Venus retrograde 2023

1 period, 43 days inside the year — 11.8% of 2023. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

43 days · retreats 16.39°

23 July → 4 September 2023 in Leo

Stations retrograde 23 Jul 2023, 00:51 UTC at 28.27° Leo

Stations direct 4 Sep 2023, 01:09 UTC at 11.88° Leo

Shadow opens 19 Jun 2023 (34 days before)

Shadow closes 7 Oct 2023 (33 days after)

Full window including shadows 110 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 2023

2022 Ended 29 January 2022 after 41 days, moving back 15.41° through the zodiac.

2025 Begins 2 March 2025 and runs 42 days.

Gap across 2023

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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