♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 18♊︎13 – 4♋︎44Aug 27May 27Jul 9Apr 9⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♈︎♉︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♏︎♐︎♐︎♑︎♑︎♒︎♒︎♓︎♓︎Aug 27 superior conjunction3♍︎49 · behind the SunApr 3 ♊︎ enters GeminiApr 7 greatest evening elongation3♊︎35 · 45.8° east of the SunApr 23 shadow begins18♊︎13May 10 ♋︎ enters CancerMay 27 stations retrograde4♋︎44Jun 11 ♊︎ re-enters Geminimoving backwardJun 17 inferior conjunction26♊︎30 · between Earth and SunJul 9 stations direct18♊︎13Aug 6 ♋︎ enters CancerAug 12 shadow ends4♋︎44Aug 27 greatest morning elongation18♋︎42 · 45.8° west of the SunSep 7 ♌︎ enters LeoApr 9 superior conjunction19♈︎45 · 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. ♋︎→♊︎