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Venus retrograde 1920

There was no Venus retrograde in 1920: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on October 4, 1919 in Virgo, and the next began on April 1, 1921 in Taurus.

Retrograde in 1920
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Oct 4, 1919 11:46 AM UTC
Next retrograde station
Apr 1, 1921 11:20 AM UTC
Gap between loops
545 days
Venus Retrograde 1920: None — Next Starts Apr 1, 1921

Venus’s path through 1920, day by day

Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1920
Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1920. Venus starts 1920 at 24°54′ Scorpio and ends it at 22°04′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 87.2°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Aug 18, 1.23° forward. ScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1920. Venus starts 1920 at 24°54′ Scorpio and ends it at 22°04′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 87.2°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Aug 18, 1.23° forward. ScorpioCapricornPiscesTaurusCancerVirgoScorpioCapricornJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Venus starts 1920 at 24°54′ Scorpio and ends it at 22°04′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 87.2°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Aug 18, 1.23° forward.

Exact times

The Venus stations either side of 1920: exact times in your city

Venus turned retrograde at 11:20 AM UTC on April 1, 1921 at 10°16′ Taurus — 6:37 AM in Santiago, 6:20 AM in New York, 11:20 AM in London and 8:20 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Oct 4, 1919 Turns retrograde · Apr 1, 1921
UTC Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · 11°07′ Virgo Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · 10°16′ Taurus
Honolulu United States 1:16 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC−10:30 12:50 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC−10:30
Anchorage United States 1:46 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC−10 1:20 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 4:46 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC−7 3:20 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 5:46 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC−6 4:20 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC−7
Denver United States 5:46 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC−6 5:20 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 6:46 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC−5 6:20 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 5:09 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC−6:36 4:43 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC−6:36
New York United States 7:46 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC−4 6:20 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 7:46 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC−4 6:20 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 6:46 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC−5 6:20 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 6:46 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC−5 6:20 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 7:16 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC−4:30 6:50 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 7:03 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC−4:42 6:37 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC−4:42
Buenos Aires Argentina 7:29 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC−4:16 7:20 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC−4
São Paulo Brazil 8:46 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC−3 8:20 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 11:46 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC 11:20 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC
London United Kingdom 11:46 AM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC 11:20 AM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 12:46 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+1 12:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+1
Paris France 12:46 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+1 12:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 12:46 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+1 12:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 1:46 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+2 1:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 1:46 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+2 1:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 1:46 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+2 1:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 1:46 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+2 1:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 2:46 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+3 4:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+5
Nairobi Kenya 2:16 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+2:30 1:50 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+2:30
Tehran Iran 3:11 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+3:25 2:45 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+3:25
Dubai United Arab Emirates 3:27 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+3:41 3:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 5:16 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+5:30 4:50 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 5:16 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+5:30 4:50 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 5:27 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+5:41 4:50 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 5:39 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+5:53 5:13 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+5:53
Bangkok Thailand 6:28 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+6:42 6:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 6:53 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+7:07 6:27 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+7:07
Singapore 6:46 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+7 6:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+7
Beijing China 7:46 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+8 7:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 7:46 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+8 7:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 7:46 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+8 7:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 8:46 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+9 8:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 8:46 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+9 8:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 9:16 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+9:30 8:50 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 9:46 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+10 9:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 9:46 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+10 9:20 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 11:16 PM Sat, Oct 4, 1919 · UTC+11:30 10:50 PM Fri, Apr 1, 1921 · UTC+11:30

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Venus station 1900–2050: all within a minute. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

Venus in 1920: a year between two loops

545 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 1920 falls entirely inside that stretch. Venus turns back once every 583.92 days — longer than a calendar year — and each loop is over in weeks, so now and then a whole year passes between two of them.

The loops themselves are on the 1919 and 1921 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1920

Previous

1919 Ended October 4, 1919 after 43 days, moving back 16.12° through the zodiac.

Next

1921 Begins April 1, 1921 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1920

1.5 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

Computed for 1920

Venus through the zodiac in 1920

Every sign Venus occupies during 1920, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Venus in Scorpio From Jan 1 – Jan 4
Venus in Sagittarius Jan 4 – Jan 29
Venus in Capricorn Jan 29 – Feb 23
Venus in Aquarius Feb 23 – Mar 18
Venus in Pisces Mar 18 – Apr 12
Venus in Aries Apr 12 – May 6
Venus in Taurus May 6 – May 31
Venus in Gemini May 31 – Jun 24
Venus in Cancer Jun 24 – Jul 18
Venus in Leo Jul 18 – Aug 12
Venus in Virgo Aug 12 – Sep 5
Venus in Libra Sep 5 – Sep 29
Venus in Scorpio Sep 29 – Oct 24
Venus in Sagittarius Oct 24 – Nov 17
Venus in Capricorn Nov 17 – Dec 12
Venus in Aquarius Dec 12 – Dec 31 and beyond

16 segments in 1920. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1920 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1920

Pluto in Cancer Oct 9, 1919 – Mar 20, 1920 · 163 days
Neptune in Leo Nov 14, 1919 – Apr 19, 1920 · 157 days
Jupiter in Leo Dec 5, 1919 – Apr 4, 1920 · 121 days
Saturn in Virgo Dec 23, 1919 – May 7, 1920 · 136 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 10, 1920 – Apr 2, 1920 · 23 days
Mars in Scorpio Mar 15, 1920 – May 31, 1920 · 78 days
Uranus in Pisces Jun 10, 1920 – Nov 11, 1920 · 154 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 13, 1920 – Aug 6, 1920 · 24 days
Pluto in Cancer Oct 9, 1920 – Mar 21, 1921 · 163 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 5, 1920 – Nov 25, 1920 · 20 days
Neptune in Leo Nov 16, 1920 – Apr 22, 1921 · 157 days
← 1919 Venus retrograde in 1919. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1921 → Venus retrograde in 1921.

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AstroHot. “Venus Retrograde 1920: None — Next Starts Apr 1, 1921.” Accessed November 1, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/venus/1920/

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