Venus retrograde 2020

1 period, 43 days inside the year — 11.7% of 2020. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

43 days · retreats 16.51°

13 May → 25 June 2020 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 13 May 2020, 07:14 UTC at 21.56° Gemini

Stations direct 25 Jun 2020, 06:50 UTC at 5.05° Gemini

Shadow opens 9 Apr 2020 (33 days before)

Shadow closes 29 Jul 2020 (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 2020

2018 Ended 16 November 2018 after 42 days, moving back 15.61° through the zodiac.

2021 Begins 19 December 2021 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 2020

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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