka, and its transits carry opportunity into every house it crosses. Venus sitting with Saturn, Mars or Rahu at birth delivers unevenly. Those charts feel the 6th, 7th and 10th positions more than the bindu count suggests.
Venus Transit in Each of the 12 Houses
Count the house Venus occupies from your Moon sign, then read that section below. The table gives the classical verdict and the single house Venus aspects from each position.
House from Moon | Classical verdict | Venus aspects | What comes forward |
|---|---|---|---|
1st | Favourable | 7th | Appearance, ease, manner |
2nd | Favourable | 8th | Money, family, speech |
3rd | Favourable | 9th | Persuasion, artistic skill, short travel |
4th | Favourable | 10th | Home, comfort, vehicles, mother |
5th | Favourable | 11th | Romance, creative work, children |
6th | Not favourable | 12th | Service, routine work, debt |
7th | Not favourable | 1st | Partnership, marriage, expectation |
8th | Favourable | 2nd | Joint resources, inheritance, research |
9th | Favourable | 3rd | Long travel, teachers, study for pleasure |
10th | Not favourable | 4th | Career, public standing, professional ties |
11th | Favourable | 5th | Gains, networks, long-held wishes |
12th | Favourable | 6th | Expense, foreign places, rest |
Venus Transit in the 1st House
Ease returns. Appearance, taste and manner all improve, and other people find you easier to deal with than usual.
Venus aspects the 7th, so that ease reaches the partner and the business relationship. Charm does more work than effort for 3.5 weeks.
Use the window for anything that turns on how you come across. A first meeting, a photograph, a public appearance and any request you would rather make in person all belong here.
The classical list supports this position. A retrograde Venus stretches the window to 2 months and turns attention toward how you used to present yourself. With 3 or fewer bindus the ease is pleasant and produces nothing.
Venus Transit in the 2nd House
Money, family and speech come forward, and Venus aspects the 8th. Spending turns toward what is pleasant to own.
Speech softens. A family conversation that had been stuck becomes possible again. This is a reasonable window for a purchase that will last, and a poor one for restraint.
Schedule the conversation and the purchase. Jewellery, furniture, anything with resale value, and the family discussion that needed a softer tone all suit the position.
The 8th aspect keeps shared money in view. A retrograde Venus returns an old purchase or a family matter left open. Low bindus mean the spending happens and the pleasure fades early.
Venus Transit in the 3rd House
Communication gets its charm back. Short travel, artistic skill and relations with younger siblings all come forward. Venus aspects the 9th.
Anything that needs persuading goes well here. The pitch, the request and the difficult message all land better than a month either side.
Use the weeks for the ask. Sales calls, proposals, apology notes and the message you have redrafted 5 times all go out now, since persuasion costs less effort than usual.
The 9th aspect gives that persuasion a longer reach. A retrograde Venus suits revisiting a request that was refused. With 5 or more bindus the answer comes back inside the window.
Venus Transit in the 4th House
Venus holds directional strength in the 4th, so this is the position where it acts at full strength.
Home, comfort, vehicles and the mother all take the attention. Purchases for the house sit well here. So does anything that makes the place you live more pleasant to be in, which is the whole point of Venus in this house.
The 10th aspect keeps professional life steady while the focus stays domestic. Use the window for the house: the furniture, the renovation, the vehicle, and time spent at home doing nothing useful.
This is the strongest Venus window of the year. A retrograde Venus stretches it to 2 months, which is long enough for a real renovation. Even 3 bindus gives something in this position.
Venus Transit in the 5th House
Romance, creative work, learning for enjoyment and matters concerning children all come forward. Venus aspects the 11th, which connects the enjoyment back to income and to the wider circle.
Art made now tends to be liked. Speculation gets tempting here and stays unsupported.
Use the weeks for the work you would make anyway. A performance, a piece of writing, a course taken for its own sake and time given to a child all fit.
The classical list supports the position. A retrograde Venus returns an old romance or an abandoned creative project. With 5 or more bindus the work finds an audience through the 11th aspect.
Venus Transit in the 6th House
One of the 3 positions the classical list leaves out. Service, routine work, debt and disputes crowd out whatever Venus would rather be doing, and Venus aspects the 12th.
Spending goes on obligations. Friction in a relationship, when it appears, is about practical matters and shared duties.
Handle the admin. Let the pleasure wait 3 weeks. Insurance, subscriptions, the household accounts and the small debts nobody chases all clear in this window.
A retrograde Venus here is a long stretch of unglamorous obligation. A combust Venus makes an arrangement serve one party more than both, so agree nothing important. Low bindus turn the friction into the main feature.
Venus Transit in the 7th House
The karaka in its own house. Partnership, marriage and business relationships fill the month, and Venus aspects back to the 1st.
