Neptune retrograde 1997

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.9% of 1997. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.79°

1 May → 9 October 1997 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 1 May 1997, 17:09 UTC at 29.99° Capricorn
Stations direct 9 Oct 1997, 00:15 UTC at 27.2° Capricorn

It begins in Taurus season and ends in Libra season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Taurus — 1 May to 8 May 1997 (7 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Sagittarius — 1 May to 13 Aug 1997 (104 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — 12 May to 9 Oct 1997 (149 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aquarius — 10 Jun to 8 Oct 1997 (120 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Aries — 1 Aug to 9 Oct 1997 (69 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — 17 Aug to 10 Sep 1997 (23 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 1997

Previous

1996 Ended 6 October 1996 after 160 days, moving back 2.79° through the zodiac.

Next

1998 Begins 4 May 1998 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1997

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.

1997 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1997

Mercury in Capricorn 23 Dec 1996 – 12 Jan 1997 · 20 days
Mars in Libra 6 Feb 1997 – 27 Apr 1997 · 81 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 8 Mar 1997 – 13 Aug 1997 · 158 days
Mercury in Taurus 14 Apr 1997 – 8 May 1997 · 24 days
Uranus in Aquarius 12 May 1997 – 14 Oct 1997 · 154 days
Jupiter in Aquarius 10 Jun 1997 – 8 Oct 1997 · 120 days
Saturn in Aries 1 Aug 1997 – 16 Dec 1997 · 137 days
Mercury in Virgo 17 Aug 1997 – 10 Sep 1997 · 23 days
Mercury in Capricorn 7 Dec 1997 – 27 Dec 1997 · 20 days
Venus in Aquarius 26 Dec 1997 – 5 Feb 1998 · 41 days
← 1996 Neptune retrograde in 1996. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1998 → Neptune retrograde in 1998.