Neptune retrograde 1973

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.9% of 1973. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

9 March → 16 August 1973 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 9 Mar 1973, 08:46 UTC at 7.8° Sagittarius
Stations direct 16 Aug 1973, 11:50 UTC at 5.02° Sagittarius

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Pisces — 9 Mar to 27 Mar 1973 (18 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Libra — 9 Mar to 26 Jun 1973 (109 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — 9 Mar to 11 Jun 1973 (94 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aquarius — 30 May to 16 Aug 1973 (78 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 6 Jul to 30 Jul 1973 (24 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 1973

Previous

1972 Ended 14 August 1972 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1974 Begins 11 March 1974 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1973

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 1973

Neptune through the zodiac in 1973

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1973, 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.

1973 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1973

Saturn in Gemini 22 Nov 1972 – 13 Feb 1973 · 84 days
Pluto in Libra 6 Jan 1973 – 11 Jun 1973 · 157 days
Uranus in Libra 27 Jan 1973 – 26 Jun 1973 · 151 days
Mercury in Pisces 4 Mar 1973 – 27 Mar 1973 · 23 days
Jupiter in Aquarius 30 May 1973 – 28 Sep 1973 · 121 days
Mercury in Leo 6 Jul 1973 – 30 Jul 1973 · 24 days
Mars in Taurus 19 Sep 1973 – 25 Nov 1973 · 67 days
Saturn in Cancer 17 Oct 1973 – 9 Feb 1974 · 116 days
Mercury in Scorpio 30 Oct 1973 – 19 Nov 1973 · 20 days
← 1972 Neptune retrograde in 1972. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1974 → Neptune retrograde in 1974.