Neptune retrograde 2009

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.8% of 2009. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.8°

28 May → 4 November 2009 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 28 May 2009, 22:21 UTC at 26.35° Aquarius
Stations direct 4 Nov 2009, 17:30 UTC at 23.55° Aquarius

It begins in Gemini season and ends in Scorpio season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Gemini — 28 May to 31 May 2009 (2 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — 28 May to 11 Sep 2009 (106 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aquarius — 15 Jun to 13 Oct 2009 (120 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Pisces — 1 Jul to 4 Nov 2009 (127 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — 7 Sep to 29 Sep 2009 (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 2009

Previous

2008 Ended 2 November 2008 after 160 days, moving back 2.79° through the zodiac.

Next

2010 Begins 31 May 2010 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 2009

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.

2009 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2009

Saturn in Virgo 31 Dec 2008 – 16 May 2009 · 136 days
Mercury in Aquarius 11 Jan 2009 – 1 Feb 2009 · 21 days
Venus in Aries 6 Mar 2009 – 17 Apr 2009 · 42 days
Pluto in Capricorn 4 Apr 2009 – 11 Sep 2009 · 160 days
Mercury in Gemini 7 May 2009 – 31 May 2009 · 24 days
Jupiter in Aquarius 15 Jun 2009 – 13 Oct 2009 · 120 days
Uranus in Pisces 1 Jul 2009 – 1 Dec 2009 · 154 days
Mercury in Libra 7 Sep 2009 – 29 Sep 2009 · 22 days
Mars in Leo 20 Dec 2009 – 9 Feb 2010 · 51 days
Mercury in Capricorn 26 Dec 2009 – 15 Jan 2010 · 20 days
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