Venus, the planet of relationships, comes together with shadowy Ketu in Leo from July 4th to August 1st, 2026.

This conjunction gives you a warm and insightful approach to love, especially if your partner is in distress or needs sympathy and support. In the sign of Leo, you have a need for acclaim and a sense of importance in your relationship, so look for a balance between empathy and your own self-respect. There may also be echoes of a relationship that began or was meaningful through mid-September and early October of 2025, when this same combination was last in effect. A fated quality brings an experience around again, particularly if there was unfinished romantic business.

With Ketu now in Magha, you give wonderful qualities to a friend or lover and find a rare unspoken rapport, but your attention must also be reciprocated. A relationship may appear unusual from the outside, even to yourself, though a magical atmosphere between you makes any romantic sacrifice worth it. Expect a potential love interest to arrive and share a lesson, where you have an intense exchange that has roots in your karmic past. A yoga class or spiritual retreat is good ground for finding a partner, and you can also connect over a mutual interest in fine art and self-expression.

Keep your boundaries up, however: Ketu is symbolically headless and blind, and you can rush into a love affair without thinking or be blind to a warning signal. Unconscious behavior can reoccur, especially around July 9th to 13th, where you slip back into a pattern you thought you had left behind. It takes willpower to resist ingrained karmic behavior, but you can also break a repeating destructive cycle.