Venus retrograde 2003

No retrograde period falls inside 2003. That is not an omission — the loop lands either side of the year boundary.

Why a year can have none

A retrograde recurs every 583.92 days — the synodic period of Venus. Because that does not divide evenly into 365.25 days, the loops drift through the calendar. For the slower planets a single loop can start in one year and finish in the next, leaving a calendar year with nothing inside it.

Check 2002 and 2004 — the period you are looking for will be in one of them.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 2003

Previous

2002 Ended 21 November 2002 after 42 days, moving back 15.55° through the zodiac.

Next

2004 Begins 17 May 2004 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 2003

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.

2003 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2003

Saturn in Gemini 22 Nov 2002 – 22 Feb 2003 · 92 days
Jupiter in Leo 4 Dec 2002 – 4 Apr 2003 · 121 days
Mercury in Capricorn 2 Jan 2003 – 23 Jan 2003 · 20 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 22 Mar 2003 – 28 Aug 2003 · 159 days
Mercury in Taurus 26 Apr 2003 – 20 May 2003 · 24 days
Neptune in Aquarius 15 May 2003 – 22 Oct 2003 · 160 days
Uranus in Pisces 7 Jun 2003 – 8 Nov 2003 · 154 days
Mars in Pisces 29 Jul 2003 – 27 Sep 2003 · 60 days
Mercury in Virgo 28 Aug 2003 – 20 Sep 2003 · 23 days
Saturn in Cancer 25 Oct 2003 – 9 Feb 2004 · 107 days
Mercury in Capricorn 17 Dec 2003 – 6 Jan 2004 · 20 days
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