♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 13♎︎20 – 29♎︎06Dec 27Sep 23Nov 4Aug 3⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎Dec 27 superior conjunction6♑︎00 · behind the SunAug 5 greatest evening elongation28♍︎56 · 45.8° east of the SunAug 6 ♎︎ enters LibraAug 21 shadow begins13♎︎20Sep 23 stations retrograde29♎︎06Oct 14 inferior conjunction21♎︎18 · between Earth and SunNov 4 stations direct13♎︎20Dec 6 shadow ends29♎︎06Dec 7 ♏︎ enters ScorpioDec 25 greatest morning elongation16♏︎36 · 46.8° west of the SunAug 3 superior conjunction10♌︎45 · 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. ♎︎