♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 20♓︎02 – 6♈︎11May 31Feb 25Apr 8Jan 1⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎May 31 superior conjunction10♊︎15 · behind the SunJan 2 ♓︎ enters PiscesJan 5 greatest evening elongation2♓︎48 · 47.2° east of the SunJan 23 shadow begins20♓︎02Feb 6 ♈︎ enters AriesFeb 25 stations retrograde6♈︎11Mar 15 ♓︎ re-enters Piscesmoving backwardMar 18 inferior conjunction28♓︎02 · between Earth and SunApr 8 stations direct20♓︎02May 3 ♈︎ enters AriesMay 11 shadow ends6♈︎11May 27 greatest morning elongation20♈︎17 · 45.9° west of the SunJun 5 ♉︎ enters TaurusJan 1 superior conjunction11♑︎10 · 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. ♈︎→♓︎