♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 15♓︎25 – 1♈︎32May 26Feb 20Apr 3Dec 27⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎May 26 superior conjunction6♊︎01 · behind the SunDec 31 greatest evening elongation28♒︎06 · 47.2° east of the SunJan 2 ♓︎ enters PiscesJan 19 shadow begins15♓︎25Feb 11 ♈︎ enters AriesFeb 20 stations retrograde1♈︎32Mar 1 ♓︎ re-enters Piscesmoving backwardMar 13 inferior conjunction23♓︎24 · between Earth and SunApr 3 stations direct15♓︎25May 4 ♈︎ enters AriesMay 6 shadow ends1♈︎32May 22 greatest morning elongation15♈︎46 · 45.9° west of the SunJun 5 ♉︎ enters TaurusDec 27 superior conjunction6♑︎00 · 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. ♓︎