So my own current / ending Venus Return.
Overall impression/ distribution of planets
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° a more introspective/ home-y year, still concerned a lot with emotions/ relationships, but in a subjective (my attitude to it) kind of way (4th and 5th house emphasis)
rising sign and stuff connected to it
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° ASC in Virgo - so experiences I attract but also the energy I apply (esp. in terms of relating to others), very much service oriented, there are other keywords of course for Virgo, but here in this instance it makes sense (being of service to others, at least in a way).
Also a more pragmatic approach to relationships; trying to make myself useful to others.
° there are certain challenges coming with that, as this ASC is squaring my own ASC by 3 degrees only, a lot of adaptability was required, also since my natal chartruler is Jupiter in Pisces (and happens to be on the Return chart`s DESC within a degree or even partile), there was some balance needed between those Piscean floatinness on dreams and fantasy as to the more here-and-now-in-physical-reality- approach of Virgo.
° chartruler is Mercury in Scorpio in 3rd house, so this service oriented energy is applied very much in communications of any kind - well this is a communication chart anyway. Very clear to see here that the way of relating probably mostly happens through communicating (chartruler in 3rd house, my own natal chartruler falls natally in 3rd house and is brought to the DESC, so that is the preferred way to interact with others; the 3rd house also has some planets and is involved in a T-square, so not all about it easy, it also involves the 9th house again, through Uranus there, so a second mentioning of the 9th house - a year to shape the expression of values in relating; could also mean somebody communicating with me in a stop and go way and jsut being overall unpredictable, which might be some source of nervous tension - and the stellium in scorpio in 3rd house, for me increasing that nervous tension, due to the intensity of SCorpio, which is in stark contrast to that, and even more importantly which is in stark contrast to my OWN usual natal way of communicating, which is very different in my my natal chart. However this was to be a theme this year also as it came up in the Solar Return aSC in Scorpio tightly conjunct the Venus Return chartruler).
Mental fixating and obsessing comes to mind with that, too, of course. And since this is a Venus-REturn, focused on relationships and socializing and that kind of stuff.
Probably coming on much too strong and intense and "high maintenance"in a way. Also possibly susceptible to manipulative tactics (actively or passively) as well as paranoia.
° That Mercury is not badly aspected though, sthere is stability and some soberness with the sextile to Saturn (some people probably bringing me down to earth now and then) and a trine to neptune. However that Neptune on the DESC comes iwth its own challenges. Where Neptune is we do not see too clearly most of the time, at least not if we try to see it with realistic eyes, which the Virgo ASC really wants to do. But there on the 7th house it seems that either i was relating in a more diffuse way, or the confusion, ambiguity coming from others towards me, and for once frustrating me (Virgo ASC), however also mirroring me in a way, as natally I have ASDC conjunct Neptune, so probably being fed a bit of my own medicine.
Neptune can be a wonderful romantic, magical, imaginative planet, but it can drive anyone insane with that fluid chameleon semi-transparent, semi-here, character.
Also Saturn is on the Mercury/Neptune-mp, possibly a good thing it was made by harmonious aspects, however it still is not a true joy. PUtting a damper on too romantic notions of anything, and well it is known as a depression midpoint occasionally.
° ASC falls into my natal 9th house - so the area that is touched and brought to attention and where all this outpouring happens is the 9th house, shaping of my views on the world (of relationships); however Virgo is interecepted there in my chart, so it might all be under the surface for most of the time.
ASC-ruler falls into my natal 11th house, but just 2 degrees off 12th house cusp, so this is also affecting my way of socializing with others, also my own feelings of "loveability" (that Mercury is actually sharply squaring my natal Moon in my 2nd house of self worth, I think I do not need to go into this, it is pretty selfexplanatory).
° Sun in 4th as well as Venus there - most focus on the home (emphasized by my natal personal planets all falling into 4th - 6th house of the Return chart as well - it was always to be a year where I would spend a lot of time home)
° there is quite some 5th house placements, too, so creativity/ games/ romance/ play etc. is there, too, esp. with Moon in there, Moon is where the heart of any REturn chart goes, so here the heart is really into the 5th house; however it is making a T-square with Uranus and Mars, and my natal Uranus on 1 scorpio squares that Moon exactly.
Uranus ruling my 3rd house natally. and Mars is in 3rd house of the return chart. so there it is again, the communication factor, and with a lot of unpredictability . Also Uranus retrograde ther ein the 9th house. Reevaluating things, withdrawing, going back, going back and forth all the time, going away cominb gack, all uranus retro typical stuff.
Maybe even a little revengeful with that Scorpio Mars there involved in that T-square. well the squre to Moon is a tiny bit wide, however Uranus definitely is in aspect to both Mars and MOon, and it is not THAT wide.
