Venus retrograde 1983

1 period, 43 days inside the year — 11.7% of 1983. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

43 days · retreats 16.31°

3 August → 15 September 1983 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 3 Aug 1983, 19:47 UTC at 9.74° Virgo

Stations direct 15 Sep 1983, 16:50 UTC at 23.43° Leo

Shadow opens 1 Jul 1983 (34 days before)

Shadow closes 18 Oct 1983 (33 days after)

Full window including shadows 110 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1983

1982 Ended 10 February 1982 after 41 days, moving back 15.53° through the zodiac.

1985 Begins 13 March 1985 and runs 42 days.

Gap across 1983

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.

← 1982 Venus retrograde in 1982. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1984 → Venus retrograde in 1984.