♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 18♑︎28 – 3♒︎56Apr 2Dec 26Feb 5Oct 30⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎Apr 2 superior conjunction12♈︎50 · behind the SunNov 5 ♑︎ enters CapricornNov 6 greatest evening elongation0♑︎43 · 47.0° east of the SunNov 25 shadow begins18♑︎28Dec 12 ♒︎ enters AquariusDec 26 stations retrograde3♒︎56Jan 9 ♑︎ re-enters Capricornmoving backwardJan 16 inferior conjunction26♑︎07 · between Earth and SunFeb 5 stations direct18♑︎28Mar 4 ♒︎ enters AquariusMar 9 shadow ends3♒︎56Mar 28 greatest morning elongation20♒︎48 · 46.5° west of the SunApr 6 ♓︎ enters PiscesOct 30 superior conjunction6♏︎31 · 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. ♑︎