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Venus retrograde 1931

There was no Venus retrograde in 1931: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on December 13, 1930 in Scorpio, and the next began on June 7, 1932 in Cancer.

Retrograde in 1931
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Dec 13, 1930 6:24 AM UTC
Next retrograde station
Jun 7, 1932 5:36 PM UTC
Gap between loops
542 days
Venus Retrograde 1931: None — Next Starts Jun 7, 1932

Venus’s path through 1931, day by day

Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1931
Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1931. Venus starts 1931 at 27°14′ Scorpio and ends it at 6°42′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 69.5°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 13 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 13, 1930. Fastest day: Nov 11, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 13 days of 1931 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 13, 1930 – Jan 13, 1931ScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1931. Venus starts 1931 at 27°14′ Scorpio and ends it at 6°42′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 69.5°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 13 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 13, 1930. Fastest day: Nov 11, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 13 days of 1931 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 13, 1930 – Jan 13, 1931ScorpioCapricornPiscesTaurusCancerVirgoScorpioCapricornJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Venus starts 1931 at 27°14′ Scorpio and ends it at 6°42′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 69.5°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 13 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 13, 1930. Fastest day: Nov 11, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 13 days of 1931 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

The Venus stations either side of 1931: exact times in your city

Venus turned retrograde at 5:36 PM UTC on June 7, 1932 at 15°26′ Cancer — 12:36 PM in Santiago, 1:36 PM in New York, 6:36 PM in London and 2:36 AM on June 8 in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Dec 13, 1930 Turns retrograde · Jun 7, 1932
UTC Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · 22°01′ Scorpio Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · 15°26′ Cancer
Honolulu United States 7:54 PM Fri, Dec 12, 1930 · UTC−10:30 7:06 AM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC−10:30
Anchorage United States 8:24 PM Fri, Dec 12, 1930 · UTC−10 7:36 AM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 10:24 PM Fri, Dec 12, 1930 · UTC−8 9:36 AM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 11:24 PM Fri, Dec 12, 1930 · UTC−7 10:36 AM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC−7
Denver United States 11:24 PM Fri, Dec 12, 1930 · UTC−7 10:36 AM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 12:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC−6 12:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 11:24 PM Fri, Dec 12, 1930 · UTC−7 11:36 AM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC−6
New York United States 1:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC−5 1:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 1:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC−5 1:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 1:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC−5 12:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 1:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC−5 12:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 1:54 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC−4:30 1:06 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 2:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC−4 12:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC−5
Buenos Aires Argentina 3:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC−3 1:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC−4
São Paulo Brazil 3:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC−3 2:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 5:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC−1 4:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC−1
London United Kingdom 6:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC 6:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 7:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+1 6:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC+1
Paris France 6:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC 6:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 7:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+1 6:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 8:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+2 7:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 8:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+2 7:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 8:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+2 7:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 8:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+2 7:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 9:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+3 8:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 8:54 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+2:30 8:06 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC+2:30
Tehran Iran 9:49 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+3:25 9:01 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC+3:25
Dubai United Arab Emirates 10:24 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+4 9:36 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 11:54 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+5:30 11:06 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 11:54 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+5:30 11:06 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 11:54 AM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+5:30 11:06 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 12:17 PM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+5:53 11:29 PM Tue, Jun 7, 1932 · UTC+5:53
Bangkok Thailand 1:24 PM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+7 12:36 AM Wed, Jun 8, 1932 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 1:44 PM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+7:20 12:56 AM Wed, Jun 8, 1932 · UTC+7:20
Singapore 1:24 PM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+7 12:36 AM Wed, Jun 8, 1932 · UTC+7
Beijing China 2:24 PM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+8 1:36 AM Wed, Jun 8, 1932 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 2:24 PM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+8 1:36 AM Wed, Jun 8, 1932 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 2:24 PM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+8 1:36 AM Wed, Jun 8, 1932 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 3:24 PM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+9 2:36 AM Wed, Jun 8, 1932 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 3:24 PM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+9 2:36 AM Wed, Jun 8, 1932 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 3:54 PM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+9:30 3:06 AM Wed, Jun 8, 1932 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 4:24 PM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+10 3:36 AM Wed, Jun 8, 1932 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 4:24 PM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+10 3:36 AM Wed, Jun 8, 1932 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 6:24 PM Sat, Dec 13, 1930 · UTC+12 5:06 AM Wed, Jun 8, 1932 · 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 1931: a year between two loops

542 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 1931 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 year opens inside the tail of the previous loop: its post-retrograde shadow closes on January 13, when Venus is back at the degree where it first turned.

The loops themselves are on the 1930 and 1932 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1931

Previous

1930 Ended December 13, 1930 after 41 days, moving back 15.36° through the zodiac.

Next

1932 Begins June 7, 1932 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1931

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 1931

Venus through the zodiac in 1931

Every sign Venus occupies during 1931, 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 3
Venus in Sagittarius Jan 3 – Feb 6
Venus in Capricorn Feb 6 – Mar 5
Venus in Aquarius Mar 5 – Mar 31
Venus in Pisces Mar 31 – Apr 26
Venus in Aries Apr 26 – May 21
Venus in Taurus May 21 – Jun 14
Venus in Gemini Jun 14 – Jul 9
Venus in Cancer Jul 9 – Aug 3
Venus in Leo Aug 3 – Aug 27
Venus in Virgo Aug 27 – Sep 20
Venus in Libra Sep 20 – Oct 14
Venus in Scorpio Oct 14 – Nov 7
Venus in Sagittarius Nov 7 – Dec 1
Venus in Capricorn Dec 1 – Dec 25
Venus in Aquarius Dec 25 – Dec 31 and beyond

16 segments in 1931. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1931 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1931

Pluto in Cancer Oct 22, 1930 – Apr 2, 1931 · 162 days
Jupiter in Cancer Nov 8, 1930 – Mar 7, 1931 · 119 days
Neptune in Virgo Dec 8, 1930 – May 15, 1931 · 157 days
Mars in Leo Dec 18, 1930 – Mar 8, 1931 · 80 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 27, 1930 – Jan 17, 1931 · 20 days
Mercury in Taurus Apr 19, 1931 – May 13, 1931 · 24 days
Saturn in Capricorn May 3, 1931 – Sep 21, 1931 · 141 days
Uranus in Aries Jul 26, 1931 – Dec 25, 1931 · 153 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 22, 1931 – Sep 14, 1931 · 23 days
Pluto in Cancer Oct 24, 1931 – Apr 2, 1932 · 162 days
Jupiter in Leo Dec 9, 1931 – Apr 8, 1932 · 121 days
Neptune in Virgo Dec 11, 1931 – May 16, 1932 · 157 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 11, 1931 – Dec 31, 1931 · 20 days
← 1930 Venus retrograde in 1930. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1932 → Venus retrograde in 1932.

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