Neptune retrograde 1917

2 periods, 154 days inside the year — 42.3% of 1917. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

142 days · retreats 2.75° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 12 April 1917 in Leo

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1916, 00:00 UTC at 6° Leo
Stations direct 12 Apr 1917, 23:42 UTC at 3.25° Leo

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aries season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Taurus — 22 Nov to 20 Dec 1916 (29 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Leo — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1917 (80 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Leo — 22 Nov to 26 Mar 1917 (124 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Cancer — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1917 (80 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Cancer — 22 Nov to 16 Mar 1917 (115 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 10 Jan to 30 Jan 1917 (21 days of overlap)

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

92 days · retreats 1.8° · crosses the year boundary

9 November → 9 February 1918 in Leo

Stations retrograde 9 Nov 1917, 17:20 UTC at 8.26° Leo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1918, 23:59 UTC at 6.46° Leo
Shadow opens 16 Aug 1917 (86 days before)

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Gemini — 9 Nov to 26 Jan 1918 (78 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Cancer — 9 Nov to 9 Feb 1918 (92 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Gemini — 22 Nov to 26 Jan 1918 (65 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Cancer — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1918 (80 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Leo — 26 Nov to 9 Feb 1918 (76 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Capricorn — 25 Dec to 14 Jan 1918 (20 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Aquarius — 20 Jan to 9 Feb 1918 (21 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Libra — 3 Feb to 9 Feb 1918 (6 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 1917

Previous

1916 Ended 9 February 1917 after 95 days, moving back 1.87° through the zodiac.

Next

1918 Begins 22 November 1917 and runs 144 days.

Gap across 1917

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 1917

Neptune through the zodiac in 1917

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1917, 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 Leo From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

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

1917 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1917

Saturn in Leo 22 Nov 1916 – 26 Mar 1917 · 124 days
Pluto in Cancer 22 Nov 1916 – 16 Mar 1917 · 115 days
Mercury in Aquarius 10 Jan 1917 – 30 Jan 1917 · 21 days
Mercury in Gemini 5 May 1917 – 29 May 1917 · 24 days
Uranus in Aquarius 29 May 1917 – 30 Oct 1917 · 154 days
Mercury in Libra 5 Sep 1917 – 28 Sep 1917 · 22 days
Jupiter in Gemini 30 Sep 1917 – 26 Jan 1918 · 118 days
Pluto in Cancer 6 Oct 1917 – 9 Feb 1918 · 127 days
Saturn in Leo 26 Nov 1917 – 9 Feb 1918 · 76 days
Mercury in Capricorn 25 Dec 1917 – 14 Jan 1918 · 20 days
← 1916 Neptune retrograde in 1916. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1918 → Neptune retrograde in 1918.