2026 Love Dates
The year's most magnetic moments for romance, beauty, and connection
Not every day carries the same weight when it comes to love, and 2026 has a handful of dates that practically hum with romantic possibility. This is your shortlist: the conjunctions, ingresses, and cosmic alignments most likely to shift something in your heart, your relationships, or the way you see yourself in the mirror.
Think of this page as your love weather forecast for the year. Some of these dates are perfect for bold moves: asking someone out, having the conversation, booking the trip together. Others are better for slowing down, softening, and letting yourself be surprised by what tenderness shows up when you stop trying to control the outcome.
The standout? June 9, when Venus meets Jupiter in Cancer, the single most generous, heart-expanding transit of the entire year. But do not sleep on the quieter moments either. Venus in Pisces in February, the brief but electric Venus-Neptune conjunction in March, the deep reflection of the autumn retrograde. Each one offers something different, and each one is worth showing up for.
January
Sun Conjunct Venus in Capricorn
Warmth & attractionThe Sun illuminates Venus today, and your capacity to both give and receive love expands like a deep breath you did not realize you were holding. Dress well, say yes to the invitation, eat something beautiful. This is a day for letting pleasure in without apology.
Read Full Transit Guide →Venus Conjunct Mars in Capricorn
Magnetic passionDesire meets follow-through. Venus and Mars merging in Capricorn is the kind of chemistry that has a plan, and the plan is you. If you have been circling someone, this is your green light. If you are already in a relationship, clear the evening. This one builds.
Read Full Transit Guide →Venus Trine Uranus
Exciting sparksSomething unexpected delights you. A conversation that tilts sideways into flirtation, a stranger who says the thing you needed to hear, or a sudden flash of clarity about what (and who) you actually want. Stay open. The best surprises show up when you stop scripting.
Venus Enters Aquarius
Freedom in loveLove loosens its grip and finds its wings. For the next few weeks, connection is less about merging and more about meeting: minds, ideas, visions. If a relationship needs breathing room, Aquarius hands you the key. What feels free right now is also what feels true.
Read Full Transit Guide →Venus Conjunct Pluto in Aquarius
Raw intensityThis is not a surface-level day. Venus meets Pluto and asks: what are you afraid to want? Relationships that survive this conjunction get stripped down to something more honest. New attractions carry an almost gravitational pull. But intensity is not the same as intimacy. Know the difference.
Read Full Transit Guide →Mercury Conjunct Venus in Aquarius
Love talksWords become love languages. Mercury and Venus meeting means the thing you have been wanting to say (the compliment, the confession, the "I have been thinking about you") actually lands well today. Write the letter. Send the text. Have the conversation you have been rehearsing.
Read Full Transit Guide →February
Venus Enters Pisces
Exalted romanceVenus steps into its exaltation, the sign where love operates at its most inspired, most tender, most cinematic. For the next few weeks, everything is a little softer, a little more luminous. This is the most romantic period of the entire year. Create from it. Love with it. Let yourself be moved.
Read Full Transit Guide →Venus Trine Jupiter
Lucky loveThe luckiest love aspect of the winter. Venus and Jupiter in a flowing trine means generosity, warmth, and the kind of expansive good feeling that makes everything taste better. Ask for what you want today: in love, in beauty, in pleasure. The answer is more likely to be yes than you think.
Mercury Conjunct Venus in Pisces
Tender wordsMercury meets Venus in Pisces, and language becomes poetry. This is a day for love letters, the real kind, handwritten or whispered. If you have been struggling to articulate a feeling, Pisces gives you the vocabulary of metaphor, music, and honest vulnerability. Say it while this window is open.
Read Full Transit Guide →March
Venus Enters Aries
Bold movesThe dreamy Pisces period is over. Venus in Aries does not wait, does not hint, does not wonder "what if." If you want something, this transit hands you the courage to walk straight toward it. First dates feel electric. Flirtation gets direct. The bold move is the romantic move.
Read Full Transit Guide →Venus Conjunct Neptune in Aries
Dreamy romanceVenus and Neptune blur every line between fantasy and feeling, and in Aries, the result is a romantic impulse that feels almost spiritual. A new crush could hit you like a revelation. Just remember that Neptune is a master illusionist. Enjoy the enchantment, but give yourself a few weeks before making it permanent.
Read Full Transit Guide →Venus Conjunct Saturn in Aries
Commitment & clarityJust one day after the Neptune dream, Saturn arrives with the real question: is this built to last? Venus conjunct Saturn is not flashy, but it is honest. Relationships that hold up under this aspect are the ones worth investing in. If a conversation about commitment has been circling, this is the day it lands.
