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Venus retrograde 2011

There was no Venus retrograde in 2011: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on November 18, 2010 in Libra, and the next began on May 15, 2012 in Gemini.

Retrograde in 2011
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Nov 18, 2010 9:18 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
May 15, 2012 2:33 PM UTC
Gap between loops
544 days
Venus Retrograde 2011: None — Next Starts May 15, 2012

Venus’s path through 2011, day by day

Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 2011
Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 2011. Venus starts 2011 at 23°33′ Scorpio and ends it at 13°49′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 80.3°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Sep 10, 1.25° forward. ScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 2011. Venus starts 2011 at 23°33′ Scorpio and ends it at 13°49′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 80.3°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Sep 10, 1.25° forward. ScorpioCapricornPiscesTaurusCancerVirgoScorpioCapricornJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Venus starts 2011 at 23°33′ Scorpio and ends it at 13°49′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 80.3°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Sep 10, 1.25° forward.

Exact times

The Venus stations either side of 2011: exact times in your city

Venus turned retrograde at 2:33 PM UTC on May 15, 2012 at 23°59′ Gemini — 10:33 AM in Santiago, 10:33 AM in New York, 3:33 PM in London and 11:33 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Nov 18, 2010 Turns retrograde · May 15, 2012
UTC Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · 27°39′ Libra Tue, May 15, 2012 · 23°59′ Gemini
Honolulu United States 11:18 AM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC−10 4:33 AM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 12:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC−9 6:33 AM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 1:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC−8 7:33 AM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 2:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC−7 7:33 AM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC−7
Denver United States 2:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC−7 8:33 AM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 3:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC−6 9:33 AM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 3:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC−6 9:33 AM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC−5
New York United States 4:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC−5 10:33 AM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 4:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC−5 10:33 AM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 4:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC−5 9:33 AM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 4:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC−5 9:33 AM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 4:48 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC−4:30 10:03 AM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 6:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC−3 10:33 AM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 6:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC−3 11:33 AM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 7:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC−2 11:33 AM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 9:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC 2:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC
London United Kingdom 9:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC 3:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 10:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC+1 3:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+1
Paris France 10:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC+1 4:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 10:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC+1 4:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 11:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC+2 4:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 11:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC+2 4:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 11:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC+2 5:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 11:18 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 · UTC+2 5:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 12:18 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+3 6:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 12:18 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+3 5:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 12:48 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+3:30 7:03 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+4:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 1:18 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+4 6:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 2:18 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+5 7:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 2:48 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+5:30 8:03 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 3:03 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+5:45 8:18 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 3:18 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+6 8:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 4:18 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+7 9:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 4:18 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+7 9:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+7
Singapore 5:18 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+8 10:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+8
Beijing China 5:18 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+8 10:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 5:18 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+8 10:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 5:18 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+8 10:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 6:18 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+9 11:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 6:18 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+9 11:33 PM Tue, May 15, 2012 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 7:48 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+10:30 12:03 AM Wed, May 16, 2012 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 7:18 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+10 12:33 AM Wed, May 16, 2012 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 8:18 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+11 12:33 AM Wed, May 16, 2012 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 10:18 AM Fri, Nov 19, 2010 · UTC+13 2:33 AM Wed, May 16, 2012 · UTC+12

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Venus station 1900–2050: all within a minute. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

Venus in 2011: a year between two loops

544 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 2011 falls entirely inside that stretch. Venus turns back once every 583.92 days — longer than a calendar year — and each loop is over in weeks, so now and then a whole year passes between two of them.

The loops themselves are on the 2010 and 2012 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 2011

Previous

2010 Ended November 18, 2010 after 42 days, moving back 15.58° through the zodiac.

Next

2012 Begins May 15, 2012 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 2011

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.

Computed for 2011

Venus through the zodiac in 2011

Every sign Venus occupies during 2011, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Venus in Scorpio From Jan 1 – Jan 7
Venus in Sagittarius Jan 7 – Feb 4
Venus in Capricorn Feb 4 – Mar 2
Venus in Aquarius Mar 2 – Mar 27
Venus in Pisces Mar 27 – Apr 21
Venus in Aries Apr 21 – May 15
Venus in Taurus May 15 – Jun 9
Venus in Gemini Jun 9 – Jul 4
Venus in Cancer Jul 4 – Jul 28
Venus in Leo Jul 28 – Aug 21
Venus in Virgo Aug 21 – Sep 15
Venus in Libra Sep 15 – Oct 9
Venus in Scorpio Oct 9 – Nov 2
Venus in Sagittarius Nov 2 – Nov 26
Venus in Capricorn Nov 26 – Dec 20
Venus in Aquarius Dec 20 – Dec 31 and beyond

16 segments in 2011. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

2011 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2011

Saturn in Libra Jan 26, 2011 – Jun 13, 2011 · 138 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 30, 2011 – Apr 23, 2011 · 24 days
Pluto in Capricorn Apr 9, 2011 – Sep 16, 2011 · 160 days
Neptune in Pisces Jun 3, 2011 – Nov 9, 2011 · 159 days
Uranus in Aries Jul 10, 2011 – Dec 10, 2011 · 153 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 3, 2011 – Aug 26, 2011 · 24 days
Jupiter in Taurus Aug 30, 2011 – Dec 25, 2011 · 118 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 24, 2011 – Dec 14, 2011 · 20 days
← 2010 Venus retrograde in 2010. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2012 → Venus retrograde in 2012.

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AstroHot. “Venus Retrograde 2011: None — Next Starts May 15, 2012.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/venus/2011/

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