I even wonder if I could count the really wide Sun-Neptune-square in, usually I would think it is too wide, but it just fits so well. lol Also those are both angular planets.
Anyway that Sun providing the energy of that chart, also in 4th house, and it was conjunct my natal Mars-Neptune-NN-ASC, so definitely shaping or putting focus on my own identity or at least the projection of myself into the world (ASC). Whatever that was about, and even the not so joyful things, it seems that this was how it was meant to be (Sun on my natal NN).
° the T-square, esp. the Moon.
Well the Moon there in 5th house shows that this WAS a year about socializing in a playful way or at least creatively, and well new ways of experiencing creativity emerged, esp. in terms of those online streams (which are never the same as being THERE, but at least something). It`s also a new way to get into comunication/ into touch, I mean before this year I have NEVER participated in a video conference, Zoom-meeting or something of that sort, that was really exciting, discovering and entering this world together (it is astonishing at how many "first times" P has been present in my life. Like a catalyst to push me there, right out of my comfort zone, just a little bit.)
Also got more insight into his home than I expected or even aimed for before, and honestly it still feels a bit exhausting, like having to adapt my mental perspective once more somehow, like the ways of interacting changed again (and I am slow to adapt with Moon in a fixed sign, even though it is AQua, it is still a stubborn fixed sign. lol), sort of trying to hold on to old ways that have been crumbling, and that were maybe necessary to crumble.
Also in this way interacting with a lot of other people, not least one of my favourite Aqua-guys.
actually if I go through my memory, it seems that a lot of the guys/ artists I connected with over the year either had a lot of AQua energy, progressed Aqua, or alternatively our composite was drenched in Aqua and/ or Uranus-energy.
I refused to do so with Lancelot this year (despite having many chances really), but I was dreaming of him twice this week, the first time in the night before the solstice, the second time in the night on or right after the solstice, so having a hunch, that he might feature in the next Return, either Solar or Venus.
(well my pr Moon is currently conjunct his Draco Sun (applying actually) and opposing his Draco Uranus. (he has Draco Sun on 1 Scorpio and Draco Pluto on 0 Taurus).
Anyway back to me, actually one of the first things I should look at is Venus in a Venus-Return-chart, but somehow I was taken somewhere else first. lol
So Venus, here she is in 4th house tightly conjunct Ceres. So definitely a year of being at home, or very much concerned with subjective feelings (well feelings are always subjective of course) and with Ceres, almost like being a caretaker, taking care of people, nurturing them, which fits the service oriented Virgo-ASC. And honestly that is what I have been doing all year. Not just in terms of that online-social-circle, but also very literally in terms of my family.
But also of course, been very concerned with the wellbeing of a lot of people in the creative world. and investing a lot of energy there, material and also emotional, to the point that at times I might have overdoing it, neglecting maybe other areas. (there was also a lot of work involvement demanded of me, but well Venus rules my MC natally, I guess this shows too. and work involvement always had to do with putting extra care into interacting with people there, to sort of keep going and keep thing afloat, when more and more people just "fell flat" around me.)
But as it is with Ceres, she is posessive and has a bit of an exaggerating thing going. Mmight have overjudged my importance, really. The world does not break down, jsut becuase I take a time out.
Venus in sextile to Mrs and in a trine to Uranus, albeit not yet exact, it was probably what kept communiccation going despite what I described above. And well I had some really nice interactions over the year.
HOwever ther eis Saturn as the dispositor of Venus right in the 5th house, which certainly put a focus but also a damper onto those creative/ romantic/ fun things. Saturn in 5th house is a bit weird in terms of wanting to have fun. lol It is not in desaster aspects, but sextiles Mercury and Neptune. However it opposed my own natal Saturn on 16°57 Cancer in my natal 8th house, so a serious test for me. Also my pr ASC is on 16-17 Capricorn this year.
my natal Saturn fell into the 11th house of the return chart, so at least at some points it might have been me myself, blocking, frustrating and putting a damper onto socializing with groups, or experiencing feelings of loveability, Saturn usually has demands that simply cannot be met. And the Saturn-Saturn-opposition as I had transitwise and which was engraved in this Return chart, is certainly not an easy time. But the POF fell here, so also worthwile, I guess I learned some things.
Not quite sure whta to make of the Nodes, however they seem significant. SN conjunct Venus, and both squaring Juno, which fell exact on my natal Pluto, but no clue really.
Anyway that is how I would interpete that Venus return, of course also in retrospect as I`ve only three more weeks to go with this one.
Neptune can be a wonderful romantic, magical, imaginative planet, but it can drive anyone insane with that fluid chameleon semi-transparent, semi-here, character. 
