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Venus Return Calculator
Venus comes back to the degree it held at your birth about once a year. Enter your birth date to see your next Venus returns, with every pass when a retrograde makes one exact three times.
Quick Answer
Venus returns to its birth degree about once a year. Venus is retrograde from October 3, 2026 to November 14, 2026, across 22°51' Libra to 8°29' Scorpio. Anyone born with Venus in that stretch of the zodiac has a return exact three times.
Venus Retrograde in 2026 and 2027
Anyone born with Venus between the two degrees has a return exact three times around these dates.
| Retrograde | Degrees |
|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 to Nov 14, 2026 | 22°51' Libra to 8°29' Scorpio |
What a Venus Return Is
A Venus return is the moment Venus reaches its position in your birth chart again. Venus circles the zodiac in about a year as seen from Earth, so most years bring one return, usually within a few weeks of the same date. Venus also repeats its pattern every eight years, so your return eight years from now falls within a few days of this one.
Venus describes what we value, how we love and what we find beautiful. Its return is a small yearly marker, a good moment to notice what you are drawn to now and whether your days make room for it.
Triple Venus Returns
Every year and a half Venus turns retrograde for about six weeks. If your natal Venus lies in that stretch of the zodiac, the return is exact three times over two or three months, and some years have no return at all.
How This Calculator Works
Without a birth time, Venus is placed where it stood at noon on your birth date. Venus moves up to a degree and a quarter a day, so dates can move by about a day. The calculator recalculates for the first and last minute of your birth day and tells you how far the dates can move.
Positions come from the engine behind every Selfgazer chart: VSOP87 planetary theory through Astronomy Engine, with Chiron from Swiss Ephemeris tables. Against the Swiss Ephemeris the planets agree to within half an arcminute. Each pass is found by scanning the planet's path and narrowing every crossing of your natal degree to the minute, with a finer scan around each station so a brief touch before the planet turns is not missed. Your birth time is converted with your birthplace's historical time zone rules.
Venus Return Questions
How Often Does a Venus Return Happen?
About once a year. Venus's path as seen from Earth takes a year on average, and its retrograde years can bring three passes over a few months.
Is a Venus Return the Same as a Solar Return?
No. A solar return is the Sun's return to its birth degree, on or near your birthday. A Venus return follows Venus, so it falls on a different date each year.
Do I Need My Birth Time?
Your birth date is enough for dates within about a day. The time makes Venus's degree exact.