Neptune retrograde 2008

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.7% of 2008. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.79°

26 May → 2 November 2008 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 26 May 2008, 09:37 UTC at 24.14° Aquarius
Stations direct 2 Nov 2008, 06:04 UTC at 21.35° Aquarius

It begins in Gemini season and ends in Scorpio season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Capricorn — 26 May to 8 Sep 2008 (105 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — 26 May to 9 Sep 2008 (106 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 26 May to 19 Jun 2008 (24 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Pisces — 26 Jun to 2 Nov 2008 (128 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — 24 Sep to 15 Oct 2008 (22 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 2008

Previous

2007 Ended 31 October 2007 after 160 days, moving back 2.79° through the zodiac.

Next

2009 Begins 28 May 2009 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 2008

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.

2008 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2008

Mars in Cancer 22 Nov 2007 – 30 Jan 2008 · 70 days
Saturn in Virgo 19 Dec 2007 – 2 May 2008 · 136 days
Mercury in Aquarius 28 Jan 2008 – 19 Feb 2008 · 21 days
Pluto in Capricorn 2 Apr 2008 – 9 Sep 2008 · 160 days
Jupiter in Capricorn 9 May 2008 – 8 Sep 2008 · 122 days
Mercury in Gemini 26 May 2008 – 19 Jun 2008 · 24 days
Uranus in Pisces 26 Jun 2008 – 27 Nov 2008 · 154 days
Mercury in Libra 24 Sep 2008 – 15 Oct 2008 · 22 days
Saturn in Virgo 31 Dec 2008 – 9 Feb 2009 · 40 days
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