Neptune retrograde 1959

1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.7% of 1959. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.78°

7 February → 16 July 1959 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 7 Feb 1959, 07:21 UTC at 7.52° Scorpio
Stations direct 16 Jul 1959, 16:34 UTC at 4.74° Scorpio

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Leo — 7 Feb to 9 Feb 1959 (3 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Virgo — 7 Feb to 9 Feb 1959 (3 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Sagittarius — 18 Mar to 16 Jul 1959 (120 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 19 Mar to 12 Apr 1959 (23 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Capricorn — 16 Apr to 16 Jul 1959 (91 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 1959

Previous

1958 Ended 14 July 1958 after 159 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1960 Begins 9 February 1960 and runs 159 days.

Gap across 1959

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 1959

Neptune through the zodiac in 1959

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1959, 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 – 31 Dec and beyond

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

1959 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1959

Uranus in Leo 22 Nov 1958 – 20 Apr 1959 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo 6 Dec 1958 – 13 May 1959 · 158 days
Jupiter in Sagittarius 18 Mar 1959 – 20 Jul 1959 · 123 days
Mercury in Aries 19 Mar 1959 – 12 Apr 1959 · 23 days
Saturn in Capricorn 16 Apr 1959 – 5 Sep 1959 · 141 days
Mercury in Leo 22 Jul 1959 – 15 Aug 1959 · 24 days
Venus in Virgo 10 Aug 1959 – 22 Sep 1959 · 43 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 14 Nov 1959 – 3 Dec 1959 · 20 days
Uranus in Leo 27 Nov 1959 – 9 Feb 1960 · 75 days
Pluto in Virgo 8 Dec 1959 – 9 Feb 1960 · 63 days
← 1958 Neptune retrograde in 1958. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1960 → Neptune retrograde in 1960.