Venus retrograde 1986

1 period, 41 days inside the year — 11.4% of 1986. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

41 days · retreats 15.49°

15 October → 26 November 1986 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 15 Oct 1986, 16:56 UTC at 20.58° Scorpio

Stations direct 26 Nov 1986, 03:19 UTC at 5.08° Scorpio

Shadow opens 13 Sep 1986 (32 days before)

Shadow closes 27 Dec 1986 (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 1986

1985 Ended 25 April 1985 after 42 days, moving back 16.3° through the zodiac.

1988 Begins 22 May 1988 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1986

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.

← 1985 Venus retrograde in 1985. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1987 → Venus retrograde in 1987.