10 Things You Don't Want To Do During A Venus Retrograde

By Jennifer Elizabeth Masters

On Saturday, March 4 at 9:10 AM EST, the planet Venus that rules love turns retrograde. During this six-week period, it is wise to watch spending, legal actions and other things listed as no-nos here. We have an added bonus of a Mercury Retrograde imbedded in this Venus Retrograde that means be watchful until May 3rd.

During this Venus Retrograde love may be delayed or have some hardship associated with it. Hasty decisions based on lust rather than love will end in sorrow once Venus turns direct on April 15th at 10:19 AM EST.

Born Under A Venus Retrograde?

A Natal Venus Retrograde means that your focus for your entire life is on giving and receiving love and affection. You may have difficulties with relationships, sadness, hardships or delays. You may lack self-love, experience social anxiety, shyness and even financial hardships during your lifetime. 

Author's note: I was born under a Venus and Mercury Retrograde. My life has been one of intense challenges with self-love, relationships, financial issues, delays and hardships with love and romance. Which makes me perfect as a love, passion and happiness coach and healer.

Often when we are born under a Venus Retrograde, it is because of past life issues with love and relationships. Due to the law of karma, we may suffer hardship or loss from a previous life. Maybe you had an affair in a past life or left when you were needed most, or you physically injured or harmed a lover in the past. There could be a repeating pattern in this life that leaves you wondering how you could possibly deserve such hardship in this one, especially in your childhood?

Sadness and Disappointment

Learning to love ourselves is critical especially during a Venus Retrograde to have happiness in all areas of our lives. Expecting another person to fill us up or make us happy will be met with disappointment. Unrequited love, a forced marriage, sexual abuse, mental illness or even a physical disability from a past life can be reasons for challenges in this lifetime.  

Best Uses For Venus Retrograde

• Meditate to turn inward on a daily basis. Meditation can reduce stress and help you resolve emotions that bubble up during a retrograde period. Take time each day to sit still and just be. You'll find inspiration comes to you from out of nowhere.
• Give love to yourself. Nurture yourself by getting to bed before 11:00, eating a healthy diet and regular exercise. Use a mantra that helps you feel loved, "I love me."

• Eliminate. Use a Venus Retrograde to cull through belongings, papers, and excess. Take a trip to the thrift store with items you no longer love.
• Plan. A retrograde period is an excellent time to plan. 
• Review. Review what you have done, edit, re-write and re-do what needs to be redone.
• Problem solve. Find reasons for problems in your current relationships.
• Consider pleasure. Ask yourself what brings you pleasure. A Venus Retrograde is an excellent time to focus on your inner joy and harmony.

Avoid During Venus Retrograde

1. Avoid extravagance. A retrograde period is not a time to buy. Often purchases made during a retrograde period will be met with regret, feelings of not getting what you paid for and disappointment once the retrograde is over.

2. Don't move. A move during a retrograde can leave you feeling you made a mistake
    or that you overpaid for your new apartment or home. 

3. Don't move in with a friend or partner. See number 2. Wait until both the Venus
    and Mercury Retrograde are over May 3rd at 4:31 PM EST. A move during a
    retrograde period could bring hardship, arguments, issues and challenges with
    money and even a breakup. My daughter moved in with a college buddy during the
    Mercury Retrograde shadow (before Mercury turns Retrograde.)

4. Don't get engaged or married during a Venus Retrograde. Once the retrograde
    ends you may feel you made a mistake and find it cost you dearly. 

5. Don't sign a contract or lease. Of course, you can do anything you want to.
    However, signing a contract or lease during this time could mean you pay more than
    you intended or that it was worth, or feel regret once Venus turns direct on
    April15th. 

6. Be watchful of shutting down your heart. It is more difficult to give and receive
     love during a Venus Retrograde. We have to be careful of harsh words that we
     wouldn't normally say to our loved ones and arguments that we regret over issues  
     and challenges.

7. Don't invest. Investing during a Venus Retrograde isn't recommended. You will 
    likely overpay and not get out of your investment what you had hoped. 

