Neptune retrograde 2006

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.8% of 2006. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.79°

22 May → 29 October 2006 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 22 May 2006, 08:18 UTC at 19.74° Aquarius
Stations direct 29 Oct 2006, 07:12 UTC at 16.95° Aquarius

It begins in Gemini season and ends in Scorpio season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Scorpio — 22 May to 6 Jul 2006 (45 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Sagittarius — 22 May to 4 Sep 2006 (106 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Pisces — 19 Jun to 29 Oct 2006 (132 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 4 Jul to 29 Jul 2006 (24 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Scorpio — 28 Oct to 29 Oct 2006 (1 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 2006

Previous

2005 Ended 26 October 2005 after 160 days, moving back 2.79° through the zodiac.

Next

2007 Begins 24 May 2007 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 2006

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.

2006 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2006

Saturn in Leo 22 Nov 2005 – 5 Apr 2006 · 134 days
Venus in Aquarius 24 Dec 2005 – 3 Feb 2006 · 41 days
Mercury in Pisces 2 Mar 2006 – 25 Mar 2006 · 23 days
Jupiter in Scorpio 4 Mar 2006 – 6 Jul 2006 · 124 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 29 Mar 2006 – 4 Sep 2006 · 160 days
Uranus in Pisces 19 Jun 2006 – 20 Nov 2006 · 154 days
Mercury in Leo 4 Jul 2006 – 29 Jul 2006 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio 28 Oct 2006 – 18 Nov 2006 · 20 days
Saturn in Leo 5 Dec 2006 – 9 Feb 2007 · 66 days
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