Venus retrograde 1981

1 period, 0 days inside the year — 0.1% of 1981. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

40 days · retreats 15.52° · crosses the year boundary

31 December → 9 February 1982 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 31 Dec 1981, 19:11 UTC at 9.16° Aquarius

Stations direct 9 Feb 1982, 23:59 UTC at 23.64° Capricorn

Shadow opens 30 Nov 1981 (32 days before)

Shadow closes 14 Mar 1982 (33 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 1981

1980 Ended 6 July 1980 after 43 days, moving back 16.52° through the zodiac.

1982 Begins 31 December 1981 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 1981

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.

← 1980 Venus retrograde in 1980. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1982 → Venus retrograde in 1982.