8. You might meet your soulmate but don't make a move till Venus Retrograde is   
     over. You may have a feeling or familiarity or inevitability when you meet this
     person. A Venus Retrograde can bring people up from the past as well. 

9. Avoid dating someone new. Wait until May 3rd to launch your new dating profile
    as well. People we meet during this time might seem perfect, we might even fall into
    love or bed and then find they disappear as soon as Venus turns direct on April 15th
    or the Mercury Retrograde ends on May 3rd.

10. Avoid the temptation to return to an old partner. Having someone resurface
      during this time can bring back old feelings and old patterns that need to be
      broken.

Ways To Use Mercury Retrograde To Your Advantage

Visit Jennifer's website: JenniferElizabethMasters.com

Download my FREE APP! Apple   Google Play

The Love of A Mother

By Jennifer Elizabeth Masters

Where would you be if you had never been born. What if your mother decided to terminate the pregnancy? What if she thought she was not ready to have a family and you were never born? What then?

Each of us has a mother. Whether we have close relationships with them, adversarial, or our mothers are no longer living. Our mother carried us, gave us life and gave birth to us. 
She endured pain, suffering and hardship because of us, in some way. Instead of buying a new outfit, car or home, our mother's did without. They cooked, cleaned, did laundry and kept us in line. Each one of us has our mother to thank for bringing us into this world so that we could shine, rise above and go beyond where our parents did. Every one of us learned something from our mothers. 

Mom and my sister-in-law Sue visiting on their way back from Hawaii

My mother was born in Ethelbert, Manitoba. Her mother died right after childbirth, before she was four years old. Her father committed suicide six months later. Her siblings wanted to stay together, which made it very difficult for any of them to be adopted. Raised in an orphanage until her grandmother finally decided to bring all five children to her tiny home, knew hardship well. 
With little money she played with fish instead of dolls, dressings them up in bits of cloth, pretending they were baby dolls. Her grandmother was a tough old bird, who took no nonsense from her charges. She was unloving, stiff and stoic. You can imagine with these hardships, that there was more to come. 
 Skipping over the worst, she and her sisters moved to Toronto, where they went to finishing school, learning to cook, sew and take care of a home. They all went to work very early. As a result my mother is an amazing cook, terrific seamstress and keeps her home clean. 
She gave up her spending money so that I could take piano lessons. She pushed me to write, seeing talent in me that I never did. Everyone of my siblings today is a great cook, avid gardener and still alive because of the healthy living she taught us. 
My father was an avid gardener. He grew all sorts of vegetables in our backyard. We had cherry trees, apple trees and lilac which bloomed in the spring. I remember being in elementary school, coming home for lunch and my mother had a beautiful vase of freshly picked lilacs on the dining room hutch. I still remember the way they smelled. No other lilacs had that fragrance, growing in Canada - they were a heady fragrance, strong, sweet and lovely.
At 92, my mother still lives alone, reads six books a week and plays cards with the ladies in her building. She is healthy, vibrant, strong. Although her driving skills scare me, she still manages to drive herself around. Her eyesight and health are very good. I have her genes, beauty and have learned so much from her. 
Our mothers did the best they could for us so that we could rise above, be better, be more intelligent, and go further than they did. They want the best for us. They taught us what relationships are all about. My parents were married for 49 years, just shy of their 50th anniversary. They loved each other. Their relationship was not perfect - who's is? They stuck it out, side by side, helping each of us out when they could 
Without our mother's where would we be. If your mother is still living, isn't it time you gave her a call and forgave, loved and respected her for all she did for you?

Without the love of a mother, my mother, Veronica grew up feeling empty, less than, unloved. She still talks about the impact of not having a mother in her life. I can't imagine what that would be like, can you?
Jennifer Elizabeth Masters is the author of the forthcoming book: Orgasm For Life. She is a hypnotherapist, Master energy healer, intuitive, mystic, and certified life coach. She is an amazing healer, using all her gifts to assist, empower and guide her clients to love themselves, live from their hearts and be happy. Her website is:  http://www.JenniferElizabethMasters.com  You can contact her directly through her e-mail: JenniferElizabethMasters@gmail.com to speak to her about her work, an interview or private coaching program.