♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 28♉︎51 – 15♊︎22Aug 7May 6Jun 18Mar 18⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎Aug 7 superior conjunction14♌︎55 · behind the SunMar 4 ♉︎ enters TaurusMar 17 greatest evening elongation13♉︎23 · 46.1° east of the SunApr 3 shadow begins28♉︎51Apr 4 ♊︎ enters GeminiMay 6 stations retrograde15♊︎22May 27 inferior conjunction7♊︎07 · between Earth and SunJun 10 ♉︎ re-enters Taurusmoving backwardJun 18 stations direct28♉︎51Jun 26 ♊︎ enters GeminiJul 22 shadow ends15♊︎22Aug 6 greatest morning elongation29♊︎02 · 45.7° west of the SunAug 7 ♋︎ enters CancerMar 18 superior conjunction28♓︎42 · 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. ♊︎→♉︎