♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 16♊︎03 – 2♋︎35Aug 25May 24Jul 6Apr 7⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♏︎♐︎♐︎♑︎♑︎♒︎♒︎♓︎♓︎Aug 25 superior conjunction1♍︎42 · behind the SunApr 3 ♊︎ enters GeminiApr 5 greatest evening elongation1♊︎20 · 45.8° east of the SunApr 21 shadow begins16♊︎03May 12 ♋︎ enters CancerMay 24 stations retrograde2♋︎35Jun 5 ♊︎ re-enters Geminimoving backwardJun 15 inferior conjunction24♊︎20 · between Earth and SunJul 6 stations direct16♊︎03Aug 6 ♋︎ enters CancerAug 9 shadow ends2♋︎35Aug 25 greatest morning elongation16♋︎32 · 45.8° west of the SunSep 7 ♌︎ enters LeoApr 7 superior conjunction17♈︎27 · 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. ♊︎