♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 17♓︎44 – 3♈︎52May 28Feb 22Apr 5Dec 29⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎May 28 superior conjunction8♊︎08 · behind the SunJan 2 ♓︎ enters PiscesJan 3 greatest evening elongation0♓︎29 · 47.2° east of the SunJan 21 shadow begins17♓︎44Feb 8 ♈︎ enters AriesFeb 22 stations retrograde3♈︎52Mar 8 ♓︎ re-enters Piscesmoving backwardMar 15 inferior conjunction25♓︎43 · between Earth and SunApr 5 stations direct17♓︎44May 3 ♈︎ enters AriesMay 8 shadow ends3♈︎52May 24 greatest morning elongation18♈︎00 · 45.9° west of the SunJun 5 ♉︎ enters TaurusDec 29 superior conjunction8♑︎35 · 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. ♓︎