♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 28♊︎54 – 15♋︎26Sep 8Jun 7Jul 20Apr 21⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♏︎♐︎♐︎♑︎♑︎♒︎♒︎♓︎♓︎Sep 8 superior conjunction14♍︎31 · behind the SunApr 5 ♊︎ enters GeminiApr 19 greatest evening elongation14♊︎45 · 45.6° east of the SunMay 5 shadow begins28♊︎54May 6 ♋︎ enters CancerJun 7 stations retrograde15♋︎26Jun 29 inferior conjunction7♋︎12 · between Earth and SunJul 13 ♊︎ re-enters Geminimoving backwardJul 20 stations direct28♊︎54Jul 28 ♋︎ enters CancerAug 23 shadow ends15♋︎26Sep 8 greatest morning elongation29♋︎38 · 45.9° west of the SunSep 8 ♌︎ enters LeoApr 21 superior conjunction1♉︎05 · 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. ♋︎→♊︎