♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 20♎︎27 – 6♏︎07Jan 4Sep 30Nov 11Aug 9⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎Jan 4 superior conjunction13♑︎45 · behind the SunAug 6 ♎︎ enters LibraAug 12 greatest evening elongation5♎︎42 · 45.8° east of the SunAug 29 shadow begins20♎︎27Sep 11 ♏︎ enters ScorpioSep 30 stations retrograde6♏︎07Oct 19 ♎︎ re-enters Libramoving backwardOct 21 inferior conjunction28♎︎22 · between Earth and SunNov 11 stations direct20♎︎27Dec 5 ♏︎ enters ScorpioDec 13 shadow ends6♏︎07Jan 1 greatest morning elongation23♏︎52 · 46.9° west of the SunJan 7 ♐︎ enters SagittariusAug 9 superior conjunction17♌︎00 · 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. ♏︎→♎︎