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

Venus retrograde in Scorpio

Venus retrograde in Scorpio intensifies questions of trust, jealousy and shared money. Hidden feelings come out, old betrayals are revisited and financial entanglements need reviewing. Traditionally a time for honest reckoning in relationships rather than new commitments.

It begins in Libra season and ends in Sagittarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Pisces — 15 Oct to 8 Nov 1986 (24 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Scorpio — 2 Nov to 22 Nov 1986 (20 days of overlap)

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

Previous

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

Next

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.

Computed for 1986

Venus through the zodiac in 1986

Every sign Venus occupies during 1986, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Venus in Capricorn From 1 Jan – 20 Jan
Venus in Aquarius 20 Jan – 12 Feb
Venus in Pisces 12 Feb – 8 Mar
Venus in Aries 8 Mar – 2 Apr
Venus in Taurus 2 Apr – 26 Apr
Venus in Gemini 26 Apr – 21 May
Venus in Cancer 21 May – 15 Jun
Venus in Leo 15 Jun – 11 Jul
Venus in Virgo 11 Jul – 7 Aug
Venus in Libra 7 Aug – 7 Sep
Venus in Scorpio 7 Sep – 31 Dec and beyond

11 segments in 1986. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1986 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1986

Pluto in Scorpio 8 Feb 1986 – 15 Jul 1986 · 157 days
Mercury in Aries 7 Mar 1986 – 30 Mar 1986 · 23 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 19 Mar 1986 – 7 Aug 1986 · 141 days
Uranus in Sagittarius 27 Mar 1986 – 27 Aug 1986 · 153 days
Neptune in Capricorn 7 Apr 1986 – 14 Sep 1986 · 160 days
Mars in Capricorn 9 Jun 1986 – 12 Aug 1986 · 64 days
Mercury in Leo 9 Jul 1986 – 3 Aug 1986 · 24 days
Jupiter in Pisces 12 Jul 1986 – 8 Nov 1986 · 119 days
Mercury in Scorpio 2 Nov 1986 – 22 Nov 1986 · 20 days
← 1985 Venus retrograde in 1985. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1987 → Venus retrograde in 1987.