Venus retrograde 1969

1 period, 42 days inside the year — 11.6% of 1969. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

42 days · retreats 16.34°

18 March → 29 April 1969 in Aries

Stations retrograde 18 Mar 1969, 11:16 UTC at 27.27° Aries

Stations direct 29 Apr 1969, 18:39 UTC at 10.93° Aries

Shadow opens 13 Feb 1969 (33 days before)

Shadow closes 2 Jun 1969 (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 1969

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

1970 Begins 20 October 1970 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 1969

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.

← 1968 Venus retrograde in 1968. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1970 → Venus retrograde in 1970.