♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 16♑︎01 – 1♒︎28Mar 31Dec 24Feb 3Oct 27⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎Mar 31 superior conjunction10♈︎30 · behind the SunNov 3 greatest evening elongation28♐︎17 · 47.0° east of the SunNov 5 ♑︎ enters CapricornNov 22 shadow begins16♑︎01Dec 15 ♒︎ enters AquariusDec 24 stations retrograde1♒︎28Jan 1 ♑︎ re-enters Capricornmoving backwardJan 13 inferior conjunction23♑︎40 · between Earth and SunFeb 3 stations direct16♑︎01Mar 5 ♒︎ enters AquariusMar 7 shadow ends1♒︎28Mar 25 greatest morning elongation18♒︎29 · 46.5° west of the SunApr 6 ♓︎ enters PiscesOct 27 superior conjunction4♏︎08 · 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. ♑︎