Venus retrograde 2010

1 period, 42 days inside the year — 11.4% of 2010. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

42 days · retreats 15.58°

8 October → 18 November 2010 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 8 Oct 2010, 06:17 UTC at 13.07° Scorpio

Stations direct 18 Nov 2010, 20:29 UTC at 27.5° Libra

Shadow opens 5 Sep 2010 (33 days before)

Shadow closes 20 Dec 2010 (32 days after)

Full window including shadows 106 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 2010

2009 Ended 17 April 2009 after 42 days, moving back 16.25° through the zodiac.

2012 Begins 15 May 2012 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 2010

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.

← 2009 Venus retrograde in 2009. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2011 → Venus retrograde in 2011.