Neptune retrograde 1978

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.9% of 1978. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

20 March → 27 August 1978 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 20 Mar 1978, 14:46 UTC at 18.63° Sagittarius
Stations direct 27 Aug 1978, 21:45 UTC at 15.85° Sagittarius

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Virgo — 20 Mar to 25 Apr 1978 (36 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Scorpio — 20 Mar to 21 Jul 1978 (123 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — 20 Mar to 24 Jun 1978 (96 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 1 Apr to 25 Apr 1978 (24 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — 4 Aug to 27 Aug 1978 (23 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 1978

Previous

1977 Ended 25 August 1977 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1979 Begins 23 March 1979 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1978

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 1978

Neptune through the zodiac in 1978

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1978, 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.

1978 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1978

Jupiter in Cancer 22 Nov 1977 – 20 Feb 1978 · 90 days
Saturn in Virgo 11 Dec 1977 – 25 Apr 1978 · 135 days
Mars in Leo 12 Dec 1977 – 2 Mar 1978 · 80 days
Pluto in Libra 18 Jan 1978 – 24 Jun 1978 · 156 days
Uranus in Scorpio 19 Feb 1978 – 21 Jul 1978 · 152 days
Mercury in Aries 1 Apr 1978 – 25 Apr 1978 · 24 days
Mercury in Virgo 4 Aug 1978 – 28 Aug 1978 · 24 days
Venus in Scorpio 18 Oct 1978 – 28 Nov 1978 · 41 days
Jupiter in Leo 25 Nov 1978 – 9 Feb 1979 · 76 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 25 Nov 1978 – 15 Dec 1978 · 20 days
Saturn in Virgo 24 Dec 1978 – 9 Feb 1979 · 47 days
← 1977 Neptune retrograde in 1977. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1979 → Neptune retrograde in 1979.