Venus retrograde 2018

1 period, 42 days inside the year — 11.4% of 2018. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

42 days · retreats 15.61°

5 October → 16 November 2018 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 5 Oct 2018, 18:54 UTC at 10.59° Scorpio

Stations direct 16 Nov 2018, 10:24 UTC at 24.98° Libra

Shadow opens 3 Sep 2018 (33 days before)

Shadow closes 18 Dec 2018 (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 2018

2017 Ended 15 April 2017 after 42 days, moving back 16.23° through the zodiac.

2020 Begins 13 May 2020 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 2018

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.

← 2017 Venus retrograde in 2017. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2019 → Venus retrograde in 2019.