Although Aries the sign is ruled by planet Mars for you romance starts with the Sun as it oversees your dating and falling in love sector. This brings honesty into your romantic encounters. You will want someone who is true and holds you above the others. Any whiff of infidelity and the love will disappear as you slam the door on the way out.
As the Sun is life giving you will find throughout the years that there and many people with whom you can indeed fall in love. This brings the reputation of Aries people to be ardent lovers and always on the chase but not necessarily following through. Your heart can be easily broken but you will get up and try again in the love stakes. The Sun is never retrograde and only becomes weaker at brief moments each year. This adds a bright and warm energy to your love life of which others can be jealous.
All of July, August and up until September 6th for an extended time Mercury will stimulate your dating area. This means you will be communicating on many topics and if you have a girlfriend or boyfriend at this time you will get to know everything about them. Talking is often the first step to falling in love as your mind becomes engaged with the other person's thoughts. Ask the burning questions and find out what you want to know. If you are single, try dating sites and put yourself forward in words. The time between July 26th to August 19th may be particularity insightful and bring up thoughts that you need to process for any romance to move forward.
The solar eclipse on August 11th falls in your dating sector and can a good day for starting over and creating the romantic life your want but this is variable and may go the other way. This means actively seeking someone to love and offering yourself for others. Be available and easy going at this time and you will find yourself in situations that turn into possible love dates. This heralds the time to start going out again. Invite people out and accept invitations from now on. The planets are inkling to grow and things started now will flourish later.
Your romantic life will be boosted from July 23rd to August 24th this is the time to go on dates, meet people and be social. You may go out a lot and with different people but this is the best time of the year for love to begin.
Committed Relationships
You have beautiful Venus as the planet in charge of your serious commitment and marriage zone. It is natural for you to harmonize with others to become a union. This planet is naturally attracted to finding a mate and being in love. For your marriage is the ultimate in love expression and you will be happy with the right person.
This year forming a serious relationship will be both a pleasure and cause some pain. Venus will attract you a mate from August 7th to September 10th and again from November 1st to December 3rd. If you are single this could mean, there is more than one contender and be a nice experience but one that you cannot sustain. Love demands honesty and integrity and you may sail close to the wind at some point this year.
Although the time from November 1st to November 16th will be challenging but fruitful as Venus is retrograde in your relationship zone. This can be a painful time and you may find your sweet love has soured. Remember that these are phases and this too shall pass. If you believe this is the love of your life, then hang in there for happier days will come soon.
On the other hand, if your long time partner wants to break it off take a few days to consider and realize that this too is a passing phase and you may be able to save your marriage or serious commitment later. Do not make sweeping decisions about your relationship when Venus is retrograde.
Lost Love
Each year there are a few days that do not support romance or partnerships and they will change each year as the planets move. Cool spots for romantic fizzle will be three times this year around the solar eclipses on February 15th, July 13th and August 11th 2018. Watch out for the day before and the day after as well. As the Sun governs your romantic world when it becomes covered by the Moon at a solar eclipse the energy is cut off for a brief time. This is enough to create a blip in you love life. Avoid blind dates on the week August 4th to 11th as this is a darker period in the year for Aries and dating.
In 2018 your challenging times with your partner will occur from October 5th to November 16th as Venus is retrograde because she rules your relationships sector. In this time frame do not plan to get engaged or marry but wait until after November 16th when you can confidently become a couple. At this time, you may feel that the love is not a strong as it once was and for solid relationships between two lovers this is just a phase but for some Aries people it will mark the beginning of the end for their primary relationship.
If you are single, then people you meet now may seem perfect but you need to take your time to get to know them in the days and weeks after Venus is direct again on November 16th. If your relationship once started at this time is still strong later in November, then this is actually a blessing as you will have seen the dark side of this person at the very beginning.
