♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 13♊︎55 – 0♋︎27Aug 23May 22Jul 4Apr 4⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♏︎♐︎♐︎♑︎♑︎♒︎♒︎♓︎♓︎Aug 23 superior conjunction29♌︎35 · behind the SunApr 2 greatest evening elongation29♉︎07 · 45.8° east of the SunApr 3 ♊︎ enters GeminiApr 19 shadow begins13♊︎55May 17 ♋︎ enters CancerMay 22 stations retrograde0♋︎27May 27 ♊︎ re-enters Geminimoving backwardJun 12 inferior conjunction22♊︎12 · between Earth and SunJul 4 stations direct13♊︎55Aug 6 ♋︎ enters CancerAug 7 shadow ends0♋︎27Aug 23 greatest morning elongation14♋︎21 · 45.8° west of the SunSep 7 ♌︎ enters LeoApr 4 superior conjunction15♈︎09 · 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. ♊︎