♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 23♈︎52 – 10♉︎16Jul 3Apr 1May 14Feb 9⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♉︎♊︎♊︎♋︎♋︎♌︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♏︎♐︎♐︎♑︎♑︎♒︎♒︎♓︎♓︎Jul 3 superior conjunction11♋︎33 · behind the SunFeb 2 ♈︎ enters AriesFeb 9 greatest evening elongation7♈︎19 · 46.7° east of the SunFeb 27 shadow begins23♈︎52Mar 7 ♉︎ enters TaurusApr 1 stations retrograde10♉︎16Apr 22 inferior conjunction2♉︎02 · between Earth and SunApr 26 ♈︎ re-enters Ariesmoving backwardMay 14 stations direct23♈︎52Jun 2 ♉︎ enters TaurusJun 16 shadow ends10♉︎16Jul 1 greatest morning elongation23♉︎44 · 45.6° west of the SunJul 8 ♊︎ enters GeminiFeb 9 superior conjunction19♒︎44 · the next cycle begins
  1. ♒︎
  2. ♍︎
  3. ♉︎→♈︎
  4. ♐︎→♏︎
  5. ♋︎

Every 8 years, Venus turns retrograde again in almost the same spot: about 2½° further back along the zodiac, and two or three days earlier in the year.

  1. ♉︎→♈︎
  2. ♉︎→♈︎
  3. ♉︎→♈︎
  4. ♉︎→♈︎
  5. ♉︎→♈︎