Neptune retrograde 1940

2 periods, 157 days inside the year — 42.8% of 1940. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

158 days · retreats 2.79° · crosses the year boundary

28 December → 3 June 1940 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 28 Dec 1939, 08:04 UTC at 26.36° Virgo
Stations direct 3 Jun 1940, 08:45 UTC at 23.57° Virgo

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Gemini 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 13 Apr 1940 (107 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 6 Mar to 29 Mar 1940 (23 days of overlap)

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

42 days · retreats 0.48° · crosses the year boundary

29 December → 9 February 1941 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 29 Dec 1940, 18:10 UTC at 28.53° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1941, 23:59 UTC at 28.06° Virgo
Shadow opens 18 Nov 1940 (41 days before)

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Taurus — 29 Dec to 31 Dec 1940 (1 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Taurus — 29 Dec to 9 Jan 1941 (11 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Taurus — 29 Dec to 9 Jan 1941 (11 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 29 Dec to 30 Jan 1941 (31 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 29 Dec to 30 Jan 1941 (31 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 29 Dec to 9 Feb 1941 (42 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 29 Dec to 9 Feb 1941 (42 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 1940

Previous

1939 Ended 9 February 1940 after 44 days, moving back 0.51° through the zodiac.

Next

1941 Begins 29 December 1940 and runs 158 days.

Gap across 1940

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 1940

Neptune through the zodiac in 1940

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1940, 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.

1940 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1940

Uranus in Taurus 22 Nov 1939 – 26 Jan 1940 · 66 days
Pluto in Leo 22 Nov 1939 – 13 Apr 1940 · 143 days
Mercury in Aries 6 Mar 1940 – 29 Mar 1940 · 23 days
Venus in Cancer 5 Jun 1940 – 18 Jul 1940 · 43 days
Mercury in Leo 8 Jul 1940 – 1 Aug 1940 · 24 days
Saturn in Taurus 27 Aug 1940 – 9 Jan 1941 · 135 days
Uranus in Taurus 1 Sep 1940 – 30 Jan 1941 · 151 days
Jupiter in Taurus 4 Sep 1940 – 31 Dec 1940 · 118 days
Mercury in Scorpio 1 Nov 1940 – 21 Nov 1940 · 20 days
Pluto in Leo 4 Nov 1940 – 9 Feb 1941 · 97 days
← 1939 Neptune retrograde in 1939. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1941 → Neptune retrograde in 1941.