Venus retrograde 2028

1 period, 43 days inside the year — 11.7% of 2028. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

43 days · retreats 16.51°

10 May → 22 June 2028 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 10 May 2028, 23:49 UTC at 19.29° Gemini

Stations direct 22 Jun 2028, 22:56 UTC at 2.78° Gemini

Shadow opens 7 Apr 2028 (33 days before)

Shadow closes 26 Jul 2028 (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 2028

2026 Ended 14 November 2026 after 42 days, moving back 15.64° through the zodiac.

2029 Begins 16 December 2029 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 2028

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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