Venus retrograde 1982

1 period, 41 days inside the year — 11.2% of 1982. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

41 days · retreats 15.53° · crosses the year boundary

31 December → 10 February 1982 in Aquarius

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

Stations direct 10 Feb 1982, 20:18 UTC at 23.62° Capricorn

Shadow opens 30 Nov 1981 (32 days before)

Shadow closes 14 Mar 1982 (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 1982

1981 Ended 9 February 1982 after 40 days, moving back 15.52° through the zodiac.

1983 Begins 3 August 1983 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1982

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.

← 1981 Venus retrograde in 1981. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1983 → Venus retrograde in 1983.