Neptune retrograde 1976

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.8% of 1976. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

15 March → 22 August 1976 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 15 Mar 1976, 17:01 UTC at 14.3° Sagittarius
Stations direct 22 Aug 1976, 22:36 UTC at 11.52° Sagittarius

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Leo — 15 Mar to 27 Mar 1976 (12 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Scorpio — 15 Mar to 11 Jul 1976 (118 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — 15 Mar to 18 Jun 1976 (95 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 9 May to 2 Jun 1976 (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 1976

Previous

1975 Ended 21 August 1975 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1977 Begins 18 March 1977 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1976

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 1976

Neptune through the zodiac in 1976

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1976, 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.

1976 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1976

Mars in Cancer 22 Nov 1975 – 20 Jan 1976 · 60 days
Saturn in Leo 22 Nov 1975 – 27 Mar 1976 · 127 days
Pluto in Libra 14 Jan 1976 – 18 Jun 1976 · 157 days
Mercury in Aquarius 14 Jan 1976 – 3 Feb 1976 · 21 days
Uranus in Scorpio 10 Feb 1976 – 11 Jul 1976 · 151 days
Mercury in Gemini 9 May 1976 – 2 Jun 1976 · 24 days
Mercury in Libra 8 Sep 1976 – 1 Oct 1976 · 22 days
Jupiter in Gemini 19 Sep 1976 – 15 Jan 1977 · 118 days
Saturn in Leo 27 Nov 1976 – 9 Feb 1977 · 74 days
Mercury in Capricorn 28 Dec 1976 – 17 Jan 1977 · 20 days
← 1975 Neptune retrograde in 1975. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1977 → Neptune retrograde in 1977.