Usually, these heavenly bodies lock into a challenging 90-degree square twice each year, which intensifies passions, to put it mildly. This year, because Venus was retrograde from July 22 to September 3, they had a couple of extra run-ins—on July 2 and August 9. Although this cosmic event is always brief, it’s high-impact and can push emotions to a combustible point. Certainly, this can produce some amazing pyrotechnics in (and out of) the bedroom.