Neptune retrograde 1977

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.9% of 1977. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

18 March → 25 August 1977 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 18 Mar 1977, 03:52 UTC at 16.46° Sagittarius
Stations direct 25 Aug 1977, 10:11 UTC at 13.68° Sagittarius

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Venus in Aries — 18 Mar to 27 Apr 1977 (40 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Leo — 18 Mar to 11 Apr 1977 (24 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Scorpio — 18 Mar to 16 Jul 1977 (120 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — 18 Mar to 21 Jun 1977 (95 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — 20 Apr to 13 May 1977 (24 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — 22 Aug to 25 Aug 1977 (3 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 1977

Previous

1976 Ended 22 August 1976 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1978 Begins 20 March 1978 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1977

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 1977

Neptune through the zodiac in 1977

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1977, 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.

1977 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1977

Jupiter in Taurus 22 Nov 1976 – 15 Jan 1977 · 54 days
Saturn in Leo 27 Nov 1976 – 11 Apr 1977 · 134 days
Mercury in Capricorn 28 Dec 1976 – 17 Jan 1977 · 20 days
Pluto in Libra 16 Jan 1977 – 21 Jun 1977 · 156 days
Uranus in Scorpio 14 Feb 1977 – 16 Jul 1977 · 152 days
Venus in Aries 16 Mar 1977 – 27 Apr 1977 · 42 days
Mercury in Taurus 20 Apr 1977 – 13 May 1977 · 24 days
Mercury in Virgo 22 Aug 1977 – 14 Sep 1977 · 23 days
Jupiter in Cancer 24 Oct 1977 – 9 Feb 1978 · 109 days
Saturn in Virgo 11 Dec 1977 – 9 Feb 1978 · 61 days
Mercury in Capricorn 12 Dec 1977 – 31 Dec 1977 · 20 days
Mars in Leo 12 Dec 1977 – 9 Feb 1978 · 59 days
← 1976 Neptune retrograde in 1976. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1978 → Neptune retrograde in 1978.