♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 22♊︎30 – 9♋︎01Sep 1May 31Jul 13Apr 14⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♈︎♉︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♏︎♐︎♐︎♑︎♑︎♒︎♒︎♓︎♓︎Sep 1 superior conjunction8♍︎04 · behind the SunApr 4 ♊︎ enters GeminiApr 12 greatest evening elongation8♊︎03 · 45.7° east of the SunApr 28 shadow begins22♊︎30May 8 ♋︎ enters CancerMay 31 stations retrograde9♋︎01Jun 22 inferior conjunction0♋︎47 · between Earth and SunJun 23 ♊︎ re-enters Geminimoving backwardJul 13 stations direct22♊︎30Aug 4 ♋︎ enters CancerAug 16 shadow ends9♋︎01Sep 1 greatest morning elongation23♋︎05 · 45.8° west of the SunSep 8 ♌︎ enters LeoApr 14 superior conjunction24♈︎19 · 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. ♋︎→♊︎