Venus retrograde 1972

1 period, 43 days inside the year — 11.8% of 1972. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

43 days · retreats 16.52°

27 May → 9 July 1972 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 27 May 1972, 03:38 UTC at 5.12° Cancer

Stations direct 9 Jul 1972, 05:38 UTC at 18.6° Gemini

Shadow opens 23 Apr 1972 (34 days before)

Shadow closes 12 Aug 1972 (34 days after)

Full window including shadows 111 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1972

1970 Ended 1 December 1970 after 41 days, moving back 15.44° through the zodiac.

1974 Begins 3 January 1974 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 1972

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.

← 1971 Venus retrograde in 1971. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1973 → Venus retrograde in 1973.