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Venus retrograde 1971

There was no Venus retrograde in 1971: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on December 1, 1970 in Scorpio, and the next began on May 27, 1972 in Cancer.

Retrograde in 1971
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Dec 1, 1970 12:03 AM UTC
Next retrograde station
May 27, 1972 3:14 AM UTC
Gap between loops
543 days
Venus Retrograde 1971: None — Next Starts May 27, 1972

Venus’s path through 1971, day by day

Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1971
Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1971. Venus starts 1971 at 24°23′ Scorpio and ends it at 10°23′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 76°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 1 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 1, 1970. Fastest day: Oct 20, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 1 days of 1971 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 1, 1970 – Jan 1, 1971ScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1971. Venus starts 1971 at 24°23′ Scorpio and ends it at 10°23′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 76°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 1 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 1, 1970. Fastest day: Oct 20, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 1 days of 1971 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 1, 1970 – Jan 1, 1971ScorpioCapricornPiscesTaurusCancerVirgoScorpioCapricornJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Venus starts 1971 at 24°23′ Scorpio and ends it at 10°23′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 76°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 1 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 1, 1970. Fastest day: Oct 20, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 1 days of 1971 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

The Venus stations either side of 1971: exact times in your city

Venus turned retrograde at 3:14 AM UTC on May 27, 1972 at 4°44′ Cancer — 11:14 PM on May 26 in Santiago, 11:14 PM on May 26 in New York, 4:14 AM in London and 12:14 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Dec 1, 1970 Turns retrograde · May 27, 1972
UTC Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · 9°46′ Scorpio Sat, May 27, 1972 · 4°44′ Cancer
Honolulu United States 2:03 PM Mon, Nov 30, 1970 · UTC−10 5:14 PM Fri, May 26, 1972 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 2:03 PM Mon, Nov 30, 1970 · UTC−10 6:14 PM Fri, May 26, 1972 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 4:03 PM Mon, Nov 30, 1970 · UTC−8 8:14 PM Fri, May 26, 1972 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 5:03 PM Mon, Nov 30, 1970 · UTC−7 8:14 PM Fri, May 26, 1972 · UTC−7
Denver United States 5:03 PM Mon, Nov 30, 1970 · UTC−7 9:14 PM Fri, May 26, 1972 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 6:03 PM Mon, Nov 30, 1970 · UTC−6 10:14 PM Fri, May 26, 1972 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 6:03 PM Mon, Nov 30, 1970 · UTC−6 9:14 PM Fri, May 26, 1972 · UTC−6
New York United States 7:03 PM Mon, Nov 30, 1970 · UTC−5 11:14 PM Fri, May 26, 1972 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 7:03 PM Mon, Nov 30, 1970 · UTC−5 11:14 PM Fri, May 26, 1972 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 7:03 PM Mon, Nov 30, 1970 · UTC−5 10:14 PM Fri, May 26, 1972 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 7:03 PM Mon, Nov 30, 1970 · UTC−5 10:14 PM Fri, May 26, 1972 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 8:03 PM Mon, Nov 30, 1970 · UTC−4 11:14 PM Fri, May 26, 1972 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 9:03 PM Mon, Nov 30, 1970 · UTC−3 11:14 PM Fri, May 26, 1972 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 9:03 PM Mon, Nov 30, 1970 · UTC−3 12:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 9:03 PM Mon, Nov 30, 1970 · UTC−3 12:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 12:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC 3:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC
London United Kingdom 1:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+1 4:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 1:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+1 4:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+1
Paris France 1:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+1 4:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 1:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+1 4:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 2:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+2 5:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 2:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+2 6:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 2:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+2 5:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 2:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+2 5:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 3:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+3 6:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 3:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+3 6:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 3:33 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+3:30 6:44 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 4:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+4 7:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 5:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+5 8:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 5:33 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+5:30 8:44 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 5:33 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+5:30 8:44 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 6:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+6 9:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 7:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+7 10:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 7:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+7 10:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+7
Singapore 7:33 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+7:30 10:44 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 8:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+8 11:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 8:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+8 11:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 8:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+8 11:14 AM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 9:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+9 12:14 PM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 9:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+9 12:14 PM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 9:33 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+9:30 12:44 PM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 10:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+10 1:14 PM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 10:03 AM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+10 1:14 PM Sat, May 27, 1972 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 12:03 PM Tue, Dec 1, 1970 · UTC+12 3:14 PM Sat, May 27, 1972 · 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 1971: a year between two loops

543 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 1971 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 year opens inside the tail of the previous loop: its post-retrograde shadow closes on January 1, when Venus is back at the degree where it first turned.

The loops themselves are on the 1970 and 1972 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1971

Previous

1970 Ended December 1, 1970 after 41 days, moving back 15.43° through the zodiac.

Next

1972 Begins May 27, 1972 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1971

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 1971

Venus through the zodiac in 1971

Every sign Venus occupies during 1971, 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 7
Venus in Sagittarius Jan 7 – Feb 5
Venus in Capricorn Feb 5 – Mar 4
Venus in Aquarius Mar 4 – Mar 29
Venus in Pisces Mar 29 – Apr 23
Venus in Aries Apr 23 – May 18
Venus in Taurus May 18 – Jun 12
Venus in Gemini Jun 12 – Jul 6
Venus in Cancer Jul 6 – Jul 31
Venus in Leo Jul 31 – Aug 24
Venus in Virgo Aug 24 – Sep 17
Venus in Libra Sep 17 – Oct 11
Venus in Scorpio Oct 11 – Nov 5
Venus in Sagittarius Nov 5 – Nov 29
Venus in Capricorn Nov 29 – Dec 23
Venus in Aquarius Dec 23 – Dec 31 and beyond

16 segments in 1971. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1971 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1971

Saturn in Taurus Sep 4, 1970 – Jan 17, 1971 · 135 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 19, 1970 – Jan 8, 1971 · 20 days
Pluto in Virgo Jan 1, 1971 – Jun 7, 1971 · 157 days
Uranus in Libra Jan 18, 1971 – Jun 17, 1971 · 150 days
Neptune in Sagittarius Mar 5, 1971 – Aug 12, 1971 · 160 days
Jupiter in Sagittarius Mar 23, 1971 – Jul 24, 1971 · 123 days
Mercury in Taurus Apr 9, 1971 – May 3, 1971 · 24 days
Mars in Aquarius Jul 11, 1971 – Sep 9, 1971 · 60 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 12, 1971 – Sep 5, 1971 · 23 days
Saturn in Gemini Sep 19, 1971 – Jan 31, 1972 · 134 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Dec 3, 1971 – Dec 22, 1971 · 20 days
← 1970 Venus retrograde in 1970. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1972 → Venus retrograde in 1972.

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