♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 23♑︎21 – 8♒︎54Apr 7Dec 31Feb 10Nov 4⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎Apr 7 superior conjunction17♈︎27 · behind the SunNov 5 ♑︎ enters CapricornNov 11 greatest evening elongation5♑︎37 · 47.1° east of the SunNov 30 shadow begins23♑︎21Dec 8 ♒︎ enters AquariusDec 31 stations retrograde8♒︎54Jan 21 inferior conjunction1♒︎02 · between Earth and SunJan 23 ♑︎ re-enters Capricornmoving backwardFeb 10 stations direct23♑︎21Mar 2 ♒︎ enters AquariusMar 14 shadow ends8♒︎54Apr 2 greatest morning elongation25♒︎30 · 46.4° west of the SunApr 6 ♓︎ enters PiscesNov 4 superior conjunction11♏︎18 · 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. ♒︎→♑︎