♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 11♊︎46 – 28♊︎17Aug 20May 20Jul 2Apr 2⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎Aug 20 superior conjunction27♌︎28 · behind the SunMar 31 greatest evening elongation26♉︎52 · 45.9° east of the SunApr 3 ♊︎ enters GeminiApr 16 shadow begins11♊︎46May 20 stations retrograde28♊︎17Jun 10 inferior conjunction20♊︎03 · between Earth and SunJul 2 stations direct11♊︎46Aug 5 shadow ends28♊︎17Aug 7 ♋︎ enters CancerAug 20 greatest morning elongation12♋︎09 · 45.7° west of the SunApr 2 superior conjunction12♈︎50 · 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. ♊︎