January 1 - January 7, 2018
As she spends her last full week in Capricorn Venus, planet of love is taking on the Sun itself. The Sun and Venus have a four year pattern where once every four years they will align in Capricorn. The following year the Sun will be gone by the time Venus returns and the year after Venus will be gone by the time the Sun returns. In the fourth year they will spend time together in Capricorn, but won't align. In the fifth year they will align, with that four year pattern continuing throughout the ages. This is the year that they align, with an alignment that began over the weekend continuing for the rest of the week. This is when Venus catches up to and overtakes the Sun, making her mission to update your romantic and relationship desires and expectations for the coming year more pressing than your birthday month and new solar year. A triple alignment between the Sun, Venus and Pluto on Tuesday could even fuel a sense of rebellion.