♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 18♎︎04 – 3♏︎46Jan 1Sep 28Nov 9Aug 7⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎Jan 1 superior conjunction11♑︎10 · behind the SunAug 6 ♎︎ enters LibraAug 10 greatest evening elongation3♎︎26 · 45.8° east of the SunAug 26 shadow begins18♎︎04Sep 13 ♏︎ enters ScorpioSep 28 stations retrograde3♏︎46Oct 12 ♎︎ re-enters Libramoving backwardOct 19 inferior conjunction26♎︎00 · between Earth and SunNov 9 stations direct18♎︎04Dec 6 ♏︎ enters ScorpioDec 11 shadow ends3♏︎46Dec 29 greatest morning elongation21♏︎26 · 46.9° west of the SunJan 7 ♐︎ enters SagittariusAug 7 superior conjunction14♌︎55 · 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. ♎︎