Neptune retrograde 1979

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.9% of 1979. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

23 March → 30 August 1979 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 23 Mar 1979, 01:44 UTC at 20.8° Sagittarius
Stations direct 30 Aug 1979, 09:19 UTC at 18.02° Sagittarius

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Aries — 23 Mar to 7 Apr 1979 (15 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Leo — 23 Mar to 25 Mar 1979 (3 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Virgo — 23 Mar to 9 May 1979 (48 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Scorpio — 23 Mar to 26 Jul 1979 (125 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — 23 Mar to 27 Jun 1979 (96 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 17 Jul to 11 Aug 1979 (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 1979

Previous

1978 Ended 27 August 1978 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1980 Begins 24 March 1980 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1979

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 1979

Neptune through the zodiac in 1979

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1979, 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.

1979 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1979

Jupiter in Leo 25 Nov 1978 – 25 Mar 1979 · 120 days
Saturn in Virgo 24 Dec 1978 – 9 May 1979 · 136 days
Pluto in Libra 21 Jan 1979 – 27 Jun 1979 · 156 days
Uranus in Scorpio 24 Feb 1979 – 26 Jul 1979 · 152 days
Mercury in Aries 15 Mar 1979 – 7 Apr 1979 · 23 days
Mercury in Leo 17 Jul 1979 – 11 Aug 1979 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 9 Nov 1979 – 29 Nov 1979 · 20 days
Jupiter in Virgo 26 Dec 1979 – 9 Feb 1980 · 45 days
← 1978 Neptune retrograde in 1978. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1980 → Neptune retrograde in 1980.