♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 26♋︎59 – 13♌︎28Oct 6Jul 6Aug 18May 19⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♈︎♉︎♉︎♊︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♏︎♐︎♐︎♑︎♑︎♒︎♒︎♓︎♓︎Oct 6 superior conjunction13♎︎18 · behind the SunMay 5 ♋︎ enters CancerMay 19 greatest evening elongation13♋︎39 · 45.4° east of the SunJun 2 shadow begins26♋︎59Jun 6 ♌︎ enters LeoJul 6 stations retrograde13♌︎28Jul 28 inferior conjunction5♌︎17 · between Earth and SunAug 6 ♋︎ re-enters Cancermoving backwardAug 18 stations direct26♋︎59Aug 31 ♌︎ enters LeoSep 21 shadow ends13♌︎28Oct 7 greatest morning elongation28♌︎14 · 46.2° west of the SunOct 9 ♍︎ enters VirgoMay 19 superior conjunction29♉︎36 · 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. ♌︎→♋︎