Venus Transit 2026

Venus Transit 2026 at a Glance

In 2026 Venus (Shukra) moves through eleven signs. It is exalted in Meena from 2 to 26 March, in its own signs Vrishabha (19 April – 14 May) and Tula (from 2 September), and debilitated in Kanya from 1 August to 2 September and again from 6 to 22 November. Venus is retrograde from 3 October to 14 November 2026, slipping from Tula back into Kanya. It enters Vrishchika on 1 January 2027.

Venus Sign Calendar 2026 (sidereal, IST)

Computed on the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri ayanamsa). Ingress dates can differ by a day between panchangs, most often around a retrograde station. Venus is also close to the Sun (combust, asta) from the start of the year to about mid-February and again for about ten days in late October, around the middle of its retrograde.

What Venus Governs in a Transit

Venus is the karaka of marriage and partnership, comfort, vehicles, jewellery, the arts and money spent on pleasure. A transiting Venus changes sign roughly every month, so it colours a few weeks at a time rather than a whole year; its effect is read from the house it occupies counted from your Moon sign and ascendant, and it is strongest in Meena, Vrishabha and Tula and weakest in Kanya.

Venus Retrograde 2026 (3 October – 14 November)

During the retrograde (vakri) Shukra, matters of relationship and money spent on comfort tend to be reviewed rather than begun: old connections return, agreements are renegotiated and big luxury purchases are better planned than made on impulse. Because the retrograde also takes Venus back into its debilitation sign Kanya from 6 to 22 November, most traditional panchangs avoid fixing weddings until Venus is direct and strong again; marriage muhurats resume after Dev Uthani Ekadashi on 20 November.

When Venus Gives Good Results

Venus in transit is classically favourable when it passes through the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 11th or 12th house from the Moon, and especially when it is exalted or in its own sign. These periods suit engagement and marriage talks, buying a vehicle or jewellery, creative work and repairing relationships.

When Venus Needs Care

The 6th, 7th and 10th houses from the Moon are the classically difficult positions, as is a debilitated Venus in Kanya. Expect friction in partnerships, overspending or health matters linked to Venus (kidneys, the reproductive system, skin) to need attention; these are general indications, not medical advice.

Reading Venus for Your Own Chart

Count from your Moon sign (or ascendant) to the sign Venus is in: that house is where its influence falls for the weeks it stays there. A Venus transit over your natal Venus, over the 7th house, or through the sign of your running dasha lord is felt more strongly than the general picture. Your running Venus dasha or antardasha, if any, matters more than the transit itself.

Remedies for Venus

• Recite the Shukra mantra Om Draam Dreem Droum Sah Shukraya Namah on Fridays, 108 times.
• Worship Goddess Lakshmi on Fridays; give white sweets, rice, curd or white clothes to young girls or to a temple.
• Keep your surroundings clean and fragrant — Venus is the planet of beauty and order.
• Gemstones for Venus (diamond, opal, white sapphire) should be worn only after a chart check; they suit some ascendants and harm others.