This is a big week as far as things on the romantic front are concerned with Venus, planet of love, returning to your sign on Monday. This kicks off a brand new Venus cycle and from now until the 1st April you have the planet of love at your beck and call, with the laws of attraction working in your favour. This has your heart focused on the future, at a time when Mars is still in retrograde motion in your romantic sector and Saturn is in retrograde motion in your relationship sector. Things start to change just days later with Mars turning direct in your romantic sector on Thursday. It's a partnership forged by Venus and Mars that triggers a rapid turnaround on the romantic front. This may create some relationship pressure, temporarily putting Venus and Saturn at odds.

Venus, planet of love, moves into a nostalgic part of your chart on Monday, a week to the day since a Full Moon in your romantic sector brought old romantic feelings to a head and brought a reminder of Saturn's return to your romantic sector next month. It's now that Venus begins winding down your current Venus cycle, taking your heart on a trip down memory lane as she goes through the process of closing old doors and preparing the way for a new chapter. With Venus due to return to your sign on the 1st April and Saturn due to return to your romantic sector just a week later, on the 8th April, you're just weeks away from both new beginnings and second chances on the romantic front. With April destined to be a big month for love and romance, it's time to move into preparation mode.

It's on Monday that Venus, planet of love, breaks ranks from the overwhelming forces in your career sector and moves into a more social part of your chart. This creates a desire to create more time for you and your social life and it comes just a month to the day before Saturn is due to leave your romantic sector. This kicks off some very social weeks when the planet of love will also be playing matchmaker, doing her best to put you in the right place at the right time. Meanwhile the Moon, having moved into your relationship sector over the weekend, is due to leave by Tuesday morning, giving you a chance to focus on your relationships and gain an intuitive sense of where things stand. While you may be more sensitive and prone to over reacting, there'll be some timely home truths.

With things now a lot more settled on the relationship front Venus, planet of love, will be looking for your next romantic goal as she moves into a very competitive part of your chart on Monday. While also opening the door to new career opportunities, as the planet of love she'll be just as focused on advancing things on the romantic front as she is to advance things on the professional front. With your heart a lot more competitive you'll respond well to Mars, planet of passion's direct turn on Thursday, which is going to bring a rise in your confidence and expectations, especially on the romantic front. It's the Moon's visit to your relationship sector on Tuesday to Thursday that will give you a chance to get your bearings and ensure that your relationships are on track.

Even before the week begins you're in a more romantic frame of mind, with the Moon having moved into your romantic sector over the weekend. It's while the Moon is still in your romantic sector, not leaving until Tuesday morning that Venus, planet of love, moves into a more adventurous part of your chart. It's because you're already receptive to romance and the pursuit of new romantic adventures, that gives Venus a head start before she even arrives. Meanwhile it's on Thursday that Neptune and Chiron once again align in your relationship sector, for the last time before the planet of healing leaves next month. This allows you to bring things full circle, with the Moon spending the weekend in your relationship sector in order to put things on the most authentic path possible.

On Monday two events happen that could see things take a new direction. It's on Monday that Venus, planet of love, leaves your relationship sector, her job of establishing the desires that will point some very auspicious relationship stars in the right direction done. On the same day Mercury and Jupiter, the planets of communication and luck, align in your relationship sector, making this an extremely auspicious day for relationship talks or for making choices or decisions impacting your relationships, either past, present or future. This sees the focus shift from a heart lead quest to one that is head lead. As a Mercury ruled sign this was always going to be the approach that works best for you. Meanwhile the Moon makes Tuesday through to Thursday especially good days for romance.

It's on Monday, just 6 days after Mercury left your romantic sector that Venus, planet of love, reaches your relationship sector. On her own until later next week, this opens up a new relationship chapter that at this stage anyway, is completely heart lead. This may create some pressure, especially on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the planet of love moving into opposition with Saturn. While Venus returns to your relationship sector at around this time every year, year in and year out, the last time she found Saturn in opposition was in 1982, 28 years ago. This puts Venus on notice that the bar has been raised, with any pressure coming from a growing need for personal authenticity. No longer are you willing to compromise, sell yourself short or settle for less.

Venus, planet of love, leaves your romantic sector on Monday, her job of stimulating your romantic desires and raising the bar for some very auspicious romantic forces done. This comes just as there is a real turnaround this week on the professional front, making it important to create some real boundaries between work and play, for things continue to develop on the romantic front long after Venus has gone. It's the desires that Venus has evoked over the last few weeks that move to a new level on Monday, with Mercury and Jupiter aligning on the same day that Venus leaves, pooling resources to take up any slack. During the week the Sun and Mercury, both in their last full week in your romantic sector, will draw closer together, coming together in an alignment on Sunday.

This is the week that you've been waiting for since before the year even began, with the romantic drought you've been under finally breaking on Monday. It's on Monday that Venus, planet of love, returns to your romantic sector and with the Sun and Mercury not arriving until next week, she has the most romantic part of your chart to herself. Without Mercury over thinking things and without the Sun and his reality checks, this means that it's all about your heart, its romantic desires and the laws of attraction. This gives Venus a chance to settle in, giving her time to build desires and open your heart to the romantic opportunities opening up between now and the 20th April, but also for even bigger romantic opportunities now just a few months away. The tide has finally turned.

Venus, planet of love, is on the move, moving out of your communication sector on Monday and into your home and family sector. It's here that the planet of love begins nesting, working to create a lovers nest and to make your life as love friendly as possible. If already connected this will bring a desire for the simple things in life, putting out the 'do not disturb' sign and having some quality nights in at home. Whether single or connected the planet of love will be working to make your life as love friendly as possible, for Venus knows that she is now just one step away from your romantic sector, the most romantic part of your chart. Due to arrive on the 1st April, kicking, off the romantic weeks of the year, this creates a sense of anticipation and expectancy.

Venus, planet of love's move into your communication sector on Monday is auspicious for a number of reasons, especially on the relationship front. Here until the 1st April this creates a short period where your heart is able to find its voice and where you're able to connect authentically, speaking straight from the heart. Yet this has benefits over and beyond the voice Venus is able to give your heart for she throws Mars, still in retrograde motion in your relationship sector at the time, a lifeline. Just when things had become most stuck, it's Venus' alliance with Mars that gives both your heart and the past a voice, just days before Mars is due to turn direct on Thursday. As the tide turns, relationship and communication opportunities will continue to work hand in hand.

Venus, planet of love and romance, leaves your sign on Monday, a week to the day since a Full Moon in your relationship sector reminded you that powerful relationship forces were on their way back. That won't happen until the 8th April, when Saturn returns to your relationship sector and by then Venus will have reached your communication sector, quickly getting in position before the planet of honesty and conviction retrogrades back. By the time Venus leaves your sign on Monday she's done all she could to cement your romantic expectations and intentions for the coming year and to prepare for Saturn's return to your relationship sector next month. Venus has set the bar and now it's up to you to keep it there. It's confidence and a belief in yourself that will keep it raised.