♀ Venus rules love, beauty & pleasure. In 2026 it makes 17 notable moves, entering Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Virgo, Libra. Every date, the nakshatra it lands in, and whether it's still retrograde or combust is below.
| Date | Planet | Transit | Rāśi (sign) | Nakshatra · pada | Status | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | ||||||
| Tue13Jan | Venus | Sign change | ♐︎ Sagittarius♑︎ Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha · 2 | ☀ Combust | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Sagittarius for Capricorn. |
| February | ||||||
| Fri6Feb | Venus | Sign change | ♑︎ Capricorn♒︎ Aquarius | Dhanishtha · 3 | ☀ Combust | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Capricorn for Aquarius. |
| Tue17Feb | Venus | Combust clears | Aquarius | Shatabhisha · 3 | — | Venus steps clear of the Sun — its light, and its significations, return. |
| March | ||||||
| Mon2Mar | Venus | Sign change | ♒︎ Aquarius♓︎ Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada · 4 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Aquarius for Pisces. |
| Thu26Mar | Venus | Sign change | ♓︎ Pisces♈︎ Aries | Ashwini · 1 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Pisces for Aries. |
| April | ||||||
| Sun19Apr | Venus | Sign change | ♈︎ Aries♉︎ Taurus | Krittika · 2 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Aries for Taurus. |
| May | ||||||
| Thu14May | Venus | Sign change | ♉︎ Taurus♊︎ Gemini | Mrigashira · 3 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Taurus for Gemini. |
| June | ||||||
| Mon8Jun | Venus | Sign change | ♊︎ Gemini♋︎ Cancer | Punarvasu · 4 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Gemini for Cancer. |
| July | ||||||
| Sat4Jul | Venus | Sign change | ♋︎ Cancer♌︎ Leo | Magha · 1 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Cancer for Leo. |
| August | ||||||
| Sat1Aug | Venus | Sign change | ♌︎ Leo♍︎ Virgo | Uttara Phalguni · 2 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Leo for Virgo. |
| September | ||||||
| Wed2Sep | Venus | Sign change | ♍︎ Virgo♎︎ Libra | Chitra · 3 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Virgo for Libra. |
| October | ||||||
| Sat3Oct | Venus | Retrograde | Libra | Swati · 3 | ℞ Retro | Venus turns retrograde — a spell to revisit and refine love, beauty & pleasure, not to begin. |
| Sun18Oct | Venus | Combust begins | Libra | Swati · 2 | ℞ Retro☀ Combust | Venus slips into the Sun's glare — its themes dim and turn erratic for a while. |
| Fri30Oct | Venus | Combust clears | Libra | Chitra · 3 | ℞ Retro | Venus steps clear of the Sun — its light, and its significations, return. |
| November | ||||||
| Fri6Nov | Venus | Sign change | ♎︎ Libra♍︎ Virgo | Chitra · 2 | ℞ Retro | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Libra for Virgo. |
| Sat14Nov | Venus | Direct | Virgo | Chitra · 2 | — | Venus turns direct — love, beauty & pleasure picks the thread back up and moves forward. |
| Sun22Nov | Venus | Sign change | ♍︎ Virgo♎︎ Libra | Chitra · 3 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Virgo for Libra. |
Every ingress (from → to), retrograde/direct station and combustion begin/end — computed from full-precision VSOP87B ephemerides with the Lahiri ayanamsa. The Status column carries a planet's ongoing retrograde / combustion until it changes. Dates are IST and may shift a day for your timezone.
The live transit board shows where every planet — the Moon included — is right now, on a gochar chart, and lets you step to any month or year.
Open the live transit board →Venus enters Capricorn on 2026-01-13; enters Aquarius on 2026-02-06; enters Pisces on 2026-03-02; enters Aries on 2026-03-26; enters Taurus on 2026-04-19; enters Gemini on 2026-05-14; enters Cancer on 2026-06-08; enters Leo on 2026-07-04; enters Virgo on 2026-08-01; enters Libra on 2026-09-02; enters Virgo on 2026-11-06; enters Libra on 2026-11-22.
Yes — Venus turns retrograde and later direct in 2026; the exact station dates are in the table, and the Status column shows how long it stays retrograde.
A transit is where a planet is in the sky now versus at your birth. Vedic astrology reads these live positions — sign, nakshatra, retrograde and combustion — to time events.