Venus
in Retrograde
About every 19 months the planet of love and money appears to glide backward across the sky. It isn't. Here's the illusion, the real dates, and what folklore says it stirs up.
Consulting the ephemeris…
until the next station retrograde
Venus
The morning-and-evening star reverses only every nineteen months, so when she does, it lands. Old lovers reappear, values get re-weighed, and the things you thought you wanted ask to be reconsidered.
Hot runs cold and exes resurface. Venus backs from intense Scorpio into harmony-seeking Libra — a 42-day reckoning with the heart and the wallet.
Venus retrograde, answered
Is Venus in retrograde right now?
The live tracker at the top of this page computes Venus's apparent motion from a real ephemeris and updates daily — it shows the current phase and a countdown to the next change.
When is the next Venus retrograde?
The almanac above lists Venus's upcoming station-retrograde and station-direct dates, with the pre- and post-shadow windows.
What does Venus retrograde mean?
Venus appears to move backward against the stars when it passes between Earth and the Sun. It's an optical effect, not a physical reversal. Astrologically it's tied to love, relationships, beauty, and money.
Never get caught off guard.
A quiet heads-up before Venus turns, and the all-clear after.
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