Neptune retrograde 1998

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.9% of 1998. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.79°

4 May → 11 October 1998 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 4 May 1998, 05:16 UTC at 2.18° Aquarius
Stations direct 11 Oct 1998, 11:41 UTC at 29.39° Capricorn

It begins in Taurus season and ends in Libra season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Pluto in Sagittarius — 4 May to 16 Aug 1998 (104 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — 17 May to 11 Oct 1998 (147 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Pisces — 18 Jul to 11 Oct 1998 (85 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 31 Jul to 23 Aug 1998 (24 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Taurus — 15 Aug to 11 Oct 1998 (57 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 1998

Previous

1997 Ended 9 October 1997 after 160 days, moving back 2.79° through the zodiac.

Next

1999 Begins 6 May 1999 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1998

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.

1998 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1998

Venus in Aquarius 26 Dec 1997 – 5 Feb 1998 · 41 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 11 Mar 1998 – 16 Aug 1998 · 158 days
Mercury in Aries 27 Mar 1998 – 20 Apr 1998 · 24 days
Uranus in Aquarius 17 May 1998 – 18 Oct 1998 · 154 days
Jupiter in Pisces 18 Jul 1998 – 13 Nov 1998 · 118 days
Mercury in Leo 31 Jul 1998 – 23 Aug 1998 · 24 days
Saturn in Taurus 15 Aug 1998 – 29 Dec 1998 · 136 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 21 Nov 1998 – 11 Dec 1998 · 20 days
← 1997 Neptune retrograde in 1997. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1999 → Neptune retrograde in 1999.