Neptune retrograde 1969

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.8% of 1969. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

28 February → 7 August 1969 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 28 Feb 1969, 14:27 UTC at 29.15° Scorpio
Stations direct 7 Aug 1969, 13:21 UTC at 26.37° Scorpio

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Libra — 28 Feb to 23 May 1969 (84 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Libra — 28 Feb to 7 Jun 1969 (99 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Virgo — 28 Feb to 2 Jun 1969 (94 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Aries — 18 Mar to 29 Apr 1969 (42 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Sagittarius — 27 Apr to 8 Jul 1969 (72 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 17 May to 10 Jun 1969 (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 1969

Previous

1968 Ended 5 August 1968 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1970 Begins 3 March 1970 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1969

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 1969

Neptune through the zodiac in 1969

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1969, 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 – 22 Dec
Neptune in Sagittarius 22 Dec – 31 Dec and beyond

2 segments in 1969. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1969 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1969

Pluto in Virgo 27 Dec 1968 – 2 Jun 1969 · 157 days
Uranus in Libra 8 Jan 1969 – 7 Jun 1969 · 150 days
Mercury in Aquarius 20 Jan 1969 – 10 Feb 1969 · 21 days
Jupiter in Libra 20 Jan 1969 – 23 May 1969 · 123 days
Venus in Aries 18 Mar 1969 – 29 Apr 1969 · 42 days
Mars in Sagittarius 27 Apr 1969 – 8 Jul 1969 · 72 days
Mercury in Gemini 17 May 1969 – 10 Jun 1969 · 24 days
Saturn in Taurus 21 Aug 1969 – 3 Jan 1970 · 136 days
Mercury in Libra 16 Sep 1969 – 8 Oct 1969 · 22 days
Pluto in Virgo 30 Dec 1969 – 9 Feb 1970 · 42 days
← 1968 Neptune retrograde in 1968. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1970 → Neptune retrograde in 1970.