Venus retrograde 1990

1 period, 38 days inside the year — 10.5% of 1990. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

41 days · retreats 15.51° · crosses the year boundary

29 December → 8 February 1990 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 29 Dec 1989, 08:12 UTC at 6.57° Aquarius

Stations direct 8 Feb 1990, 08:40 UTC at 21.07° Capricorn

Shadow opens 27 Nov 1989 (32 days before)

Shadow closes 12 Mar 1990 (32 days after)

Full window including shadows 105 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1990

1989 Ended 8 February 1990 after 41 days, moving back 15.51° through the zodiac.

1991 Begins 1 August 1991 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1990

1.5 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.

← 1989 Venus retrograde in 1989. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1991 → Venus retrograde in 1991.