Neptune retrograde 1983

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.9% of 1983. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

31 March → 8 September 1983 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 31 Mar 1983, 22:07 UTC at 29.48° Sagittarius
Stations direct 8 Sep 1983, 07:28 UTC at 26.7° Sagittarius

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Sagittarius — 31 Mar to 29 Jul 1983 (119 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Scorpio — 31 Mar to 1 Jul 1983 (92 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — 31 Mar to 14 Aug 1983 (135 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — 31 Mar to 7 Jul 1983 (97 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — 1 May to 25 May 1983 (24 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Virgo — 3 Aug to 8 Sep 1983 (35 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — 2 Sep to 8 Sep 1983 (6 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 1983

Previous

1982 Ended 5 September 1982 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1984 Begins 2 April 1984 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1983

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 1983

Neptune through the zodiac in 1983

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1983, 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.

1983 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1983

Mercury in Aquarius 7 Jan 1983 – 27 Jan 1983 · 20 days
Pluto in Libra 1 Feb 1983 – 7 Jul 1983 · 156 days
Saturn in Scorpio 12 Feb 1983 – 1 Jul 1983 · 139 days
Uranus in Sagittarius 14 Mar 1983 – 14 Aug 1983 · 153 days
Jupiter in Sagittarius 27 Mar 1983 – 29 Jul 1983 · 123 days
Mercury in Taurus 1 May 1983 – 25 May 1983 · 24 days
Venus in Virgo 3 Aug 1983 – 15 Sep 1983 · 43 days
Mercury in Libra 2 Sep 1983 – 24 Sep 1983 · 23 days
Mercury in Capricorn 22 Dec 1983 – 11 Jan 1984 · 20 days
← 1982 Neptune retrograde in 1982. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1984 → Neptune retrograde in 1984.