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Venus retrograde 1968

There was no Venus retrograde in 1968: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on September 20, 1967 in Leo, and the next began on March 18, 1969 in Aries.

Retrograde in 1968
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Sep 20, 1967 9:35 AM UTC
Next retrograde station
Mar 18, 1969 11:50 AM UTC
Gap between loops
545 days
Venus Retrograde 1968: None — Next Starts Mar 18, 1969

Venus’s path through 1968, day by day

Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1968
Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1968. Venus starts 1968 at 28°25′ Scorpio and ends it at 25°13′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 86.8°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Mar 23, 1.23° forward. ScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1968. Venus starts 1968 at 28°25′ Scorpio and ends it at 25°13′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 86.8°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Mar 23, 1.23° forward. ScorpioCapricornPiscesTaurusCancerVirgoScorpioCapricornJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Venus starts 1968 at 28°25′ Scorpio and ends it at 25°13′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 86.8°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Mar 23, 1.23° forward.

Exact times

The Venus stations either side of 1968: exact times in your city

Venus turned retrograde at 11:50 AM UTC on March 18, 1969 at 26°49′ Aries — 8:50 AM in Santiago, 6:50 AM in New York, 12:50 PM in London and 8:50 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Sep 20, 1967 Turns retrograde · Mar 18, 1969
UTC Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · 27°38′ Leo Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · 26°49′ Aries
Honolulu United States 11:35 PM Tue, Sep 19, 1967 · UTC−10 1:50 AM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 11:35 PM Tue, Sep 19, 1967 · UTC−10 1:50 AM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 2:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC−7 3:50 AM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 3:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC−6 4:50 AM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC−7
Denver United States 3:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC−6 4:50 AM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 4:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC−5 5:50 AM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 3:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC−6 5:50 AM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC−6
New York United States 5:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC−4 6:50 AM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 5:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC−4 6:50 AM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 4:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC−5 6:50 AM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 4:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC−5 6:50 AM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 5:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC−4 7:50 AM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 5:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC−4 8:50 AM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 5:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC−4 8:50 AM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 6:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC−3 8:50 AM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 9:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC 11:50 AM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC
London United Kingdom 10:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+1 12:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 10:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+1 12:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+1
Paris France 10:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+1 12:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 10:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+1 12:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 11:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+2 1:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 12:35 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+3 1:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 11:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+2 1:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 11:35 AM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+2 1:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 12:35 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+3 2:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 12:35 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+3 2:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 1:05 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+3:30 3:20 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 1:35 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+4 3:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 2:35 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+5 4:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 3:05 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+5:30 5:20 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 3:05 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+5:30 5:20 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 3:35 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+6 5:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 4:35 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+7 6:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 4:35 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+7 6:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+7
Singapore 5:05 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+7:30 7:20 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 5:35 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+8 7:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 5:35 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+8 7:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 5:35 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+8 7:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 6:35 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+9 8:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 6:35 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+9 8:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 7:05 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+9:30 9:20 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 7:35 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+10 9:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 7:35 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+10 9:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 9:35 PM Wed, Sep 20, 1967 · UTC+12 11:50 PM Tue, Mar 18, 1969 · UTC+12

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Venus station 1900–2050: all within a minute. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

Venus in 1968: a year between two loops

545 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 1968 falls entirely inside that stretch. Venus turns back once every 583.92 days — longer than a calendar year — and each loop is over in weeks, so now and then a whole year passes between two of them.

The loops themselves are on the 1967 and 1969 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1968

Previous

1967 Ended September 20, 1967 after 43 days, moving back 16.27° through the zodiac.

Next

1969 Begins March 18, 1969 and runs 42 days.

Gap across 1968

1.5 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.

Computed for 1968

Venus through the zodiac in 1968

Every sign Venus occupies during 1968, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Venus in Scorpio From Jan 1 – Jan 1
Venus in Sagittarius Jan 1 – Jan 26
Venus in Capricorn Jan 26 – Feb 20
Venus in Aquarius Feb 20 – Mar 15
Venus in Pisces Mar 15 – Apr 8
Venus in Aries Apr 8 – May 3
Venus in Taurus May 3 – May 27
Venus in Gemini May 27 – Jun 21
Venus in Cancer Jun 21 – Jul 15
Venus in Leo Jul 15 – Aug 8
Venus in Virgo Aug 8 – Sep 2
Venus in Libra Sep 2 – Sep 26
Venus in Scorpio Sep 26 – Oct 21
Venus in Sagittarius Oct 21 – Nov 14
Venus in Capricorn Nov 14 – Dec 9
Venus in Aquarius Dec 9 – Dec 31 and beyond

16 segments in 1968. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1968 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1968

Jupiter in Virgo Dec 22, 1967 – Apr 21, 1968 · 122 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 26, 1967 – May 31, 1968 · 157 days
Uranus in Virgo Jan 4, 1968 – Jun 2, 1968 · 150 days
Mercury in Pisces Feb 6, 1968 – Feb 28, 1968 · 22 days
Neptune in Scorpio Feb 27, 1968 – Aug 5, 1968 · 160 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 6, 1968 – Jun 30, 1968 · 24 days
Saturn in Aries Aug 7, 1968 – Dec 21, 1968 · 136 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 3, 1968 – Oct 24, 1968 · 21 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 27, 1968 – Jun 2, 1969 · 157 days
← 1967 Venus retrograde in 1967. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1969 → Venus retrograde in 1969.

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AstroHot. “Venus Retrograde 1968: None — Next Starts Mar 18, 1969.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/venus/1968/

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