Venus retrograde 1985

1 period, 42 days inside the year — 11.6% of 1985. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

42 days · retreats 16.3°

13 March → 25 April 1985 in Aries

Stations retrograde 13 Mar 1985, 18:41 UTC at 22.51° Aries

Stations direct 25 Apr 1985, 00:11 UTC at 6.21° Aries

Shadow opens 9 Feb 1985 (33 days before)

Shadow closes 28 May 1985 (33 days after)

Full window including shadows 108 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1985

1983 Ended 15 September 1983 after 43 days, moving back 16.31° through the zodiac.

1986 Begins 15 October 1986 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 1985

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.

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