In August 2025, Venus steps into Cancer, the sign of heart, home, and heritage. This is not just a transit—it is a call to return to what feels safe, nurturing, and deeply familiar. Love turns tender, security becomes sacred, and relationships mirror our need to be both held and understood.
Across all ascendants, Venus in Cancer awakens the desire for belonging and the karmic lessons of intimacy, reminding us that true beauty is found not in appearances, but in emotional resonance.
Aries Ascendant
Venus moves into your 4th house of home, family, and emotional security. This is an excellent period for beautifying your living space, redecorating, or creating more harmony within family relationships. Emotional healing with your mother or female relatives is possible. You may also find comfort in spending more time at home or reconnecting with your roots. A good time to invest in property or make your home more of a sanctuary.
Taurus Ascendant
For you, Venus enters the 3rd house of communication, siblings, and learning. Expect warmer relations with siblings or neighbors. Your words carry more sweetness now, and you may feel drawn to writing, learning, or short travels. Creative self-expression is highlighted, and this is a favorable time for marketing, social media presence, or even picking up a hobby that brings joy.
Gemini Ascendant
Venus graces your 2nd house of finances, values, and self-worth. This is an excellent time for financial growth, increasing income, or indulging in material comforts. You may feel like surrounding yourself with beauty, art, or good food. Relationships with family members may bring more emotional satisfaction. Be mindful of overspending on luxuries, but trust that your financial intuition is strong now.
Cancer Ascendant
With Venus in your 1st house of self and identity, you radiate charm, grace, and emotional depth. This is an excellent time for love, self-care, and personal reinvention. People are drawn to your nurturing presence, and your relationships may feel more harmonious. It’s also a favorable time for personal projects, new beginnings, and expressing yourself through beauty or creativity. Romantic opportunities may naturally come your way.
Leo Ascendant
Venus moves into your 12th house of spirituality, solitude, and hidden matters. This transit may bring secret admirers, hidden love affairs, or a deeper longing for spiritual connection in relationships. It is an excellent time for spiritual practices, retreats, and healing from past love wounds. Be cautious of deception or illusions in relationships. You may feel drawn to serve others quietly or connect with love on a more soul-based level.
Virgo Ascendant
For Virgo, Venus enters the 11th house of friendships, social networks, and aspirations. This is an excellent period for expanding your circle, finding supportive friends, or collaborating with like-minded groups. Your social life feels more rewarding, and love could blossom through your network. You may also receive support in achieving long-term goals. This is a good time to express gratitude and to give as much as you receive within your community.
Libra Ascendant
Venus, your ruling planet, enters your 10th house of career, reputation, and public life. This transit favors career growth, recognition, and positive relationships with authority figures. You may be noticed for your grace, diplomacy, and ability to bring harmony in professional settings. Opportunities for advancement may arise, and you’ll find that others admire your ability to balance professionalism with compassion.
Scorpio Ascendant
Venus in the 9th house brings blessings through higher learning, spirituality, and long-distance connections. This is a favorable time for travel, spiritual exploration, or connecting with mentors. Romantic relationships with foreigners or people from different backgrounds may flourish. Your faith in love, life, and destiny feels renewed. Creative or spiritual studies may also bring deep satisfaction now.
Sagittarius Ascendant
Venus enters your 8th house of transformation, intimacy, and shared resources. Relationships take on an intense and transformative tone. Emotional and sexual intimacy may deepen, and financial matters involving partners or joint assets come into focus. This is an excellent time for healing wounds around vulnerability and trust. Be open to profound emotional experiences, as they may change how you see love.
Capricorn Ascendant
Venus graces your 7th house of partnerships, both romantic and business. This is a highly favorable period for love, marriage, or improving harmony in existing relationships. Singles may attract a nurturing, emotionally connected partner. Business partnerships may also flourish. This is an excellent time to negotiate, sign contracts, or bring more balance into your closest one-on-one relationships.
Aquarius Ascendant
For Aquarius, Venus moves into your 6th house of health, service, and daily routines. Work feels more pleasant, and you may enjoy improved relationships with colleagues. This is a good time to create more balance in your daily routines, especially around self-care and diet. Relationships may develop in the workplace. While love may not feel dramatic, it manifests through small acts of care and kindness.
Pisces Ascendant
Venus lights up your 5th house of creativity, romance, and children. This is one of the most joyful placements. Expect inspiration in love, artistic pursuits, and playful connections. If you are single, romance may blossom. Those with children may feel closer to them. Creative expression flows easily, and you may feel drawn to activities that ignite your inner joy. This is also a fertile period for both ideas and conception.
As Venus journeys through Cancer this month, every ascendant feels the invitation to soften, to heal, and to reconnect with what the soul calls “home.”
For some, this is romance blossoming in unexpected ways; for others, it is reconciliation with the self or a deeper union with family and roots.
Venus in Cancer asks us to drop the armor, let love flow where it must, and trust that what is meant for us will always find its way back. In this transit, tenderness becomes strength, and vulnerability turns into the most magnetic form of power.