When Was Venus Last in Capricorn?

Updated October 5, 2026

Last: 2025–26

24 Dec 2025 to 17 Jan 2026

Next: 3 Feb 2027

first entry, 3 February 2027

3.5 weeks

typical time in Capricorn

every ~13 months

it comes back

As of October 2026, the last time was 2025–26: Venus was in Capricorn from 24 December 2025 to 17 January 2026. Next: Venus enters Capricorn on 3 February 2027 and stays until 1 March 2027.

Venus in Capricorn: the passes around now, in months

Each bar runs from first entry to final exit. Stretches marked with a neighbouring sign are times it crossed back over the boundary before returning.

Venus in Capricorn, 2001–2051

Dates are in UTC and the Gregorian calendar; in a time zone far from Greenwich an ingress can fall on the neighbouring calendar day.

First entry	Final exit	Time in Capricorn	Entered
26 December 2001	19 January 2002	3.4 weeks	once
4 February 2003	2 March 2003	3.7 weeks	once
27 November 2003	21 December 2003	3.5 weeks	once
9 January 2005	2 February 2005	3.4 weeks	once
5 November 2005	5 March 2006	3.4 months	2 times
In Capricorn: 5 Nov 2005 – 15 Dec 2005 · 1 Jan 2006 – 5 Mar 2006
11 December 2006	4 January 2007	3.4 weeks	once
24 January 2008	17 February 2008	3.5 weeks	once
12 November 2008	7 December 2008	3.6 weeks	once
25 December 2009	18 January 2010	3.4 weeks	once
4 February 2011	2 March 2011	3.7 weeks	once
26 November 2011	20 December 2011	3.5 weeks	once
9 January 2013	2 February 2013	3.4 weeks	once
5 November 2013	5 March 2014	4.0 months	once
10 December 2014	3 January 2015	3.4 weeks	once
23 January 2016	17 February 2016	3.5 weeks	once
12 November 2016	7 December 2016	3.6 weeks	once
25 December 2017	18 January 2018	3.4 weeks	once
3 February 2019	1 March 2019	3.7 weeks	once
26 November 2019	20 December 2019	3.5 weeks	once
8 January 2021	1 February 2021	3.4 weeks	once
5 November 2021	6 March 2022	4.0 months	once
10 December 2022	3 January 2023	3.4 weeks	once
23 January 2024	16 February 2024	3.5 weeks	once
11 November 2024	7 December 2024	3.6 weeks	once
24 December 2025	17 January 2026	3.4 weeks	once
3 February 2027	1 March 2027	3.7 weeks	once
25 November 2027	19 December 2027	3.5 weeks	once
8 January 2029	1 February 2029	3.4 weeks	once
5 November 2029	6 March 2030	4.0 months	once
9 December 2030	2 January 2031	3.4 weeks	once
22 January 2032	16 February 2032	3.5 weeks	once
11 November 2032	6 December 2032	3.7 weeks	once
24 December 2033	16 January 2034	3.4 weeks	once
3 February 2035	28 February 2035	3.7 weeks	once
24 November 2035	19 December 2035	3.5 weeks	once
7 January 2037	31 January 2037	3.4 weeks	once
5 November 2037	6 March 2038	4.0 months	once
9 December 2038	2 January 2039	3.4 weeks	once
22 January 2040	15 February 2040	3.5 weeks	once
10 November 2040	6 December 2040	3.7 weeks	once
23 December 2041	16 January 2042	3.4 weeks	once
2 February 2043	28 February 2043	3.6 weeks	once
24 November 2043	18 December 2043	3.5 weeks	once
7 January 2045	30 January 2045	3.4 weeks	once
6 November 2045	6 March 2046	4.0 months	once
8 December 2046	1 January 2047	3.4 weeks	once
21 January 2048	15 February 2048	3.5 weeks	once
10 November 2048	6 December 2048	3.7 weeks	once
23 December 2049	15 January 2050	3.4 weeks	once
2 February 2051	27 February 2051	3.6 weeks	once

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Venus retrograde in Capricorn, 2001–2051

Retrograde periods with at least one station in Capricorn: the date Venus stood still and turned retrograde, and the date it turned direct again.

Stations retrograde	Stations direct
24 December 2005 1°28′ Aquarius	3 February 2006 16°01′ Capricorn
21 December 2013 28°58′ Capricorn	31 January 2014 13°33′ Capricorn
19 December 2021 26°29′ Capricorn	29 January 2022 11°04′ Capricorn
16 December 2029 24°01′ Capricorn	26 January 2030 8°37′ Capricorn
14 December 2037 21°31′ Capricorn	24 January 2038 6°08′ Capricorn
12 December 2045 19°01′ Capricorn	21 January 2046 3°40′ Capricorn

How Venus moves through the zodiac

Across 1950–2075, Venus spent about 3.4 weeks to 4.0 months in a sign on each pass, not counting retrograde dips out of it, and it returned to the same sign about every 13 months. 5% of passes included at least one retrograde dip back over a sign boundary.

Venus in other signs

Aries · Taurus · Gemini · Cancer · Leo · Virgo · Libra · Scorpio · Sagittarius · Capricorn · Aquarius · Pisces

Other planets in Capricorn

Venus · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Chiron · Uranus · Neptune · Pluto

All planets in all signs · How to read these dates

How these dates were found

With Horoskopos's sky search: Venus's geocentric, apparent, tropical ecliptic longitude, computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library, with each sign boundary found to the minute. Sample ingresses agree with NASA JPL's Horizons ephemeris to within minutes. Data generated 2026-10-04; page built 2026-10-05.