Venus retrograde 2015

1 period, 43 days inside the year — 11.8% of 2015. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

43 days · retreats 16.38°

25 July → 6 September 2015 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 25 Jul 2015, 09:16 UTC at 0.55° Virgo

Stations direct 6 Sep 2015, 09:01 UTC at 14.18° Leo

Shadow opens 21 Jun 2015 (34 days before)

Shadow closes 9 Oct 2015 (33 days after)

Full window including shadows 110 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 2015

2014 Ended 31 January 2014 after 41 days, moving back 15.43° through the zodiac.

2017 Begins 4 March 2017 and runs 42 days.

Gap across 2015

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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