♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 20♉︎12 – 6♊︎40Jul 29Apr 27Jun 8Mar 9⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♋︎♌︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♏︎♐︎♐︎♑︎♑︎♒︎♒︎♓︎♓︎Jul 29 superior conjunction6♌︎36 · behind the SunMar 3 ♉︎ enters TaurusMar 7 greatest evening elongation4♉︎22 · 46.3° east of the SunMar 24 shadow begins20♉︎12Apr 7 ♊︎ enters GeminiApr 27 stations retrograde6♊︎40May 16 ♉︎ re-enters Taurusmoving backwardMay 18 inferior conjunction28♉︎25 · between Earth and SunJun 8 stations direct20♉︎12Jul 3 ♊︎ enters GeminiJul 12 shadow ends6♊︎40Jul 28 greatest morning elongation20♊︎14 · 45.6° west of the SunAug 6 ♋︎ enters CancerMar 9 superior conjunction19♓︎03 · 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. ♊︎→♉︎