Venus retrograde 2026

1 period, 42 days inside the year — 11.4% of 2026. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

42 days · retreats 15.64°

3 October → 14 November 2026 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 3 Oct 2026, 07:35 UTC at 8.11° Scorpio

Stations direct 14 Nov 2026, 00:26 UTC at 22.48° Libra

Shadow opens 31 Aug 2026 (33 days before)

Shadow closes 15 Dec 2026 (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 2026

2025 Ended 13 April 2025 after 42 days, moving back 16.21° through the zodiac.

2028 Begins 10 May 2028 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 2026

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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