♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 19♈︎26 – 5♉︎50Jun 29Mar 27May 9Feb 4⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♉︎♊︎♊︎♋︎♋︎♌︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♏︎♐︎♐︎♑︎♑︎♒︎♒︎♓︎Jun 29 superior conjunction7♋︎25 · behind the SunFeb 2 ♈︎ enters AriesFeb 5 greatest evening elongation2♈︎47 · 46.8° east of the SunFeb 22 shadow begins19♈︎26Mar 9 ♉︎ enters TaurusMar 27 stations retrograde5♉︎50Apr 14 ♈︎ re-enters Ariesmoving backwardApr 18 inferior conjunction27♈︎35 · between Earth and SunMay 9 stations direct19♈︎26Jun 4 ♉︎ enters TaurusJun 11 shadow ends5♉︎50Jun 27 greatest morning elongation19♉︎17 · 45.7° west of the SunJul 7 ♊︎ enters GeminiFeb 4 superior conjunction14♒︎39 · 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. ♉︎→♈︎