♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 22♉︎23 – 8♊︎52Jul 31Apr 29Jun 11Mar 11⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎Jul 31 superior conjunction8♌︎41 · behind the SunMar 3 ♉︎ enters TaurusMar 10 greatest evening elongation6♉︎38 · 46.3° east of the SunMar 27 shadow begins22♉︎23Apr 6 ♊︎ enters GeminiApr 29 stations retrograde8♊︎52May 20 inferior conjunction0♊︎37 · between Earth and SunMay 21 ♉︎ re-enters Taurusmoving backwardJun 11 stations direct22♉︎23Jul 2 ♊︎ enters GeminiJul 15 shadow ends8♊︎52Jul 30 greatest morning elongation22♊︎26 · 45.6° west of the SunAug 7 ♋︎ enters CancerMar 11 superior conjunction21♓︎29 · 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. ♊︎→♉︎