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Venus retrograde 1973

There was no Venus retrograde in 1973: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on July 9, 1972 in Gemini, and the next began on January 3, 1974 in Aquarius.

Retrograde in 1973
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Jul 9, 1972 4:55 AM UTC
Next retrograde station
Jan 3, 1974 6:07 AM UTC
Gap between loops
543 days
Venus Retrograde 1973: None — Next Starts Jan 3, 1974

Venus’s path through 1973, day by day

Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1973
Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1973. Venus starts 1973 at 16°07′ Sagittarius and ends it at 10°54′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 54.8°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Dec 2 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Venus is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 3, 1974. Fastest day: Jan 27, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 29 days of 1973 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 2, 1973 – Jan 3, 1974SagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1973. Venus starts 1973 at 16°07′ Sagittarius and ends it at 10°54′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 54.8°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Dec 2 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Venus is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 3, 1974. Fastest day: Jan 27, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 29 days of 1973 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 2, 1973 – Jan 3, 1974SagittariusAquariusAriesGeminiLeoLibraSagittariusAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Venus starts 1973 at 16°07′ Sagittarius and ends it at 10°54′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 54.8°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Dec 2 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Venus is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 3, 1974. Fastest day: Jan 27, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 29 days of 1973 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

The Venus stations either side of 1973: exact times in your city

Venus turned retrograde at 6:07 AM UTC on January 3, 1974 at 11°22′ Aquarius — 3:07 AM in Santiago, 1:07 AM in New York, 6:07 AM in London and 3:07 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Jul 9, 1972 Turns retrograde · Jan 3, 1974
UTC Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · 18°13′ Gemini Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · 11°22′ Aquarius
Honolulu United States 6:55 PM Sat, Jul 8, 1972 · UTC−10 8:07 PM Wed, Jan 2, 1974 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 7:55 PM Sat, Jul 8, 1972 · UTC−9 8:07 PM Wed, Jan 2, 1974 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 9:55 PM Sat, Jul 8, 1972 · UTC−7 10:07 PM Wed, Jan 2, 1974 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 9:55 PM Sat, Jul 8, 1972 · UTC−7 11:07 PM Wed, Jan 2, 1974 · UTC−7
Denver United States 10:55 PM Sat, Jul 8, 1972 · UTC−6 11:07 PM Wed, Jan 2, 1974 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 11:55 PM Sat, Jul 8, 1972 · UTC−5 12:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 10:55 PM Sat, Jul 8, 1972 · UTC−6 12:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC−6
New York United States 12:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC−4 1:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 12:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC−4 1:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 11:55 PM Sat, Jul 8, 1972 · UTC−5 1:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 11:55 PM Sat, Jul 8, 1972 · UTC−5 1:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 12:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC−4 2:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 12:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC−4 3:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 1:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC−3 3:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 1:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC−3 3:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 4:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC 6:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC
London United Kingdom 5:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+1 6:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 5:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+1 7:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+1
Paris France 5:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+1 7:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 5:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+1 7:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 6:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+2 8:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 7:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+3 8:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 6:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+2 8:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 6:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+2 8:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 7:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+3 9:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 7:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+3 9:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 8:25 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+3:30 9:37 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 8:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+4 10:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 9:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+5 11:07 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 10:25 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+5:30 11:37 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 10:25 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+5:30 11:37 AM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 10:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+6 12:07 PM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 11:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+7 1:07 PM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 11:55 AM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+7 1:07 PM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+7
Singapore 12:25 PM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+7:30 1:37 PM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 12:55 PM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+8 2:07 PM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 12:55 PM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+8 2:07 PM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 12:55 PM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+8 2:07 PM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 1:55 PM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+9 3:07 PM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 1:55 PM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+9 3:07 PM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 2:25 PM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+9:30 4:37 PM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+10:30
Brisbane Australia 2:55 PM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+10 4:07 PM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 2:55 PM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+10 5:07 PM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · UTC+11
Auckland New Zealand 4:55 PM Sun, Jul 9, 1972 · UTC+12 6:07 PM Thu, Jan 3, 1974 · 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 1973: a year between two loops

543 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 1973 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 run-up to the next loop starts before the year is out: the pre-retrograde shadow opens on December 2, the day Venus first reaches the degree it will later retreat to.

The loops themselves are on the 1972 and 1974 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1973

Previous

1972 Ended July 9, 1972 after 43 days, moving back 16.52° through the zodiac.

Next

1974 Begins January 3, 1974 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 1973

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 1973

Venus through the zodiac in 1973

Every sign Venus occupies during 1973, 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 Sagittarius From Jan 1 – Jan 11
Venus in Capricorn Jan 11 – Feb 4
Venus in Aquarius Feb 4 – Feb 28
Venus in Pisces Feb 28 – Mar 24
Venus in Aries Mar 24 – Apr 18
Venus in Taurus Apr 18 – May 12
Venus in Gemini May 12 – Jun 5
Venus in Cancer Jun 5 – Jun 30
Venus in Leo Jun 30 – Jul 25
Venus in Virgo Jul 25 – Aug 19
Venus in Libra Aug 19 – Sep 13
Venus in Scorpio Sep 13 – Oct 9
Venus in Sagittarius Oct 9 – Nov 5
Venus in Capricorn Nov 5 – Dec 7
Venus in Aquarius Dec 7 – Dec 31 and beyond

15 segments in 1973. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1973 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1973

Saturn in Gemini Oct 2, 1972 – Feb 13, 1973 · 134 days
Pluto in Libra Jan 6, 1973 – Jun 11, 1973 · 157 days
Uranus in Libra Jan 27, 1973 – Jun 26, 1973 · 151 days
Mercury in Pisces Mar 4, 1973 – Mar 27, 1973 · 23 days
Neptune in Sagittarius Mar 9, 1973 – Aug 16, 1973 · 160 days
Jupiter in Aquarius May 30, 1973 – Sep 28, 1973 · 121 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 6, 1973 – Jul 30, 1973 · 24 days
Mars in Taurus Sep 19, 1973 – Nov 26, 1973 · 67 days
Saturn in Cancer Oct 17, 1973 – Feb 27, 1974 · 134 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 30, 1973 – Nov 19, 1973 · 20 days
← 1972 Venus retrograde in 1972. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1974 → Venus retrograde in 1974.

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