Venus retrograde 2001

1 period, 42 days inside the year — 11.5% of 2001. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

42 days · retreats 16.27°

9 March → 20 April 2001 in Aries

Stations retrograde 9 Mar 2001, 01:50 UTC at 17.73° Aries
Stations direct 20 Apr 2001, 05:25 UTC at 1.46° Aries
Shadow opens 4 Feb 2001 (33 days before)
Shadow closes 23 May 2001 (33 days after)
Full window including shadows 108 days

Venus retrograde in Aries

Venus retrograde in Aries brings impatience in love to the surface. Impulsive attractions cool, old conflicts with partners reopen, and people reconsider what they fought for. It is traditionally better for reflecting on desire than for chasing a new one.

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Taurus season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Pluto in Sagittarius — 17 Mar to 20 Apr 2001 (33 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 2001

Previous

1999 Ended 11 September 1999 after 43 days, moving back 16.34° through the zodiac.

Next

2002 Begins 10 October 2002 and runs 42 days.

Gap across 2001

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.

2001 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2001

Jupiter in Gemini 22 Nov 2000 – 25 Jan 2001 · 64 days
Saturn in Taurus 22 Nov 2000 – 24 Jan 2001 · 64 days
Mercury in Pisces 4 Feb 2001 – 25 Feb 2001 · 22 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 17 Mar 2001 – 23 Aug 2001 · 159 days
Neptune in Aquarius 10 May 2001 – 17 Oct 2001 · 160 days
Mars in Sagittarius 11 May 2001 – 19 Jul 2001 · 69 days
Uranus in Aquarius 29 May 2001 – 30 Oct 2001 · 154 days
Mercury in Gemini 4 Jun 2001 – 28 Jun 2001 · 24 days
Saturn in Gemini 26 Sep 2001 – 7 Feb 2002 · 134 days
Mercury in Libra 1 Oct 2001 – 23 Oct 2001 · 21 days
Jupiter in Cancer 2 Nov 2001 – 9 Feb 2002 · 99 days
← 2000 Venus retrograde in 2000. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2002 → Venus retrograde in 2002.