What is the Venus Return Cycle?

Every human being goes through a powerful initiation cycle every eight years. For women, this cycle can support them in clearing the decks of old patterns, beliefs, and circumstances, so that they can fully claim their power as women–specifically the unique archetype of the Goddess that they have come to embody.

For men, this cycle clears the way for them to experience a deeper relationship with their inner beloved, their animus–the feminine spark and muse within. Especially if they are provided with the tools to work consciously with the cycle, they emerge stronger, more clear, and more capable of intimacy within and without.

This is an Underworld Initiation–meaning that we must face the shadow aspects of our lives and integrate them. Carl Jung, whose 40 year Venus Return initiated the profound Underworld breakdown that led to his writing of the Red Book, tells us that “the Shadow is ninety percent gold.”

I have worked with circles of men and women for 4 years through the entire Venus Return process and have developed a powerful framework through this work and my own Venus Return Cycle that has enabled me and others to extract the pure gold from this initiatory experience. I have seen how challenging or traumatic experiences can be digested and transformed when we create a container for this sacred cycle.

On January 18, 2014 when Venus rises as morning star in the east, we begin a Capricorn Venus Synodic Cycle. Is this your personal Venus Return? FIND OUT HERE.

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