♀︎︎ Station guide

Venus turns direct 14 November 2026

Venus stations direct at 22°51′ Libra on 14 November 2026 (00:21 UTC; 13 November in the Americas) after a retrograde that began at 8°29′ Scorpio on 3 October. Shadow until 15 December, and what it means for each sign.

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The dates, degrees and times

Moment	When (UTC)	Where
Pre-shadow begins	Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:43 UTC	22°51′ Libra
Venus enters Scorpio	Thu, 10 Sept 2026 08:12 UTC	Scorpio
Venus square Pluto	Tue, 15 Sept 2026 18:41 UTC	Scorpio · Aquarius
Venus stations retrograde	Sat, 3 Oct 2026 07:09 UTC	8°29′ Scorpio
Mercury conjunct Venus	Wed, 7 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC	Scorpio
Venus square Mars	Sat, 10 Oct 2026 21:22 UTC	Scorpio · Leo
Venus square Pluto	Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:43 UTC	Scorpio · Aquarius
Venus passes between Earth and Sun	Sat, 24 Oct 2026 03:39 UTC	Scorpio
Venus backs into Libra	Sun, 25 Oct 2026 08:56 UTC	Libra
Venus sextile Jupiter	Wed, 4 Nov 2026 10:20 UTC	Libra · Leo
Venus sextile Mars	Tue, 10 Nov 2026 06:39 UTC	Libra · Leo
Venus stations direct	Sat, 14 Nov 2026 00:21 UTC	22°51′ Libra
Venus sextile Jupiter	Sat, 28 Nov 2026 12:06 UTC	Libra · Leo
Venus enters Scorpio	Fri, 4 Dec 2026 08:14 UTC	Scorpio
Venus square Pluto	Wed, 9 Dec 2026 18:38 UTC	Scorpio · Aquarius
Venus sextile Mars	Sat, 12 Dec 2026 09:15 UTC	Scorpio · Virgo
Post-shadow ends	Tue, 15 Dec 2026 18:36 UTC	8°29′ Scorpio
Length	42 days retrograde · 106 days including the shadow	—
Also retrograde	Pluto, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus	—

Computed with the Lunonis ephemeris (geocentric, tropical zodiac, true equinox of date). Times are UTC and good to about a minute; for stations, where the planet barely moves, to a few minutes.

Station guide

Venus direct, November 2026

Venus has been retrograde since 3 October, when it stopped at 8°29′ Scorpio and began to back up into Libra, which it re-entered on 25 October. It stations direct at 22°51′ Libra on 14 November at 00:21 UTC, still the evening of 13 November in the Americas. For six weeks the questions were about what we value and whom we choose; the station is where the answers begin to hold.

Direct is not the same as finished. Venus needs until 15 December to get back to 8°29′ Scorpio, the degree where it turned, and crosses back into Scorpio on 4 December on the way. Mercury turns direct only about eight hours earlier, so mid-November is when two stalled stories, one about words and one about love and money, start to move together.

Sign by sign

What it means for each sign

Houses are whole-sign solar houses counted from each Sun sign. If you know your birth time, count from your Rising sign instead: that house is the one that applies to you.

Sun sign	House	Where it shows up
Aries	8th house → 7th house	What you reconsidered about partners, contracts and one-to-one ties can start moving again.
Taurus	7th house → 6th house	What you reconsidered about daily work, routines and health habits can start moving again.
Gemini	6th house → 5th house	What you reconsidered about romance, creativity, children and play can start moving again.
Cancer	5th house → 4th house	What you reconsidered about home, family and roots can start moving again.
Leo	4th house → 3rd house	What you reconsidered about everyday talk, siblings, short trips and learning can start moving again.
Virgo	3rd house → 2nd house	What you reconsidered about money, possessions and self-worth can start moving again.
Libra	2nd house → 1st house	What you reconsidered about yourself, your body and how you come across can start moving again.
Scorpio	1st house → 12th house	What you reconsidered about rest, solitude, the hidden and the unfinished can start moving again.
Sagittarius	12th house → 11th house	What you reconsidered about friends, groups, networks and hopes can start moving again.
Capricorn	11th house → 10th house	What you reconsidered about career, reputation and public direction can start moving again.
Aquarius	10th house → 9th house	What you reconsidered about travel, study, beliefs and the bigger picture can start moving again.
Pisces	9th house → 8th house	What you reconsidered about shared money, debts, intimacy and what you owe can start moving again.

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Your Rising sign decides which house this lands in

A Sun-sign reading is one twelfth of the picture. Your free birth chart shows your Rising sign and every planet, so you can see where this event really falls for you; the monthly forecast then reads the transits against your own chart.

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Questions

Asked and answered

When does Venus turn direct?

Venus stations direct on 14 November 2026 at 22°51′ Libra, after turning retrograde on 3 October 2026 at 8°29′ Scorpio. It returns to the degree where it turned, ending the post-shadow, on 15 December 2026.

Is it safe to start a relationship or buy something big now?

The day of the station itself is slow and charged: Venus is standing still. In the weeks after, the advice traditionally relaxes step by step, and once Venus clears its shadow on 15 December nothing in this cycle argues against new beginnings. Decisions you circled during the retrograde are often the ones worth making now.

Which signs feel it most?

It falls in Scorpio, Libra, so for those Sun signs it is in the 1st house, the most personal one. Every sign meets it somewhere: the table shows the house for each. More precise is your own chart: if you have planets or your Rising sign near 22°51′ Libra – 8°29′ Scorpio, it is a bigger event for you.