Neptune retrograde 1909

2 periods, 154 days inside the year — 42.2% of 1909. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

124 days · retreats 2.53° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 26 March 1909 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1908, 00:00 UTC at 18.11° Cancer
Stations direct 26 Mar 1909, 00:36 UTC at 15.58° Cancer

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aries season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Aries — 22 Nov to 7 Dec 1908 (15 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Gemini — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1909 (80 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Gemini — 22 Nov to 8 Mar 1909 (107 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Virgo — 30 Dec to 9 Feb 1909 (41 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 2 Feb to 24 Feb 1909 (22 days of overlap)

Read against Cancer, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

110 days · retreats 2.25° · crosses the year boundary

22 October → 9 February 1910 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 22 Oct 1909, 23:16 UTC at 20.61° Cancer
Stations direct 9 Feb 1910, 23:59 UTC at 18.36° Cancer

It begins in Libra season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mars in Aries — 22 Oct to 24 Oct 1909 (1 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Aries — 22 Oct to 20 Dec 1909 (58 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Gemini — 22 Oct to 9 Feb 1910 (110 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Gemini — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1910 (80 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 17 Jan to 7 Feb 1910 (21 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Pisces — 22 Jan to 9 Feb 1910 (18 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Libra — 29 Jan to 9 Feb 1910 (11 days of overlap)

Read against Cancer, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 1909

Previous

1908 Ended 9 February 1909 after 113 days, moving back 2.31° through the zodiac.

Next

1910 Begins 22 November 1909 and runs 127 days.

Gap across 1909

0.8 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

Computed for 1909

Neptune through the zodiac in 1909

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1909, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Neptune in Cancer From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

The whole year is spent in one sign — a sign of how slowly Neptune moves.

1909 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1909

Pluto in Gemini 22 Nov 1908 – 8 Mar 1909 · 107 days
Jupiter in Virgo 30 Dec 1908 – 1 May 1909 · 122 days
Mercury in Aquarius 2 Feb 1909 – 24 Feb 1909 · 22 days
Uranus in Capricorn 25 Apr 1909 – 26 Sep 1909 · 154 days
Mercury in Gemini 2 Jun 1909 – 26 Jun 1909 · 24 days
Saturn in Aries 5 Aug 1909 – 20 Dec 1909 · 137 days
Mars in Aries 23 Aug 1909 – 24 Oct 1909 · 62 days
Pluto in Gemini 27 Sep 1909 – 9 Feb 1910 · 136 days
Mercury in Libra 30 Sep 1909 – 21 Oct 1909 · 21 days
← 1908 Neptune retrograde in 1908. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1910 → Neptune retrograde in 1910.