Venus retrograde 1978

1 period, 41 days inside the year — 11.3% of 1978. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

41 days · retreats 15.47°

18 October → 28 November 1978 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 18 Oct 1978, 04:37 UTC at 23.09° Scorpio

Stations direct 28 Nov 1978, 13:47 UTC at 7.63° Scorpio

Shadow opens 15 Sep 1978 (32 days before)

Shadow closes 30 Dec 1978 (32 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 1978

1977 Ended 27 April 1977 after 42 days, moving back 16.32° through the zodiac.

1980 Begins 24 May 1980 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1978

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.

← 1977 Venus retrograde in 1977. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1979 → Venus retrograde in 1979.