Venus retrograde 1997

1 period, 5 days inside the year — 1.4% of 1997. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

41 days · retreats 15.48° · crosses the year boundary

26 December → 5 February 1998 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 26 Dec 1997, 21:08 UTC at 3.98° Aquarius
Stations direct 5 Feb 1998, 21:00 UTC at 18.5° Capricorn
Shadow opens 25 Nov 1997 (32 days before)
Shadow closes 9 Mar 1998 (32 days after)
Full window including shadows 104 days

…and back into Capricorn

Venus retrograde in Capricorn examines commitment, status and financial security in relationships. Long-term plans are questioned, the cost of love is weighed and old responsibilities return. It suits rebuilding foundations rather than making grand new promises.

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Capricorn — 26 Dec to 27 Dec 1997 (1 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1997

Previous

1996 Ended 2 July 1996 after 43 days, moving back 16.52° through the zodiac.

Next

1998 Begins 26 December 1997 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 1997

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.

1997 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1997

Mercury in Capricorn 23 Dec 1996 – 12 Jan 1997 · 20 days
Mars in Libra 6 Feb 1997 – 27 Apr 1997 · 81 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 8 Mar 1997 – 13 Aug 1997 · 158 days
Mercury in Taurus 14 Apr 1997 – 8 May 1997 · 24 days
Neptune in Capricorn 1 May 1997 – 9 Oct 1997 · 160 days
Uranus in Aquarius 12 May 1997 – 14 Oct 1997 · 154 days
Jupiter in Aquarius 10 Jun 1997 – 8 Oct 1997 · 120 days
Saturn in Aries 1 Aug 1997 – 16 Dec 1997 · 137 days
Mercury in Virgo 17 Aug 1997 – 10 Sep 1997 · 23 days
Mercury in Capricorn 7 Dec 1997 – 27 Dec 1997 · 20 days
← 1996 Venus retrograde in 1996. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1998 → Venus retrograde in 1998.