♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 27♎︎39 – 13♏︎13Jan 11Oct 8Nov 18Aug 16⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎Jan 11 superior conjunction21♑︎31 · behind the SunAug 7 ♎︎ enters LibraAug 19 greatest evening elongation12♎︎32 · 45.9° east of the SunSep 5 shadow begins27♎︎39Sep 8 ♏︎ enters ScorpioOct 8 stations retrograde13♏︎13Oct 29 inferior conjunction5♏︎30 · between Earth and SunNov 8 ♎︎ re-enters Libramoving backwardNov 18 stations direct27♎︎39Nov 30 ♏︎ enters ScorpioDec 20 shadow ends13♏︎13Jan 7 ♐︎ enters SagittariusJan 8 greatest morning elongation1♐︎12 · 46.9° west of the SunAug 16 superior conjunction23♌︎16 · 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. ♏︎→♎︎