Neptune retrograde 1953

1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.6% of 1953. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.78°

24 January → 2 July 1953 in Libra

Stations retrograde 24 Jan 1953, 18:44 UTC at 24.55° Libra
Stations direct 2 Jul 1953, 18:08 UTC at 21.76° Libra

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Cancer — 24 Jan to 9 Feb 1953 (16 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Cancer — 24 Jan to 22 Mar 1953 (57 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 24 Jan to 9 Feb 1953 (16 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Libra — 5 Feb to 23 Jun 1953 (139 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 9 Mar to 1 Apr 1953 (23 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Taurus — 23 Mar to 4 May 1953 (42 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 1953

Previous

1952 Ended 30 June 1952 after 159 days, moving back 2.79° through the zodiac.

Next

1954 Begins 27 January 1954 and runs 159 days.

Gap across 1953

1.6 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 1953

Neptune through the zodiac in 1953

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1953, 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 Libra From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

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

1953 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1953

Jupiter in Taurus 22 Nov 1952 – 5 Jan 1953 · 44 days
Uranus in Cancer 22 Nov 1952 – 22 Mar 1953 · 121 days
Pluto in Leo 24 Nov 1952 – 2 May 1953 · 159 days
Saturn in Libra 5 Feb 1953 – 23 Jun 1953 · 139 days
Mercury in Aries 9 Mar 1953 – 1 Apr 1953 · 23 days
Venus in Taurus 23 Mar 1953 – 4 May 1953 · 42 days
Mercury in Leo 11 Jul 1953 – 4 Aug 1953 · 24 days
Jupiter in Gemini 15 Oct 1953 – 9 Feb 1954 · 118 days
Uranus in Cancer 29 Oct 1953 – 9 Feb 1954 · 104 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 3 Nov 1953 – 23 Nov 1953 · 20 days
Pluto in Leo 26 Nov 1953 – 9 Feb 1954 · 75 days
← 1952 Neptune retrograde in 1952. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1954 → Neptune retrograde in 1954.