Venus retrograde 1970

1 period, 41 days inside the year — 11.3% of 1970. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

41 days · retreats 15.44°

20 October → 1 December 1970 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 20 Oct 1970, 16:21 UTC at 25.62° Scorpio

Stations direct 1 Dec 1970, 00:22 UTC at 10.18° Scorpio

Shadow opens 18 Sep 1970 (32 days before)

Shadow closes 1 Jan 1971 (31 days after)

Full window including shadows 105 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1970

1969 Ended 29 April 1969 after 42 days, moving back 16.34° through the zodiac.

1972 Begins 27 May 1972 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1970

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.

← 1969 Venus retrograde in 1969. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1971 → Venus retrograde in 1971.