Read Full Transit Guide →Venus Enters Taurus
Sensual stabilityVenus returns home. In Taurus, love is not complicated; it is a home-cooked meal, a slow morning, skin against skin. For the next few weeks, your senses sharpen and your standards rise. You want what is real, what is beautiful, and what you can actually touch. Let yourself be a little indulgent. You have earned it.
Read Full Transit Guide →April
Venus Sextile Jupiter
Gentle expansionA sextile is an open door, not a push, and this one invites more joy, more connection, and more beauty into your relationships without any drama attached. Small gestures land big today: the compliment you almost did not give, the plan you almost did not suggest. Follow through. Something lovely is waiting on the other side.
Venus Trine Pluto
Deep connectionLove goes underground, in the best way. Venus trine Pluto opens a channel to the kind of intimacy that does not need words. Existing bonds deepen through unspoken understanding. New attractions carry a fated quality. Whatever you feel today, trust it. This aspect does not deal in surface-level anything.
May
Venus Enters Cancer
Emotional depthVenus in Cancer wants to feed you, hold you, and ask how you are really doing. Love becomes nurturing under this influence, the kind that remembers your coffee order and checks in when you go quiet. If you have been running on emotional fumes, let someone take care of you for once. Vulnerability is not weakness here; it is the whole point.
Read Full Transit Guide →June
Venus Conjunct Jupiter in Cancer
Biggest love day of the yearCircle this one. Venus meets Jupiter in Cancer, the single most generous, heart-expanding, emotionally abundant transit of 2026. Love feels limitless. Joy arrives without conditions. Proposals, reunions, reconciliations, and the kind of "I just knew" moments people tell stories about for years. All of it is on the table. Show up with your whole heart.
Read Full Transit Guide →Venus Enters Leo
Romance & joyVenus in Leo is romance with a capital R. Grand gestures, unabashed adoration, the kind of love that wants to be witnessed. For the next few weeks, flattery is not shallow; it is a love language. Take your person somewhere beautiful. Be the person who says it first. Leo energy rewards the brave and the generous.
Read Full Transit Guide →Venus Trine Saturn
Lasting loveA quiet but powerful day for relationships that are built to endure. Venus trine Saturn rewards loyalty, consistency, and the willingness to show up even when it is not glamorous. If you have been doing the work in a relationship, today is when you feel it paying off. Commitments made now have serious staying power.
July
Venus Enters Virgo
Acts of serviceLove gets practical, and that is not a downgrade. Venus in Virgo shows affection through action: packing your lunch, remembering your appointment, fixing the thing you mentioned once three weeks ago. Pay attention to who shows up for you in the small, un-glamorous ways. That is where the real devotion lives.
Read Full Transit Guide →August
Venus Enters Libra
Partnership peakVenus comes home to Libra, and partnerships (romantic, creative, professional) hit their stride. Beauty is everywhere, diplomacy comes naturally, and the art of being in relationship feels less like effort and more like a dance. If your love life has felt off-balance, Libra restores the equilibrium. What is fair is also what is beautiful right now.
Read Full Transit Guide →September
Venus Enters Scorpio
Depth & transformationThe temperature drops, and love goes deep. Venus in Scorpio does not do casual. It wants the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Attraction becomes magnetic and emotionally loaded. Jealousy and possessiveness can surface, but so can the kind of soul-baring honesty that transforms a good relationship into a great one. Are you brave enough to be fully seen?
Read Full Transit Guide →October
Venus Retrograde Begins in Scorpio
Love in reviewVenus stations retrograde, and the love story of the year enters its editing phase. Ex-partners resurface: in your DMs, in your dreams, or simply in the thoughts you cannot stop replaying. This is not punishment; it is revision. What patterns keep showing up? What do you actually need versus what you have been settling for? The answers that surface now are worth sitting with.
Sun Conjunct Venus in Scorpio (Cazimi)
Heart renewalThe midpoint of Venus retrograde, and its most sacred moment. When Venus sits in the heart of the Sun (cazimi), a renewal happens at the deepest level of what you value and who you love. Old relationship stories get rewritten. A clarity arrives about your own worth that no one else can give you. Pay attention to what lands in your heart today; it is the seed of what comes next.
Read Full Transit Guide →November
Venus Stations Direct in Libra
Love moves forwardThe retrograde is over, and Venus stations direct in Libra, the sign of partnership, balance, and beauty. Whatever you have been processing, questioning, or renegotiating since October now begins to resolve. Relationships that survived the review period emerge stronger and more honest. New connections that stalled start moving again. The green light is back on. Trust what you learned in the dark.
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