Neptune retrograde 1981

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.9% of 1981. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

26 March → 3 September 1981 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 26 Mar 1981, 23:49 UTC at 25.14° Sagittarius
Stations direct 3 Sep 1981, 08:25 UTC at 22.36° Sagittarius

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Libra — 26 Mar to 27 May 1981 (62 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Libra — 26 Mar to 5 Jun 1981 (70 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — 26 Mar to 4 Aug 1981 (130 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — 26 Mar to 1 Jul 1981 (97 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — 9 Jun to 3 Jul 1981 (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 1981

Previous

1980 Ended 31 August 1980 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1982 Begins 29 March 1982 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1981

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 1981

Neptune through the zodiac in 1981

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1981, 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.

1981 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1981

Saturn in Libra 18 Jan 1981 – 5 Jun 1981 · 137 days
Jupiter in Libra 24 Jan 1981 – 27 May 1981 · 123 days
Pluto in Libra 26 Jan 1981 – 1 Jul 1981 · 156 days
Mercury in Pisces 8 Feb 1981 – 2 Mar 1981 · 22 days
Uranus in Sagittarius 4 Mar 1981 – 4 Aug 1981 · 152 days
Mercury in Cancer 9 Jun 1981 – 3 Jul 1981 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio 6 Oct 1981 – 27 Oct 1981 · 21 days
Venus in Aquarius 31 Dec 1981 – 9 Feb 1982 · 40 days
← 1980 Neptune retrograde in 1980. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1982 → Neptune retrograde in 1982.