Neptune retrograde 1999

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.9% of 1999. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.79°

6 May → 13 October 1999 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 6 May 1999, 17:26 UTC at 4.37° Aquarius
Stations direct 13 Oct 1999, 23:08 UTC at 1.58° Aquarius

It begins in Taurus season and ends in Libra season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mars in Scorpio — 6 May to 4 Jun 1999 (28 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Sagittarius — 6 May to 18 Aug 1999 (104 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — 21 May to 13 Oct 1999 (145 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 12 Jul to 6 Aug 1999 (24 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Virgo — 30 Jul to 11 Sep 1999 (43 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Taurus — 25 Aug to 13 Oct 1999 (50 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Taurus — 29 Aug to 13 Oct 1999 (45 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 1999

Previous

1998 Ended 11 October 1998 after 160 days, moving back 2.79° through the zodiac.

Next

2000 Begins 8 May 2000 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1999

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.

1999 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1999

Mercury in Aries 10 Mar 1999 – 2 Apr 1999 · 23 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 13 Mar 1999 – 18 Aug 1999 · 158 days
Mars in Scorpio 18 Mar 1999 – 4 Jun 1999 · 78 days
Uranus in Aquarius 21 May 1999 – 23 Oct 1999 · 154 days
Mercury in Leo 12 Jul 1999 – 6 Aug 1999 · 24 days
Venus in Virgo 30 Jul 1999 – 11 Sep 1999 · 43 days
Jupiter in Taurus 25 Aug 1999 – 20 Dec 1999 · 118 days
Saturn in Taurus 29 Aug 1999 – 12 Jan 2000 · 135 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 5 Nov 1999 – 25 Nov 1999 · 20 days
← 1998 Neptune retrograde in 1998. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2000 → Neptune retrograde in 2000.