Venus retrograde 1974

1 period, 41 days inside the year — 11.3% of 1974. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

41 days · retreats 15.56°

3 January → 13 February 1974 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 3 Jan 1974, 06:04 UTC at 11.74° Aquarius

Stations direct 13 Feb 1974, 07:53 UTC at 26.18° Capricorn

Shadow opens 2 Dec 1973 (32 days before)

Shadow closes 17 Mar 1974 (32 days after)

Full window including shadows 105 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1974

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

1975 Begins 6 August 1975 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1974

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.

← 1973 Venus retrograde in 1973. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1975 → Venus retrograde in 1975.