Venus retrograde 1953

1 period, 42 days inside the year — 11.6% of 1953. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

42 days · retreats 16.37°

23 March → 4 May 1953 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 23 Mar 1953, 03:36 UTC at 2° Taurus

Stations direct 4 May 1953, 12:46 UTC at 15.63° Aries

Shadow opens 18 Feb 1953 (33 days before)

Shadow closes 7 Jun 1953 (34 days after)

Full window including shadows 109 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1953

1951 Ended 25 September 1951 after 43 days, moving back 16.22° through the zodiac.

1954 Begins 25 October 1954 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 1953

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.

← 1952 Venus retrograde in 1952. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1954 → Venus retrograde in 1954.