Can I do these spells during Venus retro

Short answer: this is a "may I" question about a practice tradition, not a reading question — I can't rule on what's permitted in your tradition; that judgment belongs to whoever taught you the spells or a religious authority you trust. But the named piece I can answer fully: what Venus retrograde is, and what the usual conventions say about timing spellwork around it.

Venus retrograde — in astrology, a planet appears to reverse its apparent motion against the starfield as seen from Earth. It is an optical/positional fact about viewpoint, not the planet physically moving backwards. Formally: Venus going retrograde, or "station retrograde." Practically, astrologers read it as a review-and-revision window around what Venus rules — relationships, values, money, aesthetics, what you find attractive or worth paying for. The conventional advice is "revisit, revise, reconnect, don't finalize." Mercury retrograde is the famous one; Venus happens roughly every 19 months, for about six weeks.

Where you actually are now: the current Venus retrograde runs October 3 – November 14, 2026 — it stationed retrograde at 8° Scorpio on October 3, backs into Libra around October 25, and stations direct at 22° Libra on November 14. So today sits in the opening Scorpio leg.

On the conventions around spellwork during a retrograde:

• Most modern ceremonial and folk traditions don't treat retrogrades as *blocked* time. The common rule is narrower: avoid work meant to initiate something new and permanent — new contracts, first commitments, "launch" spells. Retrogrades get used for undoing, revising, breaking, ending, or reworking — that fits the review energy.
• Where the question is specifically about love, money, or beauty spells — Venus's own domains — some traditions say Venus is simply unavailable while retrograde, because the planet is described as weakened. Others say the opposite, that this is the strongest window for love and value work precisely because Venus is unusually reflective. Both positions exist; there is no settled answer in the literature.
• Practices that don't use astrology at all (most tarot, most folk magic) simply don't have a rule here.

So the honest reading: whether you can do *these specific spells* now depends on what tradition they come from and what that tradition says about retrogrades. Check the source that taught them to you.

If it would help, tell me which tradition the spells come from — Wicca/Witchcraft, ceremonial magic, hoodoo, folk, or a system of your own — and I can tell you what that system's stated position on retrograde timing actually is, if it's documented.