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When the Moon returns to your relationship sector each month, it is a given that as well as a chance to check in and become more emotionally engaged and aware, a clash with the three planets in Aries is going to push some buttons, as your own and your relationship needs clash. The difference this time is that with Venus, the planet of love in your relationship sector, she will smooth any rough edges.

In between the Moon’s departure from your romantic sector yesterday and its return to your relationship sector tomorrow, his is a point in any month when your relationships can wait and it becomes more about holding onto the spirit of romance. Especially as this was the Moon’s first visit to your romantic sector since Venus, the planet of love left and tomorrow there will be a chance to start preparing for her return to your relationship sector.

For the first time this year, the Moon hasn’t just returned to find planets in your romantic sector, but to find that the planet here is Venus, the planet of love herself. Venus is just the first planet to return to your romantic sector this year and this is just the first of two visits she will make. Today’s romantically charged lunar vibes are a chance to get the ball rolling.

While Mercury, the planet of communication won’t return to your communication sector for another eight days, the Moon’s departure yesterday and Venus, the planet of love’s departure earlier in the month has gotten the ball rolling. In the meantime, ahead of the Moon’s return to your romantic sector tomorrow and knowing that it will be its last before she returns, Venus is right behind any work/life balance reminders today.

While the Moon is making its only visit to your communication sector for now while Venus, the planet of love is here, they will meet up again after she leaves next month and comes back. This is making it easier to give your heart, emotional responses and relationships a voice during what is the Moon’s only visit while Mercury, the planet of communication is in Leo.

Before Mercury, the planet of communication returns to Virgo in eight days to both get the communication lines open and your head in the game ahead of your birthday month and new solar year later in the week, after the Moon left yesterday, it is more about having heart and gut on the same page. As well as leaving you more emotionally engaged and aware, this first visit since Venus, the planet of love left has made it easier to listen to your heart.

Whether Venus, the planet of love was in Libra or not, the Moon’s monthly visit was always going to see it clash with the three planets in your relationship sector as it moved through. However, Venus is here and that makes all the difference, as she works to not only smooth out any points where your own and your relationship needs might clash, but will use this to help you better understand what you want from your relationships.

Today’s nostalgic and reflective lunar vibes were always going to evoke a sense of nostalgia, but for the first time this year while Venus, the planet of love is here. This brings you to the very heart of the nostalgic trip down love’s memory lane that Venus is taking your heart on and while she is drawing closer to her return to Scorpio next month, for now it is the past that holds your attention.

For the three planets in your romantic sector, they are experiencing some mixed conditions, but as all are in retrograde motion, this is keeping things free and alive. While they have the full support of the Sun and Mercury in an adventurous part of your chart, from her position on the other side of the sky, Venus is more than ready to challenge old excuses.

A day after the Moon left and wrapped up its first visit to an adventurous part of your chart since Venus, the planet of love left and with a chance to recapture her mission to bring the spirit of romance and adventure together, it is today putting your work/life balance to the test. The timing couldn’t be better, with the Sun and Mercury on their way to take up the mantle and in your romantic sector, Chiron keeping the seat warm.

At the same time that the Moon is making its first visit to an adventurous part of your chart since Venus returned to begin her mission to bring the spirit of romance and adventure together, support between the planets on the communication and relationship fronts is increasing. While the lunar nodes are still monitoring a balance between your own and your relationship needs, this will be getting easier by the day.

The Moon’s departure from your relationship sector yesterday was always going to leave you feeling more emotionally engaged and aware and is something that you need to hold onto. As this was the Moon’s first visit since Venus, the planet of love moved through, your subconscious will have picked up on messages that she left you with, making it important to also keep listening to and trusting your heart.