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The Earth rotates itself as is revolves around the Sun. Earth is said to have a Prograde rotation by only looking at the North pole. Unlike Earth, Venus has a Retrograde rotation. A Prograde rotation is counterclockwise, while a Retrograde rotation is clockwise.

So, from Earth, the sun looks like it rises from the East and rests in the West, but on Venus, the sun rises from the West and sets in the East.

Apparently, the answer is that Earth itself rotates counterclockwise as it revolves around the sun.

(of course the sun doesn't move, nor is the Earth at the center of the galaxy)

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