Neptune retrograde 1956

1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.5% of 1956. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.78°

1 February → 9 July 1956 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 1 Feb 1956, 00:58 UTC at 1.04° Scorpio
Stations direct 9 Jul 1956, 05:23 UTC at 28.25° Libra

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Aquarius — 1 Feb to 8 Feb 1956 (7 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Virgo — 1 Feb to 9 Feb 1956 (9 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Leo — 1 Feb to 9 Feb 1956 (9 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Leo — 1 Feb to 5 Apr 1956 (64 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 1 Feb to 9 Feb 1956 (9 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Sagittarius — 12 Mar to 9 Jul 1956 (119 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 14 May to 7 Jun 1956 (24 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Cancer — 31 May to 9 Jul 1956 (38 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 1956

Previous

1955 Ended 7 July 1955 after 159 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1957 Begins 2 February 1957 and runs 159 days.

Gap across 1956

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 1956

Neptune through the zodiac in 1956

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1956, 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 Scorpio From 1 Jan – 6 Apr
Neptune in Libra 6 Apr – 2 Oct
Neptune in Scorpio 2 Oct – 31 Dec and beyond

3 segments in 1956. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1956 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1956

Uranus in Leo 22 Nov 1955 – 5 Apr 1956 · 135 days
Pluto in Leo 30 Nov 1955 – 7 May 1956 · 159 days
Jupiter in Virgo 18 Dec 1955 – 17 Apr 1956 · 121 days
Mercury in Aquarius 18 Jan 1956 – 8 Feb 1956 · 21 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 12 Mar 1956 – 30 Jul 1956 · 141 days
Mercury in Gemini 14 May 1956 – 7 Jun 1956 · 24 days
Venus in Cancer 31 May 1956 – 13 Jul 1956 · 43 days
Mars in Pisces 10 Aug 1956 – 10 Oct 1956 · 61 days
Mercury in Libra 13 Sep 1956 – 5 Oct 1956 · 22 days
Uranus in Leo 12 Nov 1956 – 9 Feb 1957 · 90 days
Pluto in Virgo 1 Dec 1956 – 9 Feb 1957 · 70 days
← 1955 Neptune retrograde in 1955. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1957 → Neptune retrograde in 1957.