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Redigrad Venus, conjunct the sun in Leo, begs the great romantic question,

Are we meant to be together?

Or, did we find each other, only to go our own separate ways again?

Next on Horoscope highlights. and I'm your horoscope columnist here on Astrology Hub.

And this week I want to talk to you about the retrograde Venus Sun conjunction in Leo

taking place on August 13th, which follows a retrograde Venus Uranus Square

taking place on August 9th. Now let me go ahead and break this down a little bit for

you. Retrograde planets are the period of time when a planet appears to be moving backwards or reverses its direction in the sky.

When a planet turns retrograde, like for instance Mercury can turn

retrograde or Venus, Mars, Jupiter, or Saturn, when they're in their period of

retrograde they are said to act in the reverse way that they would when they are moving forward in the sky.

For instance, Mercury is the planet of sales and transactions.

And so purchases are meant to go off without a second thought or worry when Mercury is moving forward in the sky.

However, when Mercury is moving backwards in the sky,

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