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Approximately every 1.5 years or so, Earth and Venus pass one another on their respective journeys around the Sun. As this passing occurs, to we mere observers on Earth, Venus appears to move into the Zodiac sign previous. For example, in early March 2017 Venus was mid-way through the sign of Aries. In early April 2017 Venus (now Retrograde) appeared to be in the sign previous – Pisces.

All too often these Venus Retrograde events align to a trend change on equity markets and 2017 was no exception. In fact, 2017 was a bit peculiar in that the Dow Jones hit a record high of over 21,000 points the trading day immediately prior to the onset of Venus Retrograde.

The trend on the Dow quickly flipped to negative and as at today, April 14 remains negative. This Retrograde event has seen the Dow lose 700 points.

Venus as at today has finished its Retrograde motion, but now we have Mercury Retrograde and that tends to be a similar story of losses and sharp volatility on equity markets. The good news is – once a declining market regains its “mojo” and the trend turns positive, some good money making opportunities arise.

Venus will again be Retrograde in October 2018 – so circle that time frame on your calendars and be ready…