♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 26♉︎42 – 13♊︎12Aug 5May 4Jun 15Mar 16⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎Aug 5 superior conjunction12♌︎50 · behind the SunMar 4 ♉︎ enters TaurusMar 14 greatest evening elongation11♉︎08 · 46.2° east of the SunMar 31 shadow begins26♉︎42Apr 4 ♊︎ enters GeminiMay 4 stations retrograde13♊︎12May 25 inferior conjunction4♊︎56 · between Earth and SunJun 2 ♉︎ re-enters Taurusmoving backwardJun 15 stations direct26♉︎42Jun 29 ♊︎ enters GeminiJul 19 shadow ends13♊︎12Aug 4 greatest morning elongation26♊︎48 · 45.7° west of the SunAug 7 ♋︎ enters CancerMar 16 superior conjunction26♓︎18 · 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. ♊︎→♉︎