In 2000, Venus underwent apparitions that closely mirrored its 1984 and 1992 showings, and which would be repeated in 2008, 2016, and 2024.  These kinds of years start with Venus reasonably high in the morning sky, but which see it rapidly sink lower into the dawn until she goes through superior conjunction in June.  After that, Venus emerges low in the evening until late in the year when it finally gains altitude as the evening star.  Here we see Venus showing nicely to the left of Antares in Scorpius, shining at magnitude -4.06.  Unannotated image.