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With Venus, the planet of love now less than a week away from her return to your relationship sector and the Sun and Jupiter having come together to give the spirit of romance a serious boost, the 18 months the lunar nodes have just spent policing how well you know when to keep your work hat on and when to take it off is starting to make sense. The lunar nodes may have moved on, but only five days ago.

Knowing that she will be leaving your romantic sector next week and that the Sun is still over three weeks away Venus, the planet of love will be working to make her final days and especially the weekend as romantically charged as possible. She will also be asking that you pay attention to the work/life balance reminder over the last few days.

Six days before Venus, the planet of love is due to return to your romantic sector to begin the most romantically charged months of 2026, the Moon has just wrapped up an extraordinary visit to an adventurous part of your chart. As well as the Full Moon, this first visit since the North Node returned and the last before the asteroid Juno, the queen of commitment leaves, has been a window into the forces that will be there to support Venus and the spirit of romance from the start.

As she heads into her last weekend in your communication sector and of her mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice, Venus knows that there are not only more planets on the way, but you still have Mercury, the planet of communication in Cancer. With the asteroid Juno, the queen of commitment on her way back to your relationship sector but returning after Venus leaves, this is making her final days here all the more important.

The Moon may have left your relationship sector, but the Full Moon and the lunar nodes’ return five days ago has been a game changer. While the Full Moon that will always fall at some point during your birthday month, this time with the lunar nodes not only staying on to monitor a balance between your own and your relationship needs, but with both your personal power and relationship support on the rise.

Just in time for Venus, the planet of love’s last weekend in Virgo and of her mission to update your romantic and relationship desires and expectations for the coming year, the Moon has returned to your relationship sector. With the influence of the Moon’s return to your romantic sector earlier in the week already banked, on the relationship front this is a chance to check in and become more emotionally engaged and aware.

The Moon may have left your romantic sector, bringing the Full Moon here to a close, but it leaves behind the North Node and two planets that are committed to keeping the spirit of romance alive. This has been the perfect warm up to Venus, the planet of love’s return to Libra next week. This has taken the spirit of romance off a slower burner and put it onto a fast burner.

Just in time for the weekend, the Moon returns for its first visit to your romantic sector since the North Node left five days ago. While these romantically charged lunar vibes come around every four weeks and this sets the scene for a romantically charged weekend, for the first time in decades when this is the only influence. However, with the North Node having just spent 18 months giving your heart a sense of direction.

Thanks to a friendly aspect to the Moon before it left your communication sector yesterday and wrapped up the Full Moon, there is a chance to move into Mars’ final 10 days in your relationship sector with the communication lines open. At the same time, knowing that there are planets on the communication and relationship fronts that are here for the long haul allows you to move forward with confidence.

Ten days before Mars is due to return to your relationship sector and with Mercury, the planet of communication becoming more active after his direct turn here last week, the Moon has returned to your communication sector. While Mercury is here now, with no planets in your communication sector and the North Node having left five days ago, this is a chance to get the communication lines an additional boost.

It is now that the Moon has left Aquarius that you have a chance to reflect back on the impact that this has had on the romantic and relationship fronts, not to mention feeling more personally empowered. As well as a chance to move into Mars’ final 10 days in your romantic sector with more confidence, with a better read on what you want from your relationships and what they need from you, as things power up on the relationship front.

It is just as Venus, the planet of love moves into her final weekend in your relationship sector that the Moon returns to Pisces. While before leaving in two days this will see them clash, with the lunar nodes no longer policing a balance between your own and your relationship needs, this will be a valuable chance to check in. Especially as this will come with the support of Chiron, planet of healing in your communication sector and Mercury, the planet of communication in your romantic sector.