♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 9♊︎37 – 26♊︎08Aug 18May 17Jun 29Mar 31⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎Aug 18 superior conjunction25♌︎22 · behind the SunMar 29 greatest evening elongation24♉︎37 · 45.9° east of the SunApr 3 ♊︎ enters GeminiApr 14 shadow begins9♊︎37May 17 stations retrograde26♊︎08Jun 8 inferior conjunction17♊︎53 · between Earth and SunJun 29 stations direct9♊︎37Aug 2 shadow ends26♊︎08Aug 7 ♋︎ enters CancerAug 18 greatest morning elongation9♋︎58 · 45.7° west of the SunMar 31 superior conjunction10♈︎30 · 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. ♊︎