♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 20♑︎55 – 6♒︎25Apr 4Dec 29Feb 8Nov 1⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎Apr 4 superior conjunction15♈︎09 · behind the SunNov 5 ♑︎ enters CapricornNov 8 greatest evening elongation3♑︎09 · 47.1° east of the SunNov 27 shadow begins20♑︎55Dec 10 ♒︎ enters AquariusDec 29 stations retrograde6♒︎25Jan 16 ♑︎ re-enters Capricornmoving backwardJan 18 inferior conjunction28♑︎35 · between Earth and SunFeb 8 stations direct20♑︎55Mar 3 ♒︎ enters AquariusMar 12 shadow ends6♒︎25Mar 30 greatest morning elongation23♒︎10 · 46.5° west of the SunApr 6 ♓︎ enters PiscesNov 1 superior conjunction8♏︎54 · 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. ♒︎→♑︎