♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 29♋︎10 – 15♌︎38Oct 8Jul 8Aug 21May 21⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎Oct 8 superior conjunction15♎︎34 · behind the SunMay 5 ♋︎ enters CancerMay 21 greatest evening elongation15♋︎54 · 45.4° east of the SunJun 5 shadow begins29♋︎10Jun 6 ♌︎ enters LeoJul 8 stations retrograde15♌︎38Jul 30 inferior conjunction7♌︎27 · between Earth and SunAug 14 ♋︎ re-enters Cancermoving backwardAug 21 stations direct29♋︎10Aug 27 ♌︎ enters LeoSep 23 shadow ends15♌︎38Oct 9 ♍︎ enters VirgoOct 9 greatest morning elongation0♍︎29 · 46.2° west of the SunMay 21 superior conjunction1♊︎44 · 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. ♌︎→♋︎