VENUS RETROGR ADE
NOREN-HOSHAL
the current Venus/Sun cycle also moves from
Gemini, Capricorn, Leo, Aries, Scorpio and
back to Gemini. (See the Star listed below as
2004-2012 which is still active) Signs remain
active within the Venus/Sun Star for approx-
imately 100 years. For example: on August
22nd of 1987 (the week of the Harmonic
Convergence) the Virgo arm of the Venus
Star shifted into Leo. It will remain in the
sign of the Lion for another approximate 100
years until 2088.
Yet another cycle observed with the Venus
Star is that every 4 years the Venus Star
Point returns to the same sign of the zodiac,
and close to the same degree. If the original
VSP was a Morning Star in Scorpio, the VSP
four years later will again be Scorpio, but it
will be an Evening Star. To have a complete
return to the same sign and phase takes 8
years. Thus, a Leo Morning Star, will return
again after eight years.
Looking back to the most recent Leo
Morning Star period which began on August
17th of 2007, we can gain insight into what
the upcoming VSP at 23 Leo Morning Star
(August 15, 2015) will bring. The Leo Star
was born for the first time since 1849 with
great promise and high spirits in August of
1987 (see chart at right).
In general, the Leo Star seems to encour-
age heart-centered action and the use of
one’s talents to ensure that we are passing
down a legacy of love to younger genera-
tions. Environmentalism and recycling first
got their start in the late 1980s as a way of
showing love for the planet. Just as a moth-
The
Career
Astrologer
er would want to preserve a healthy way of
life for her child, the healthy child, now an
adult, will want to care for its aging mother,
the Earth. Animal conservation, should see
an increase during the Leo VSP.
The Leo VSP period from 1744 to 1849
gave birth to what Guttman calls “a
bright and colorful era.” As per Guttman,
“During that 109-year period the French
Yet another cycle ob-
served with the Venus
Star is that every 4
years the Venus Star
Point returns to the
same sign of the zo-
diac, and close to the
same degree.
and American Revolutions and the found-
ing of America as a nation occurred. The
Napoleonic era 1790-1820 reflects the com-
manding solar presence of this Leo sun sign
military leader who conquered peoples on
multiple continents. In the early days of U.S.
history, the California Gold Rush took place
in the early t