Venus retrograde 1956

1 period, 43 days inside the year — 11.8% of 1956. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

43 days · retreats 16.52°

31 May → 13 July 1956 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 31 May 1956, 18:27 UTC at 9.63° Cancer

Stations direct 13 Jul 1956, 21:03 UTC at 23.1° Gemini

Shadow opens 28 Apr 1956 (34 days before)

Shadow closes 16 Aug 1956 (34 days after)

Full window including shadows 111 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1956

1954 Ended 5 December 1954 after 41 days, moving back 15.4° through the zodiac.

1958 Begins 8 January 1958 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 1956

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.

← 1955 Venus retrograde in 1955. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1957 → Venus retrograde in 1957.