Neptune retrograde 1986

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.9% of 1986. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

7 April → 14 September 1986 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 7 Apr 1986, 08:02 UTC at 6° Capricorn
Stations direct 14 Sep 1986, 18:01 UTC at 3.22° Capricorn

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Sagittarius — 7 Apr to 7 Aug 1986 (122 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — 7 Apr to 27 Aug 1986 (142 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Scorpio — 7 Apr to 15 Jul 1986 (99 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Capricorn — 9 Jun to 12 Aug 1986 (64 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 9 Jul to 3 Aug 1986 (24 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Pisces — 12 Jul to 14 Sep 1986 (64 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 1986

Previous

1985 Ended 12 September 1985 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1987 Begins 9 April 1987 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1986

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 1986

Neptune through the zodiac in 1986

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1986, 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.

1986 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1986

Pluto in Scorpio 8 Feb 1986 – 15 Jul 1986 · 157 days
Mercury in Aries 7 Mar 1986 – 30 Mar 1986 · 23 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 19 Mar 1986 – 7 Aug 1986 · 141 days
Uranus in Sagittarius 27 Mar 1986 – 27 Aug 1986 · 153 days
Mars in Capricorn 9 Jun 1986 – 12 Aug 1986 · 64 days
Mercury in Leo 9 Jul 1986 – 3 Aug 1986 · 24 days
Jupiter in Pisces 12 Jul 1986 – 8 Nov 1986 · 119 days
Venus in Scorpio 15 Oct 1986 – 26 Nov 1986 · 41 days
Mercury in Scorpio 2 Nov 1986 – 22 Nov 1986 · 20 days
← 1985 Neptune retrograde in 1985. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1987 → Neptune retrograde in 1987.