Venus retrograde 1961

1 period, 42 days inside the year — 11.6% of 1961. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

42 days · retreats 16.35°

20 March → 2 May 1961 in Aries

Stations retrograde 20 Mar 1961, 19:28 UTC at 29.63° Aries

Stations direct 2 May 1961, 03:45 UTC at 13.28° Aries

Shadow opens 16 Feb 1961 (33 days before)

Shadow closes 4 Jun 1961 (34 days after)

Full window including shadows 109 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1961

1959 Ended 22 September 1959 after 43 days, moving back 16.25° through the zodiac.

1962 Begins 23 October 1962 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 1961

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.

← 1960 Venus retrograde in 1960. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1962 → Venus retrograde in 1962.