Venus retrograde 2002

1 period, 42 days inside the year — 11.4% of 2002. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

42 days · retreats 15.55°

10 October → 21 November 2002 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 10 Oct 2002, 17:46 UTC at 15.57° Scorpio
Stations direct 21 Nov 2002, 06:39 UTC at 0.02° Scorpio
Shadow opens 8 Sep 2002 (33 days before)
Shadow closes 22 Dec 2002 (32 days after)
Full window including shadows 106 days

Venus retrograde in Scorpio

Venus retrograde in Scorpio intensifies questions of trust, jealousy and shared money. Hidden feelings come out, old betrayals are revisited and financial entanglements need reviewing. Traditionally a time for honest reckoning in relationships rather than new commitments.

It begins in Libra season and ends in Scorpio season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Aquarius — 10 Oct to 4 Nov 2002 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 10 Oct to 20 Oct 2002 (10 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Gemini — 11 Oct to 21 Nov 2002 (41 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 2002

Previous

2001 Ended 20 April 2001 after 42 days, moving back 16.27° through the zodiac.

Next

2004 Begins 17 May 2004 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 2002

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.

2002 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2002

Jupiter in Cancer 22 Nov 2001 – 1 Mar 2002 · 100 days
Saturn in Gemini 22 Nov 2001 – 7 Feb 2002 · 78 days
Mercury in Aquarius 18 Jan 2002 – 8 Feb 2002 · 21 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 20 Mar 2002 – 26 Aug 2002 · 159 days
Neptune in Aquarius 13 May 2002 – 20 Oct 2002 · 160 days
Mercury in Gemini 15 May 2002 – 8 Jun 2002 · 24 days
Uranus in Aquarius 2 Jun 2002 – 4 Nov 2002 · 154 days
Mercury in Libra 14 Sep 2002 – 6 Oct 2002 · 22 days
Saturn in Gemini 11 Oct 2002 – 9 Feb 2003 · 122 days
Jupiter in Leo 4 Dec 2002 – 9 Feb 2003 · 68 days
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