Venus retrograde 2005

1 period, 8 days inside the year — 2.1% of 2005. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

41 days · retreats 15.46° · crosses the year boundary

24 December → 3 February 2006 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 24 Dec 2005, 09:58 UTC at 1.39° Aquarius
Stations direct 3 Feb 2006, 09:17 UTC at 15.94° Capricorn
Shadow opens 22 Nov 2005 (32 days before)
Shadow closes 7 Mar 2006 (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

  • Saturn in Leo — 24 Dec to 3 Feb 2006 (41 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 2005

Previous

2004 Ended 29 June 2004 after 43 days, moving back 16.52° through the zodiac.

Next

2006 Begins 24 December 2005 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 2005

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.

2005 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2005

Saturn in Cancer 22 Nov 2004 – 21 Mar 2005 · 120 days
Jupiter in Libra 2 Feb 2005 – 5 Jun 2005 · 123 days
Mercury in Aries 20 Mar 2005 – 12 Apr 2005 · 23 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 26 Mar 2005 – 2 Sep 2005 · 159 days
Neptune in Aquarius 19 May 2005 – 26 Oct 2005 · 160 days
Uranus in Pisces 14 Jun 2005 – 15 Nov 2005 · 154 days
Mercury in Leo 23 Jul 2005 – 16 Aug 2005 · 24 days
Mars in Taurus 1 Oct 2005 – 10 Dec 2005 · 69 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 14 Nov 2005 – 4 Dec 2005 · 20 days
Saturn in Leo 22 Nov 2005 – 9 Feb 2006 · 80 days
← 2004 Venus retrograde in 2004. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2006 → Venus retrograde in 2006.