Venus Retrograde

Here's a link to a really great article on Venus Retrogrades by Deena Grier: http://www.astrologymontreal.com/articles/venus_retro.htm. It's based on Erin Sullivan's book about Retrogrades which I've got stuffed in a storage unit somewhere. (H2 rules storage units and is ruled by Venus, I've turned into the official Rex Bills Rulership Book Dork).

Venus retrogrades every 18 months. The retrograde period can last more than half a year (clearly described in the link).

Then there's an interesting 8 year cycle that is formed because Venus Retrogrades in the same sign every 8 years.

Each of these Venus stations is 72 degrees away from the last. This is a Quintile Aspect. So somehow Venus Retrogrades are linked to the 5th Harmonic. They're thought to be a spiritual aspect, both creative and destructive. Sounds a lot like Venus to me, especially when you think of her in relation to Helen of Troy and that Rilke Elegy where Rilke says that he doesn't really care about seeing angels because their beauty would probably destroy him. I checked and Rilke did not have Venus Retrograde, nor did it go Retro during his lifetime.The descriptions I've found of that aspect are vague psycho booga. These oddball aspects are impossible to find without a computer so nobody's really paid attention to them all that much.

This movement around the chart creates a 5 pointed star pattern. Pretty Spirograph stuff. I think it's also a Pentagram. Huh, well there ya go. The Blessed Curse.