Attention on the relationship runs high. Satisfaction runs behind it, which is the gap the classical list is pointing at. Expectations get raised faster than anything can meet them.
Talk less about what is missing and more about what is wanted. The position responds to that.
A retrograde Venus in the 7th brings a past relationship back into view, and this is the most common transit behind that. A combust Venus is worth waiting out before agreeing terms. With 5 or more bindus the attention turns useful.
Venus Transit in the 8th House
Joint resources, inheritance, research and hidden matters come forward, and Venus aspects the 2nd.
Money can arrive through a partner or through something shared. Interest turns toward subjects requiring depth. The classical list keeps this position favourable, which sits oddly with the 8th house reputation and holds up in practice.
Use the weeks for the shared money conversation. A joint account, an inheritance matter, an insurance settlement and any subject you have been avoiding all move now.
The 2nd aspect keeps your own savings connected to the outcome. A retrograde Venus reopens a settlement. With 3 or fewer bindus the money stays where it is and the interest remains theoretical.
Venus Transit in the 9th House
Long travel, higher learning, teachers and dharma all open up, and Venus aspects the 3rd.
Travel for pleasure goes well. So does study of something chosen for its own sake. One of the easiest positions in the cycle.
Book the trip. A holiday, a course, a visit to a teacher and any journey taken for enjoyment all suit these weeks. They are among the easiest Venus gives.
The 3rd aspect keeps daily communication pleasant through the window. A retrograde Venus suits returning to a place you enjoyed before. Even a modest bindu count gives a good month here.
Venus Transit in the 10th House
Career and public standing absorb what Venus would otherwise spend on comfort. The classical list leaves this position out for that reason, and Venus aspects the 4th.
Professional relationships carry the month. The work goes fine and the enjoyment has to wait, since the 4th aspect keeps home in view without leaving time for it.
Use the weeks for the professional relationship. A client dinner, a networking event, a difficult colleague and anything where the work depends on people liking you all fit.
A retrograde Venus returns an old client or a former employer. A combust Venus makes professional charm read as self-interest. Low bindus give the workload without the relationship benefit.
Venus Transit in the 11th House
Gains, networks and long-held wishes come forward, and Venus aspects the 5th.
Income and enjoyment arrive together, which is rarer than it sounds. Social circles widen. Introductions go well, and something wanted for a long time tends to move in this window.
Ask, and be seen asking. Events, introductions, fundraising and the request you have been holding all belong in these weeks.
The 5th aspect connects those gains back to creative work. A retrograde Venus revives a dormant contact or an old wish. With 5 or more bindus this is the best Venus window of the year for money.
Venus Transit in the 12th House
The classical list keeps this position favourable. Expense, foreign places, rest and retreat all come forward, and Venus aspects the 6th.
Spending rises. What it buys is usually worth having. Foreign travel, time away, and the plain enjoyment of what has already been earned all belong in these weeks. The 6th aspect helps in settling small debts quietly.
Venus reads the 12th as the house of comfort, and the classical list agrees with it.
Use the weeks for rest. Rest that costs money is what this position is for. A retrograde Venus stretches the retreat to 2 months. Low bindus leave the expense without the comfort it was meant to buy.
Reading the Same Transit from the Ascendant
Run the count again from the ascendant. The house Venus occupies from there shows where comfort, money and relationship actually land. The Moon count shows what the mind was hoping for.
Where both counts agree, the month has one clear subject. Where they differ, expect to want one thing and receive another, which is a common Venus signature.
Venus's functional role for your ascendant changes the reading. For Capricorn and Aquarius it builds in every house. For Aries and Scorpio the same transit gives less than the classical list promises.
What a Venus Transit Does Not Do
A window of 3.5 weeks does not fix a relationship. Venus softens the approach and makes conversation easier, and whatever is structurally wrong stays where it was.
A generous classical list is not the same as a strong transit. Venus is favourable in 9 positions, so the list stops distinguishing much. The bindus and the dasha do more of the work here than in any other reading in this series.
The 7th house position gets blamed for trouble that was already present. The transit raises attention on partnership, and attention finds what is there.
How to Use This
Find your Moon sign with the Moon sign calculator, then find where Venus sits with the Venus sign calculator. Count the house from your Moon and from your ascendant.
Check the bindus in that sign and the antardasha running through the window. A personal consultation weighs it against the full chart.
Summary
Venus crosses a house in about 3.5 weeks, aspects only the 7th from there, and holds directional strength in the 4th. The classical favourable list runs to 9 positions, leaving out the 6th, 7th and 10th.
The 7th and the 12th are the 2 worth knowing.
In the 7th the karaka sits in its own house and raises attention above satisfaction. The list also supports the 12th. The favourable list is long enough that it stops distinguishing much. Bindus and dasha decide more of the result here than the house position does.
