♀ Venus

Venus retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 18♐︎47 – 4♑︎05Mar 4Nov 27Jan 6Oct 1⊕

Evening star to morning star

40°20°20°40°← eveningmorning →☉♈︎♈︎♉︎♉︎♊︎♊︎♋︎♋︎♌︎♌︎♍︎♍︎♎︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♓︎Mar 4 superior conjunction14♓︎10 · behind the SunOct 5 ♐︎ enters SagittariusOct 7 greatest evening elongation1♐︎33 · 46.6° east of the SunOct 26 shadow begins18♐︎47Nov 11 ♑︎ enters CapricornNov 27 stations retrograde4♑︎05Dec 11 ♐︎ re-enters Sagittariusmoving backwardDec 17 inferior conjunction26♐︎24 · between Earth and SunJan 6 stations direct18♐︎47Feb 2 ♑︎ enters CapricornFeb 7 shadow ends4♑︎05Feb 26 greatest morning elongation22♑︎11 · 46.7° west of the SunMar 6 ♒︎ enters AquariusOct 1 superior conjunction8♎︎47 · 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. ♑︎→♐︎