Neptune retrograde 1938

2 periods, 155 days inside the year — 42.6% of 1938. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

158 days · retreats 2.8° · crosses the year boundary

23 December → 30 May 1938 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 23 Dec 1937, 11:48 UTC at 22.01° Virgo
Stations direct 30 May 1938, 09:04 UTC at 19.22° Virgo

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Gemini season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Capricorn — 23 Dec to 9 Jan 1938 (17 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 23 Dec to 18 Jan 1938 (26 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 23 Dec to 18 Jan 1938 (26 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 23 Dec to 9 Feb 1938 (49 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 23 Dec to 10 Apr 1938 (108 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — 11 Apr to 5 May 1938 (24 days of overlap)

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

46 days · retreats 0.56° · crosses the year boundary

25 December → 9 February 1939 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 25 Dec 1938, 21:56 UTC at 24.19° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1939, 23:59 UTC at 23.63° Virgo
Shadow opens 11 Nov 1938 (45 days before)

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Taurus — 25 Dec to 22 Jan 1939 (28 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 25 Dec to 22 Jan 1939 (28 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 25 Dec to 9 Feb 1939 (46 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 25 Dec to 9 Feb 1939 (46 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 1938

Previous

1937 Ended 9 February 1938 after 49 days, moving back 0.62° through the zodiac.

Next

1939 Begins 25 December 1938 and runs 158 days.

Gap across 1938

0.9 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 1938

Neptune through the zodiac in 1938

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1938, 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 Virgo From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

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

1938 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1938

Uranus in Taurus 22 Nov 1937 – 18 Jan 1938 · 57 days
Pluto in Leo 22 Nov 1937 – 10 Apr 1938 · 140 days
Mercury in Capricorn 20 Dec 1937 – 9 Jan 1938 · 20 days
Mercury in Taurus 11 Apr 1938 – 5 May 1938 · 24 days
Jupiter in Pisces 21 Jun 1938 – 19 Oct 1938 · 120 days
Saturn in Aries 30 Jul 1938 – 14 Dec 1938 · 137 days
Mercury in Virgo 14 Aug 1938 – 6 Sep 1938 · 23 days
Uranus in Taurus 23 Aug 1938 – 22 Jan 1939 · 152 days
Venus in Sagittarius 30 Oct 1938 – 10 Dec 1938 · 41 days
Pluto in Leo 2 Nov 1938 – 9 Feb 1939 · 100 days
Mercury in Capricorn 4 Dec 1938 – 24 Dec 1938 · 20 days
← 1937 Neptune retrograde in 1937. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1939 → Neptune retrograde in 1939.