Exact ephemeris dates for every sign Venus occupies in 2026, with entry and exit times, retrograde stations and combustion windows. Venus stays about one month per sign.
•Venus is in Sagittarius from 20 December 2025 to 13 January 2026 (23 days). Venus entered Sagittarius before this year and stays until 13 January 2026.
•Venus is in Capricorn from 13 January 2026 to 6 February 2026 (23 days). Venus enters and leaves Capricorn within this year.
•Venus is in Aquarius from 6 February 2026 to 2 March 2026 (23 days). Venus enters and leaves Aquarius within this year.
•Venus is in Pisces from 2 March 2026 to 26 March 2026 (24 days). Venus enters and leaves Pisces within this year.
•Venus is in Aries from 26 March 2026 to 19 April 2026 (24 days). Venus enters and leaves Aries within this year.
•Venus is in Taurus from 19 April 2026 to 14 May 2026 (24 days). Venus enters and leaves Taurus within this year.
•Venus is in Gemini from 14 May 2026 to 8 June 2026 (25 days). Venus enters and leaves Gemini within this year.
•Venus is in Cancer from 8 June 2026 to 4 July 2026 (26 days). Venus enters and leaves Cancer within this year.
•Venus is in Leo from 4 July 2026 to 1 August 2026 (27 days). Venus enters and leaves Leo within this year.
•Venus is in Virgo from 1 August 2026 to 2 September 2026 (1 month). Venus enters and leaves Virgo within this year.
•Venus is in Libra from 2 September 2026 to 6 November 2026 (2 months). Venus enters and leaves Libra within this year.
•Venus is in Virgo from 6 November 2026 to 22 November 2026 (16 days). Venus enters and leaves Virgo within this year.
•Venus is in Libra from 22 November 2026 to 1 January 2027 (1 month). Venus enters Libra and remains there into 2027.
Dates are calculated once from the ephemeris and displayed in your local time zone. A sign listed twice is a retrograde step back into the earlier sign, not a second separate transit.
Venus sign changes in 2026
Each row is one continuous period in a single sign. Venus slows down and appears to reverse direction partway through, so a sign can appear twice.
Venus transit sign changes with entry and exit dates in 2026
Sign
Enters
Leaves
Duration
Notes
Sagittarius
23 days
Combust partBegan in 2025
Capricorn
23 days
Combust part
Aquarius
23 days
Combust part
Pisces
24 days
Direct
Aries
24 days
Direct
Taurus
24 days
Direct
Gemini
25 days
Direct
Cancer
26 days
Direct
Leo
27 days
Direct
Virgo
1 month
Direct
Libra
2 months
Retrograde partCombust part
Virgo
16 days
Retrograde part
Libra
1 month
Ends in 2027
Venus sign, month by month in 2026
A quick month-by-month view. Highlighted rows are the months in which Venus changes sign.
Venus zodiac sign in each month of 2026
Month
Venus in
Sign change
Station
Combust
Jan
SagittariusCapricorn
to Capricorn on
No
Combust
Feb
CapricornAquarius
to Aquarius on
No
Combust
Mar
AquariusPiscesAries
to Aries on
No
No
Apr
AriesTaurus
to Taurus on
No
No
May
TaurusGemini
to Gemini on
No
No
Jun
GeminiCancer
to Cancer on
No
No
Jul
CancerLeo
to Leo on
No
No
Aug
LeoVirgo
to Virgo on
No
No
Sep
VirgoLibra
to Libra on
No
No
Oct
Libra
No
Retrograde
Combust
Nov
LibraVirgo
to Virgo on
Progressive
No
Dec
Libra
No
No
No
Venus retrograde and direct stations in 2026
Venus appears to reverse direction and then turns direct again. During retrograde motion it can step back into the sign it has just left. Shadow planets never turn retrograde, so this table appears only when the ephemeris reports a station.
