♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 10♒︎20 – 26♒︎04Apr 24Jan 17Feb 28Nov 21⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♈︎♉︎♉︎♊︎♊︎♋︎♋︎♌︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♏︎♐︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎Apr 24 superior conjunction3♉︎19 · behind the SunNov 28 greatest evening elongation22♑︎39 · 47.2° east of the SunDec 5 ♒︎ enters AquariusDec 17 shadow begins10♒︎20Jan 17 stations retrograde26♒︎04Feb 7 inferior conjunction18♒︎06 · between Earth and SunFeb 28 stations direct10♒︎20Apr 1 shadow ends26♒︎04Apr 6 ♓︎ enters PiscesApr 18 greatest morning elongation11♓︎46 · 46.3° west of the SunNov 21 superior conjunction28♏︎25 · 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. ♒︎