Venus retrograde 1942

1 period, 41 days inside the year — 11.3% of 1942. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

41 days · retreats 15.68°

13 January → 23 February 1942 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 13 Jan 1942, 00:40 UTC at 22.01° Aquarius

Stations direct 23 Feb 1942, 05:43 UTC at 6.33° Aquarius

Shadow opens 12 Dec 1941 (32 days before)

Shadow closes 27 Mar 1942 (32 days after)

Full window including shadows 105 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1942

1940 Ended 18 July 1940 after 43 days, moving back 16.52° through the zodiac.

1943 Begins 15 August 1943 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1942

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.

← 1941 Venus retrograde in 1941. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1943 → Venus retrograde in 1943.