Venus retrograde 1946

1 period, 41 days inside the year — 11.3% of 1946. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

41 days · retreats 15.38°

28 October → 8 December 1946 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 28 Oct 1946, 03:55 UTC at 3.23° Sagittarius

Stations direct 8 Dec 1946, 08:40 UTC at 17.85° Scorpio

Shadow opens 25 Sep 1946 (32 days before)

Shadow closes 8 Jan 1947 (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 1946

1945 Ended 6 May 1945 after 42 days, moving back 16.38° through the zodiac.

1948 Begins 3 June 1948 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1946

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.

← 1945 Venus retrograde in 1945. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1947 → Venus retrograde in 1947.