Neptune retrograde 1939

2 periods, 156 days inside the year — 42.6% of 1939. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

158 days · retreats 2.79° · crosses the year boundary

25 December → 1 June 1939 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 25 Dec 1938, 21:56 UTC at 24.19° Virgo
Stations direct 1 Jun 1939, 20:55 UTC at 21.39° Virgo

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Gemini 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 12 Apr 1939 (108 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 24 Mar to 16 Apr 1939 (23 days of overlap)

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

44 days · retreats 0.51° · crosses the year boundary

28 December → 9 February 1940 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 28 Dec 1939, 08:04 UTC at 26.36° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1940, 23:59 UTC at 25.86° Virgo
Shadow opens 15 Nov 1939 (42 days before)

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Taurus — 28 Dec to 26 Jan 1940 (29 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 28 Dec to 26 Jan 1940 (29 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 28 Dec to 9 Feb 1940 (44 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 28 Dec to 9 Feb 1940 (44 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 1939

Previous

1938 Ended 9 February 1939 after 46 days, moving back 0.56° through the zodiac.

Next

1940 Begins 28 December 1939 and runs 158 days.

Gap across 1939

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 1939

Neptune through the zodiac in 1939

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1939, 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.

1939 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1939

Uranus in Taurus 22 Nov 1938 – 22 Jan 1939 · 61 days
Pluto in Leo 22 Nov 1938 – 12 Apr 1939 · 141 days
Mercury in Aries 24 Mar 1939 – 16 Apr 1939 · 23 days
Mars in Aquarius 22 Jun 1939 – 24 Aug 1939 · 62 days
Mercury in Leo 27 Jul 1939 – 20 Aug 1939 · 24 days
Jupiter in Aries 29 Jul 1939 – 24 Nov 1939 · 118 days
Saturn in Taurus 13 Aug 1939 – 27 Dec 1939 · 136 days
Uranus in Taurus 28 Aug 1939 – 26 Jan 1940 · 151 days
Pluto in Leo 4 Nov 1939 – 9 Feb 1940 · 98 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 18 Nov 1939 – 8 Dec 1939 · 20 days
← 1938 Neptune retrograde in 1938. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1940 → Neptune retrograde in 1940.