♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 21♈︎38 – 8♉︎02Jul 1Mar 30May 11Feb 6⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♉︎♊︎♊︎♋︎♋︎♌︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♏︎♐︎♐︎♑︎♑︎♒︎♒︎♓︎Jul 1 superior conjunction9♋︎29 · behind the SunFeb 2 ♈︎ enters AriesFeb 7 greatest evening elongation5♈︎02 · 46.8° east of the SunFeb 25 shadow begins21♈︎38Mar 8 ♉︎ enters TaurusMar 30 stations retrograde8♉︎02Apr 20 ♈︎ re-enters Ariesmoving backwardApr 20 inferior conjunction29♈︎48 · between Earth and SunMay 11 stations direct21♈︎38Jun 3 ♉︎ enters TaurusJun 14 shadow ends8♉︎02Jun 29 greatest morning elongation21♉︎31 · 45.7° west of the SunJul 8 ♊︎ enters GeminiFeb 6 superior conjunction17♒︎12 · 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. ♉︎→♈︎