Venus retrograde 2030

1 period, 26 days inside the year — 7.1% of 2030. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

41 days · retreats 15.39° · crosses the year boundary

16 December → 26 January 2030 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 16 Dec 2029, 23:59 UTC at 23.6° Capricorn

Stations direct 26 Jan 2030, 22:02 UTC at 8.21° Capricorn

Shadow opens 15 Nov 2029 (32 days before)

Shadow closes 27 Feb 2030 (32 days after)

Full window including shadows 104 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 2030

2029 Ended 26 January 2030 after 41 days, moving back 15.39° through the zodiac.

2031 Begins 20 July 2031 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 2030

1.5 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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