Venus retrograde 1951

1 period, 43 days inside the year — 11.7% of 1951. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

43 days · retreats 16.22°

13 August → 25 September 1951 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 13 Aug 1951, 07:44 UTC at 19° Virgo

Stations direct 25 Sep 1951, 01:24 UTC at 2.77° Virgo

Shadow opens 10 Jul 1951 (34 days before)

Shadow closes 27 Oct 1951 (33 days after)

Full window including shadows 109 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1951

1950 Ended 20 February 1950 after 41 days, moving back 15.65° through the zodiac.

1953 Begins 23 March 1953 and runs 42 days.

Gap across 1951

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.

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