♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 25♑︎48 – 11♒︎22Apr 9Jan 3Feb 13Nov 6⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♈︎♉︎♉︎♊︎♊︎♋︎♋︎♌︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎Apr 9 superior conjunction19♈︎45 · behind the SunNov 5 ♑︎ enters CapricornNov 13 greatest evening elongation8♑︎03 · 47.1° east of the SunDec 2 shadow begins25♑︎48Dec 7 ♒︎ enters AquariusJan 3 stations retrograde11♒︎22Jan 23 inferior conjunction3♒︎30 · between Earth and SunJan 29 ♑︎ re-enters Capricornmoving backwardFeb 13 stations direct25♑︎48Feb 28 ♒︎ enters AquariusMar 17 shadow ends11♒︎22Apr 4 greatest morning elongation27♒︎50 · 46.4° west of the SunApr 6 ♓︎ enters PiscesNov 6 superior conjunction13♏︎43 · 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. ♒︎→♑︎