♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 21♐︎16 – 6♑︎35Mar 6Nov 29Jan 9Oct 3⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♈︎♉︎♉︎♊︎♊︎♋︎♋︎♌︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♓︎Mar 6 superior conjunction16♓︎37 · behind the SunOct 5 ♐︎ enters SagittariusOct 9 greatest evening elongation3♐︎57 · 46.7° east of the SunOct 28 shadow begins21♐︎16Nov 10 ♑︎ enters CapricornNov 29 stations retrograde6♑︎35Dec 18 ♐︎ re-enters Sagittariusmoving backwardDec 20 inferior conjunction28♐︎54 · between Earth and SunJan 9 stations direct21♐︎16Feb 1 ♑︎ enters CapricornFeb 9 shadow ends6♑︎35Mar 1 greatest morning elongation24♑︎36 · 46.7° west of the SunMar 6 ♒︎ enters AquariusOct 3 superior conjunction11♎︎02 · 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. ♑︎→♐︎