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Venus Retrograde in Scorpio in History

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Venus Retrograde in Scorpio in History

The Astrology Podcast

5 DAYS AGO
The Astrology Podcast

The Astrology Podcast

5 DAYS AGO
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A deep dive into the repeating eight-year historical cycles of Venus retrograde in Scorpio, to understand the recurring archetypal themes this transit brings to the surface. During the course of the episode, I group together retrogrades that are archety...

Highlights

Chris Brennan examines a century of Venus retrogrades in Scorpio, tracing recurring patterns across politics, diplomacy, social movements, disasters, technology, crime, and popular culture to illuminate the next cycle in late 2026.
16:38
The underworld brought to the surface
24:17
The deal with the devil
27:47
Humanity stood on the brink of thermonuclear war
41:50
Mussolini’s march on Rome birthed a fascist state
48:35
102 women entered Congress in 2018
54:09
Oprah shattered a precedent of silence
59:10
Lady Gaga turned a meat dress into a political protest
1:13:34
Recognition can arrive decades after a pioneering act
1:17:40
A book that changed environmental politics
1:30:32
A three-week campaign of psychological terror
1:34:14
A bank failure exposed a lender-of-last-resort failure
1:39:14
SOS became a universal call for help
1:47:30
The birth of the 27 Club
1:56:04
A fake newscast turned mass media into mass panic
2:01:21
Godzilla processed nuclear trauma through popular culture
2:11:39
Pulp Fiction made nonlinear storytelling iconic
2:14:29
Chicago turned murder and media manipulation into a dark Venus retrograde in Scorpio story
2:20:47
Disasters can change the course of history
2:31:53
The recurring descent into the underworld

Chapters

Introduction
00:00
Venus Retrograde Dates and Repeating Cycles
03:13
Unearthing the Underworld: Buried Discoveries & Hidden Secrets
12:03
High Stakes Diplomacy, Brinkmanship, and "Deals with the Devil"
17:23
State Secrets, Espionage, and Covert Operations
34:31
Political Power Shifts and Massive Wave Elections
41:07
Women's Rights, Queer Liberation, and Cultural Reckonings
49:15
Racial Justice, Desegregation, and Civil Rights Struggles
1:02:41
Poisons, Pollution, and Ecological Reckonings
1:15:28
True Crime, Cults, and Psychological Terror
1:23:58
Economic Control, Sabotage, and Structural Revolutions
1:31:37
Media, Broadcasting, and Global Icons
1:38:25
Movies, Media, and Dark Themes in Pop Culture
1:54:26
Disasters
2:15:34
Repetitions
2:21:07
The Planet Venus
2:25:41
Concluding Remarks
2:31:26
Credits
2:35:32

Transcript

Chris Brennan: Hey, my name is Chris Brennan, and you're listening to The Astrology Podcast. In this episode, I'm going to be talking about Venus retrogrades in Scorpio in history, and I'm going to go through the past century or so of Venus retrogrades tha...