Venus retrograde and direct station dates in 2026
Date
Event
Sign
Longitude
Retrograde
Libra
194.26°
Progressive
Virgo
178.63°
Venus combustion periods in 2026
Venus is combust when it passes too close to the Sun to be seen. Traditional astrology treats a combust Venus as weakened.
Venus combustion periods in 2026
Starts
Ends
Duration
Sign
3 months
Scorpio → Aquarius
3 months
Scorpio → Aquarius
3 months
Scorpio → Aquarius
10 days
Libra
Which house Venus sits in, from your Moon sign
Find your birth Moon sign on the left. Read across to see which house Venus occupies
that year. In 2026 Venus moves through Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.
House occupied by Venus from each birth Moon sign during 2026
Your birth Moon sign
Venus in Aries
Venus in Taurus
Venus in Gemini
Venus in Cancer
Venus in Leo
Venus in Virgo
Venus in Libra
Venus in Sagittarius
Venus in Capricorn
Venus in Aquarius
Venus in Pisces
Aries
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
5th house
6th house
7th house
9th house
10th house
11th house
12th house
Taurus
12th house
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
5th house
6th house
8th house
9th house
10th house
11th house
Gemini
11th house
12th house
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
5th house
7th house
8th house
9th house
10th house
Cancer
10th house
11th house
12th house
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
6th house
7th house
8th house
9th house
Leo
9th house
10th house
11th house
12th house
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
5th house
6th house
7th house
8th house
Virgo
8th house
9th house
10th house
11th house
12th house
1st house
2nd house
4th house
5th house
6th house
7th house
Libra
7th house
8th house
9th house
10th house
11th house
12th house
1st house
3rd house
4th house
5th house
6th house
Scorpio
6th house
7th house
8th house
9th house
10th house
11th house
12th house
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
5th house
Sagittarius
5th house
6th house
7th house
8th house
9th house
10th house
11th house
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
Capricorn
4th house
5th house
6th house
7th house
8th house
9th house
10th house
12th house
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
Aquarius
3rd house
4th house
5th house
6th house
7th house
8th house
9th house
11th house
12th house
1st house
2nd house
Pisces
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
5th house
6th house
7th house
8th house
10th house
11th house
12th house
1st house
Read it as: “if my Moon sign is Aries, then when Venus is in
Aries it sits in my 1st house.”
The 1st house is your Moon sign itself, the 7th is the opposite sign, and the 10th is the sign
three places after it.
Shukra, the karaka for everything desirable
Venus takes about a month to cross a sign and completes a cycle in just under a year. It is the karaka for love, marriage, wealth, comfort, art and vehicles, which makes its sign-change dates central to marriage timing and to Shukra Ashtakarg.
Venus retrograde and relationship planning
Venus turns retrograde about once every eighteen months for roughly six weeks, far longer than Mercury. Traditional astrology treats a Venus retrograde period as a time to review relationships and commitments rather than to finalise them, and many traditions avoid initiating a marriage during it.
Exalted and debilitated Venus
Venus is exalted in Pisces and debilitated in Virgo, and it is strongest in its own signs Taurus and Libra. Venus placed in the sixth, eighth or twelfth house from the ascendant is traditionally considered weak, so its transit through those houses is read carefully.
Venus transit questions
When does Venus go retrograde?
About once every eighteen months, for around six weeks. The station dates for the selected year are listed above when the ephemeris reports one in that range.
How long does Venus stay in one sign?
Roughly one month on average, so Venus changes sign ten or eleven times a year.
Do Venus transits affect marriage timing?
Traditional astrology reads Venus transits for marriage and relationship timing, especially against the seventh house and the Venus sign in the birth chart. Use these dates as the calendar and your Kundli for the interpretation.
Are these transit dates the same for every city?
Yes. The instant a body changes sign is an astronomical fact, not a local one, so the underlying UTC date is identical everywhere on Earth. This page converts those instants to your selected city for display, so changing your location changes the clock time you see but never the date, and never triggers a new calculation.
Enter your birth date, time and place to see Venus’s sign, house and Nakshatra, the running Dasha period, and every transit currently affecting your chart.