Venus retrograde 1996

1 period, 43 days inside the year — 11.8% of 1996. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

43 days · retreats 16.52°

20 May → 2 July 1996 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 20 May 1996, 05:26 UTC at 28.35° Gemini
Stations direct 2 Jul 1996, 06:22 UTC at 11.83° Gemini
Shadow opens 16 Apr 1996 (34 days before)
Shadow closes 5 Aug 1996 (34 days after)
Full window including shadows 110 days

Venus retrograde in 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 Taurus season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Taurus — 20 May to 27 May 1996 (8 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Capricorn — 20 May to 2 Jul 1996 (43 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — 20 May to 2 Jul 1996 (43 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 20 May to 2 Jul 1996 (43 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Sagittarius — 20 May to 2 Jul 1996 (43 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1996

Previous

1994 Ended 23 November 1994 after 41 days, moving back 15.52° through the zodiac.

Next

1997 Begins 26 December 1997 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 1996

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.

1996 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1996

Mercury in Aquarius 9 Jan 1996 – 30 Jan 1996 · 21 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 5 Mar 1996 – 10 Aug 1996 · 158 days
Neptune in Capricorn 29 Apr 1996 – 6 Oct 1996 · 160 days
Mercury in Taurus 3 May 1996 – 27 May 1996 · 24 days
Jupiter in Capricorn 4 May 1996 – 3 Sep 1996 · 122 days
Uranus in Aquarius 8 May 1996 – 9 Oct 1996 · 154 days
Saturn in Aries 18 Jul 1996 – 3 Dec 1996 · 138 days
Mercury in Libra 4 Sep 1996 – 26 Sep 1996 · 22 days
Mercury in Capricorn 23 Dec 1996 – 12 Jan 1997 · 20 days
← 1995 Venus retrograde in 1995. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1997 → Venus retrograde in 1997.