♀ Venus rules love, beauty & pleasure. In 2031 it makes 16 notable moves, entering Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio. 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 | ||||||
| Wed22Jan | Venus | Sign change | ♑︎ Capricorn♒︎ Aquarius | Dhanishtha · 3 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Capricorn for Aquarius. |
| February | ||||||
| Sat15Feb | Venus | Sign change | ♒︎ Aquarius♓︎ Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada · 4 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Aquarius for Pisces. |
| March | ||||||
| Tue11Mar | Venus | Sign change | ♓︎ Pisces♈︎ Aries | Ashwini · 1 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Pisces for Aries. |
| April | ||||||
| Sun6Apr | Venus | Sign change | ♈︎ Aries♉︎ Taurus | Krittika · 2 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Aries for Taurus. |
| May | ||||||
| Fri2May | Venus | Sign change | ♉︎ Taurus♊︎ Gemini | Mrigashira · 3 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Taurus for Gemini. |
| Fri30May | Venus | Sign change | ♊︎ Gemini♋︎ Cancer | Punarvasu · 4 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Gemini for Cancer. |
| July | ||||||
| Thu10Jul | Venus | Sign change | ♋︎ Cancer♌︎ Leo | Magha · 1 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Cancer for Leo. |
| Sun20Jul | Venus | Retrograde | Leo | Magha · 1 | ℞ Retro | Venus turns retrograde — a spell to revisit and refine love, beauty & pleasure, not to begin. |
| Thu31Jul | Venus | Sign change | ♌︎ Leo♋︎ Cancer | Ashlesha · 4 | ℞ Retro | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Leo for Cancer. |
| August | ||||||
| Mon4Aug | Venus | Combust begins | Cancer | Ashlesha · 4 | ℞ Retro☀ Combust | Venus slips into the Sun's glare — its themes dim and turn erratic for a while. |
| Sun17Aug | Venus | Combust clears | Cancer | Ashlesha · 2 | ℞ Retro | Venus steps clear of the Sun — its light, and its significations, return. |
| September | ||||||
| Tue2Sep | Venus | Direct | Cancer | Pushya · 4 | — | Venus turns direct — love, beauty & pleasure picks the thread back up and moves forward. |
| October | ||||||
| Thu2Oct | Venus | Sign change | ♋︎ Cancer♌︎ Leo | Magha · 1 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Cancer for Leo. |
| November | ||||||
| Mon3Nov | Venus | Sign change | ♌︎ Leo♍︎ Virgo | Uttara Phalguni · 2 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Leo for Virgo. |
| Sat29Nov | Venus | Sign change | ♍︎ Virgo♎︎ Libra | Chitra · 3 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Virgo for Libra. |
| December | ||||||
| Wed24Dec | Venus | Sign change | ♎︎ Libra♏︎ Scorpio | Vishakha · 4 | — | A fresh chapter for love, beauty & pleasure — Venus leaves Libra for Scorpio. |
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 Aquarius on 2031-01-22; enters Pisces on 2031-02-15; enters Aries on 2031-03-11; enters Taurus on 2031-04-06; enters Gemini on 2031-05-02; enters Cancer on 2031-05-30; enters Leo on 2031-07-10; enters Cancer on 2031-07-31; enters Leo on 2031-10-02; enters Virgo on 2031-11-03; enters Libra on 2031-11-29; enters Scorpio on 2031-12-24.
Yes — Venus turns retrograde and later direct in 2031; 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.