Venus retrograde 1988

1 period, 43 days inside the year — 11.8% of 1988. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

43 days · retreats 16.52°

22 May → 4 July 1988 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 22 May 1988, 12:50 UTC at 0.61° Cancer
Stations direct 4 Jul 1988, 14:09 UTC at 14.09° Gemini
Shadow opens 19 Apr 1988 (34 days before)
Shadow closes 7 Aug 1988 (34 days after)
Full window including shadows 111 days

…and back into Gemini

Venus retrograde in Gemini revisits conversations about love and flirtation. Old messages resurface, mixed signals confuse, and people reconsider what they want from light versus deep connection. It suits clarifying feelings through honest talk.

It begins in Gemini season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Capricorn — 22 May to 4 Jul 1988 (43 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Capricorn — 22 May to 4 Jul 1988 (43 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 22 May to 4 Jul 1988 (43 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Scorpio — 22 May to 4 Jul 1988 (43 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 31 May to 24 Jun 1988 (24 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1988

Previous

1986 Ended 26 November 1986 after 41 days, moving back 15.49° through the zodiac.

Next

1989 Begins 29 December 1989 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 1988

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 1988

Venus through the zodiac in 1988

Every sign Venus occupies during 1988, 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 Aquarius From 1 Jan – 15 Jan
Venus in Pisces 15 Jan – 9 Feb
Venus in Aries 9 Feb – 6 Mar
Venus in Taurus 6 Mar – 3 Apr
Venus in Gemini 3 Apr – 16 May
Venus in Cancer 16 May – 28 May
Venus in Gemini 28 May – 6 Aug
Venus in Cancer 6 Aug – 7 Sep
Venus in Leo 7 Sep – 4 Oct
Venus in Virgo 4 Oct – 29 Oct
Venus in Libra 29 Oct – 23 Nov
Venus in Scorpio 23 Nov – 17 Dec
Venus in Sagittarius 17 Dec – 31 Dec and beyond

13 segments in 1988. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1988 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1988

Mercury in Aquarius 2 Feb 1988 – 23 Feb 1988 · 21 days
Pluto in Scorpio 14 Feb 1988 – 20 Jul 1988 · 157 days
Uranus in Capricorn 4 Apr 1988 – 5 Sep 1988 · 154 days
Saturn in Capricorn 10 Apr 1988 – 30 Aug 1988 · 141 days
Neptune in Capricorn 11 Apr 1988 – 18 Sep 1988 · 160 days
Mercury in Gemini 31 May 1988 – 24 Jun 1988 · 24 days
Mars in Aries 26 Aug 1988 – 28 Oct 1988 · 63 days
Jupiter in Gemini 24 Sep 1988 – 20 Jan 1989 · 118 days
Mercury in Libra 28 Sep 1988 – 20 Oct 1988 · 21 days
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