Neptune retrograde 1966

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.8% of 1966. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

22 February → 1 August 1966 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 22 Feb 1966, 07:09 UTC at 22.66° Scorpio
Stations direct 1 Aug 1966, 02:24 UTC at 19.88° Scorpio

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Virgo — 22 Feb to 23 May 1966 (90 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Virgo — 22 Feb to 27 May 1966 (94 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 12 Mar to 4 Apr 1966 (23 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Aries — 11 Jul to 1 Aug 1966 (21 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 14 Jul to 1 Aug 1966 (17 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 1966

Previous

1965 Ended 29 July 1965 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1967 Begins 24 February 1967 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1966

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 1966

Neptune through the zodiac in 1966

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1966, 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.

1966 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1966

Jupiter in Gemini 22 Nov 1965 – 15 Feb 1966 · 85 days
Pluto in Virgo 20 Dec 1965 – 27 May 1966 · 157 days
Uranus in Virgo 25 Dec 1965 – 23 May 1966 · 150 days
Venus in Aquarius 5 Jan 1966 – 15 Feb 1966 · 41 days
Mercury in Aries 12 Mar 1966 – 4 Apr 1966 · 23 days
Saturn in Aries 11 Jul 1966 – 26 Nov 1966 · 138 days
Mercury in Leo 14 Jul 1966 – 7 Aug 1966 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 6 Nov 1966 – 26 Nov 1966 · 20 days
Jupiter in Leo 21 Nov 1966 – 9 Feb 1967 · 81 days
Pluto in Virgo 23 Dec 1966 – 9 Feb 1967 · 49 days
Uranus in Virgo 30 Dec 1966 – 9 Feb 1967 · 42 days
← 1965 Neptune retrograde in 1965. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1967 → Neptune retrograde in 1967.