Venus retrograde 1954

1 period, 41 days inside the year — 11.3% of 1954. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

41 days · retreats 15.4°

25 October → 5 December 1954 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 25 Oct 1954, 16:01 UTC at 0.69° Sagittarius

Stations direct 5 Dec 1954, 21:48 UTC at 15.29° Scorpio

Shadow opens 23 Sep 1954 (32 days before)

Shadow closes 6 Jan 1955 (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 1954

1953 Ended 4 May 1953 after 42 days, moving back 16.37° through the zodiac.

1956 Begins 31 May 1956 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1954

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.

← 1953 Venus retrograde in 1953. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1955 → Venus retrograde in 1955.