Neptune retrograde 1985

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.9% of 1985. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

4 April → 12 September 1985 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 4 Apr 1985, 20:41 UTC at 3.82° Capricorn
Stations direct 12 Sep 1985, 06:31 UTC at 1.04° Capricorn

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Aries — 4 Apr to 17 Apr 1985 (12 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Aries — 4 Apr to 25 Apr 1985 (20 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Scorpio — 4 Apr to 25 Jul 1985 (112 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — 4 Apr to 23 Aug 1985 (140 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Scorpio — 4 Apr to 12 Jul 1985 (98 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aquarius — 4 Jun to 12 Sep 1985 (99 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 28 Jul to 20 Aug 1985 (24 days of overlap)

Read against Capricorn, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 1985

Previous

1984 Ended 9 September 1984 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1986 Begins 7 April 1986 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1985

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 1985

Neptune through the zodiac in 1985

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1985, 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 Capricorn From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

The whole year is spent in one sign — a sign of how slowly Neptune moves.

1985 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1985

Pluto in Scorpio 5 Feb 1985 – 12 Jul 1985 · 156 days
Saturn in Scorpio 7 Mar 1985 – 25 Jul 1985 · 140 days
Venus in Aries 13 Mar 1985 – 25 Apr 1985 · 42 days
Uranus in Sagittarius 22 Mar 1985 – 23 Aug 1985 · 153 days
Mercury in Aries 24 Mar 1985 – 17 Apr 1985 · 23 days
Jupiter in Aquarius 4 Jun 1985 – 3 Oct 1985 · 120 days
Mercury in Leo 28 Jul 1985 – 20 Aug 1985 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 18 Nov 1985 – 8 Dec 1985 · 20 days
← 1984 Neptune retrograde in 1984. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1986 → Neptune retrograde in 1986.