Venus is direct, but Juno is retrograde in Scorpio: What it means for your zodiac sign

While Venus, our planet of wealth, worth, aesthetics and attachment, has finally gone direct after a biblical 40-day retrograde, we have not yet ceased editing and auditing our relationship patterns.Neigh, folks, the deep dive has only just begun as the asteroid Juno retrogrades into the psychic, bone-handled shovel of Scorpio this week.Named after the long-suffering wife of serial cheater Jupiter (the Roman equivalent of Zeus), Juno is the goddess of love, marriage, commitment and business partnerships.In kind, the placement of the asteroid Juno in the birth chart reveals how attachment activates our pain points and insecurities and how we respond to betrayal.At her highest expression, Juno illustrates how we can be autonomous and interdependent, thriving in partnership without forfeiting our selfhood.At her lowest vibration, Juno falls prey to jealousy, power struggles, emotional manipulation and self-abandonment in the name of “love.”Beginning April 14 and extending through July 10, Juno will retrograde in Scorpio, the sign of sex, secrets, shadows, transformative trauma and other people’s resources.After Juno stations direct on July 10, the asteroid will remain in Scorpio until Oct.

1, lending us a good, long lesson in trust, depth and devotion.Just as planetary retrogrades encourage us to tune in and go deep — focusing on reflecting, resetting, revisiting, reexamining, reimagining, reconnecting, resurrecting, etc.— the same approach applies to asteroids.As Cody Springer of Coding Astrology explains, “Juno retrograde in Scorpio invites us to turn inward and reflect on our patterns of intimacy, trust, loyalty and emotional vulnerability.”Springer notes that because Venus is between the sun and the Earth, her transits are more obviously felt.

Comparatively, Juno’s orbit lies a bit further afield, between Mars and Jupiter, and her influence is gentler, albeit no less profound.Because this retrograde is going down, or back, in the never-casual, dea...