Venus retrograde 2006

1 period, 33 days inside the year — 9.1% of 2006. 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

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 2006

2005 Ended 3 February 2006 after 41 days, moving back 15.46° through the zodiac.

2007 Begins 27 July 2007 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 2006

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 Venus retrograde in 2005. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2007 → Venus retrograde in 2007.