Venus retrograde 1998

1 period, 36 days inside the year — 9.8% of 1998. 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 1998

Previous

1997 Ended 5 February 1998 after 41 days, moving back 15.48° through the zodiac.

Next

1999 Begins 30 July 1999 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1998

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.

1998 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1998

Pluto in Sagittarius 11 Mar 1998 – 16 Aug 1998 · 158 days
Mercury in Aries 27 Mar 1998 – 20 Apr 1998 · 24 days
Neptune in Aquarius 4 May 1998 – 11 Oct 1998 · 160 days
Uranus in Aquarius 17 May 1998 – 18 Oct 1998 · 154 days
Jupiter in Pisces 18 Jul 1998 – 13 Nov 1998 · 118 days
Mercury in Leo 31 Jul 1998 – 23 Aug 1998 · 24 days
Saturn in Taurus 15 Aug 1998 – 29 Dec 1998 · 136 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 21 Nov 1998 – 11 Dec 1998 · 20 days
← 1997 Venus retrograde in 1997. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1999 → Venus retrograde in 1999.