Venus retrograde 2012

1 period, 43 days inside the year — 11.7% of 2012. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

43 days · retreats 16.51°

15 May → 27 June 2012 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 15 May 2012, 14:38 UTC at 23.83° Gemini

Stations direct 27 Jun 2012, 14:42 UTC at 7.31° Gemini

Shadow opens 12 Apr 2012 (33 days before)

Shadow closes 31 Jul 2012 (34 days after)

Full window including shadows 110 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 2012

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

2013 Begins 21 December 2013 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 2012

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.

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