Venus retrograde has been a very difficult time for me and I have been going through a depression which I realised has been within the period of the retrograde. Taurus and Libra are ruled by Venus and could be affected the most (I am Taurus) but also it depends where Venus is in your chart.
Don't have love affairs or buy expensive art or beautiful items for your home during this time or have cosmetic surgery because you might regret it. But we are very negative about retrogrades these days and they have a purpose in cycles! The positives about Venus Retrograde are where we work out who are true friends (or lovers) are, realise that beauty is not the most important thing or the cost of things! We are not perfect and nothing is perfect! our relationships, art, beauty, everything Venus rules, are imperfect in some way.
The retrograde is a great time for making up with friends you have fallen out with or had relationship problems with before the retrograde started and past problems. It's also a great time to buy items like art or antiques in markets that you have no idea of the real value of them, you may be surprised after the Rx ends
But ultimately in this period I am still feeling down and I think it's related to finding my own inner beauty and realising I am imperfect
I also think I am working through some really deep issues about love this time around and retrogrades make you go inside yourself. So my point is they are difficult but can be healing and important in the end.