♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 1♊︎01 – 17♊︎31Aug 9May 8Jun 20Mar 21⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎Aug 9 superior conjunction17♌︎00 · behind the SunMar 19 greatest evening elongation15♉︎38 · 46.1° east of the SunApr 4 ♊︎ enters GeminiApr 5 shadow begins1♊︎01May 8 stations retrograde17♊︎31May 30 inferior conjunction9♊︎16 · between Earth and SunJun 20 stations direct1♊︎01Jul 24 shadow ends17♊︎31Aug 7 ♋︎ enters CancerAug 8 greatest morning elongation1♋︎11 · 45.7° west of the SunMar 21 superior conjunction1♈︎05 · 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. ♊︎→♉︎