♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 18♉︎02 – 4♊︎30Jul 27Apr 24Jun 6Mar 6⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♋︎♌︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♏︎♐︎♐︎♑︎♑︎♒︎♒︎♓︎♓︎Jul 27 superior conjunction4♌︎32 · behind the SunMar 3 ♉︎ enters TaurusMar 5 greatest evening elongation2♉︎07 · 46.3° east of the SunMar 22 shadow begins18♉︎02Apr 8 ♊︎ enters GeminiApr 24 stations retrograde4♊︎30May 9 ♉︎ re-enters Taurusmoving backwardMay 16 inferior conjunction26♉︎16 · between Earth and SunJun 6 stations direct18♉︎02Jul 4 ♊︎ enters GeminiJul 10 shadow ends4♊︎30Jul 25 greatest morning elongation18♊︎03 · 45.6° west of the SunAug 6 ♋︎ enters CancerMar 6 superior conjunction16♓︎37 · 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. ♊︎→♉︎