What a Venus return means
As seen from Earth, Venus comes back to the same zodiac degree roughly once a year, often within a few weeks of your birthday, because it never strays more than 47 degrees from the Sun. In astrology Venus represents love, attraction, money and what you value, so the Venus return is read as a fresh start for relationships and finances, and some astrologers cast a Venus return chart for the year ahead.
About every 19 months (584 days) Venus turns retrograde, and in those years it can cross your natal degree three times, or the return can come months away from your birthday. The calculator shows every pass.
How it is calculated
The calculator finds every moment Venus crosses its birth position, using the same planetary positions as our birth chart calculator, which are checked against the Swiss Ephemeris. Each crossing is located to within a minute of time.
Questions
Why is my Venus return not on my birthday?
Venus moves faster or slower than the Sun at different times, and it periodically turns retrograde, so its return can come weeks or even months before or after your birthday.
Do I need my birth time?
Not usually. Venus moves about a degree a day, so without a birth time the return can shift by up to about half a day, or more when Venus is slowing down around a retrograde turn.