♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 20♊︎21 – 6♋︎52Aug 30May 29Jul 11Apr 12⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♈︎♉︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♏︎♐︎♐︎♑︎♑︎♒︎♒︎♓︎♓︎Aug 30 superior conjunction5♍︎56 · behind the SunApr 4 ♊︎ enters GeminiApr 9 greatest evening elongation5♊︎50 · 45.7° east of the SunApr 25 shadow begins20♊︎21May 9 ♋︎ enters CancerMay 29 stations retrograde6♋︎52Jun 17 ♊︎ re-enters Geminimoving backwardJun 19 inferior conjunction28♊︎38 · between Earth and SunJul 11 stations direct20♊︎21Aug 5 ♋︎ enters CancerAug 14 shadow ends6♋︎52Aug 30 greatest morning elongation20♋︎53 · 45.8° west of the SunSep 8 ♌︎ enters LeoApr 12 superior conjunction22♈︎02 · 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. ♋︎→♊︎