Venus retrograde 1938

1 period, 41 days inside the year — 11.3% of 1938. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

41 days · retreats 15.36°

30 October → 10 December 1938 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 30 Oct 1938, 15:51 UTC at 5.78° Sagittarius

Stations direct 10 Dec 1938, 19:38 UTC at 20.42° Scorpio

Shadow opens 28 Sep 1938 (32 days before)

Shadow closes 11 Jan 1939 (31 days after)

Full window including shadows 105 days

Read against Sagittarius, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1938

1937 Ended 9 May 1937 after 42 days, moving back 16.39° through the zodiac.

1940 Begins 5 June 1940 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1938

3.1 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.

← 1937 Venus retrograde in 1937. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1939 → Venus retrograde in 1939.