♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 15♎︎42 – 1♏︎26Dec 29Sep 25Nov 6Aug 5⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎Dec 29 superior conjunction8♑︎35 · behind the SunAug 6 ♎︎ enters LibraAug 7 greatest evening elongation1♎︎11 · 45.8° east of the SunAug 24 shadow begins15♎︎42Sep 17 ♏︎ enters ScorpioSep 25 stations retrograde1♏︎26Oct 4 ♎︎ re-enters Libramoving backwardOct 16 inferior conjunction23♎︎39 · between Earth and SunNov 6 stations direct15♎︎42Dec 6 ♏︎ enters ScorpioDec 8 shadow ends1♏︎26Dec 27 greatest morning elongation19♏︎00 · 46.8° west of the SunJan 6 ♐︎ enters SagittariusAug 5 superior conjunction12♌︎50 · 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. ♎︎