♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 26♊︎47 – 13♋︎18Sep 5Jun 5Jul 18Apr 19⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♈︎♉︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♏︎♐︎♐︎♑︎♑︎♒︎♒︎♓︎♓︎Sep 5 superior conjunction12♍︎22 · behind the SunApr 4 ♊︎ enters GeminiApr 17 greatest evening elongation12♊︎31 · 45.6° east of the SunMay 2 shadow begins26♊︎47May 6 ♋︎ enters CancerJun 5 stations retrograde13♋︎18Jun 26 inferior conjunction5♋︎04 · between Earth and SunJul 5 ♊︎ re-enters Geminimoving backwardJul 18 stations direct26♊︎47Aug 1 ♋︎ enters CancerAug 21 shadow ends13♋︎18Sep 6 greatest morning elongation27♋︎26 · 45.9° west of the SunSep 8 ♌︎ enters LeoApr 19 superior conjunction28♈︎50 · 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. ♋︎→♊︎