Neptune retrograde 1968

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.7% of 1968. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

27 February → 5 August 1968 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 27 Feb 1968, 03:59 UTC at 26.98° Scorpio
Stations direct 5 Aug 1968, 01:43 UTC at 24.2° Scorpio

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Pisces — 27 Feb to 28 Feb 1968 (1 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Virgo — 27 Feb to 21 Apr 1968 (55 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Virgo — 27 Feb to 2 Jun 1968 (96 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Virgo — 27 Feb to 31 May 1968 (94 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — 6 Jun to 30 Jun 1968 (24 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 1968

Previous

1967 Ended 3 August 1967 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1969 Begins 28 February 1969 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1968

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 1968

Neptune through the zodiac in 1968

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1968, 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.

1968 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1968

Jupiter in Virgo 22 Dec 1967 – 21 Apr 1968 · 122 days
Pluto in Virgo 25 Dec 1967 – 31 May 1968 · 157 days
Uranus in Virgo 4 Jan 1968 – 2 Jun 1968 · 150 days
Mercury in Pisces 6 Feb 1968 – 28 Feb 1968 · 22 days
Mercury in Cancer 6 Jun 1968 – 30 Jun 1968 · 24 days
Saturn in Aries 7 Aug 1968 – 21 Dec 1968 · 136 days
Mercury in Scorpio 3 Oct 1968 – 24 Oct 1968 · 21 days
Pluto in Virgo 27 Dec 1968 – 9 Feb 1969 · 45 days
← 1967 Neptune retrograde in 1967. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1969 → Neptune retrograde in 1969.