Neptune retrograde 1972

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.7% of 1972. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

6 March → 14 August 1972 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 6 Mar 1972, 22:07 UTC at 5.64° Sagittarius
Stations direct 14 Aug 1972, 00:13 UTC at 2.86° Sagittarius

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Libra — 6 Mar to 21 Jun 1972 (107 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — 6 Mar to 9 Jun 1972 (94 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 21 Mar to 14 Apr 1972 (23 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Capricorn — 24 Apr to 14 Aug 1972 (111 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Cancer — 27 May to 9 Jul 1972 (43 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 24 Jul to 14 Aug 1972 (20 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 1972

Previous

1971 Ended 12 August 1971 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1973 Begins 9 March 1973 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1972

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 1972

Neptune through the zodiac in 1972

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1972, 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 Sagittarius From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

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

1972 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1972

Saturn in Gemini 22 Nov 1971 – 31 Jan 1972 · 71 days
Pluto in Libra 4 Jan 1972 – 9 Jun 1972 · 157 days
Uranus in Libra 23 Jan 1972 – 21 Jun 1972 · 151 days
Mercury in Aries 21 Mar 1972 – 14 Apr 1972 · 23 days
Jupiter in Capricorn 24 Apr 1972 – 25 Aug 1972 · 122 days
Venus in Cancer 27 May 1972 – 9 Jul 1972 · 43 days
Mercury in Leo 24 Jul 1972 – 17 Aug 1972 · 24 days
Saturn in Gemini 2 Oct 1972 – 9 Feb 1973 · 130 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 15 Nov 1972 – 5 Dec 1972 · 20 days
← 1971 Neptune retrograde in 1971. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1973 → Neptune retrograde in 1973.