♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 23♐︎45 – 9♑︎04Mar 9Dec 2Jan 11Oct 6⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♈︎♉︎♉︎♊︎♊︎♋︎♋︎♌︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♓︎Mar 9 superior conjunction19♓︎03 · behind the SunOct 6 ♐︎ enters SagittariusOct 12 greatest evening elongation6♐︎23 · 46.7° east of the SunOct 31 shadow begins23♐︎45Nov 8 ♑︎ enters CapricornDec 2 stations retrograde9♑︎04Dec 22 inferior conjunction1♑︎23 · between Earth and SunDec 24 ♐︎ re-enters Sagittariusmoving backwardJan 11 stations direct23♐︎45Jan 30 ♑︎ enters CapricornFeb 12 shadow ends9♑︎04Mar 3 greatest morning elongation27♑︎02 · 46.7° west of the SunMar 6 ♒︎ enters AquariusOct 6 superior conjunction13♎︎18 · 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. ♑︎→♐︎