Neptune retrograde 2015

1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.7% of 2015. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.8°

12 June → 18 November 2015 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 12 Jun 2015, 03:47 UTC at 9.61° Pisces
Stations direct 18 Nov 2015, 14:11 UTC at 6.81° Pisces

Neptune retrograde in Pisces

Neptune retrograde in Pisces, its home sign, clears some of the fog. Illusions become visible, spiritual practices are reassessed, and escapism is questioned. It suits grounding dreams in reality.

It begins in Gemini season and ends in Scorpio season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Sagittarius — 12 Jun to 2 Aug 2015 (51 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — 12 Jun to 25 Sep 2015 (105 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Virgo — 25 Jul to 6 Sep 2015 (43 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — 26 Jul to 18 Nov 2015 (115 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — 17 Sep to 9 Oct 2015 (22 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 2015

Previous

2014 Ended 16 November 2014 after 159 days, moving back 2.8° through the zodiac.

Next

2016 Begins 13 June 2016 and runs 159 days.

Gap across 2015

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.

Computed for 2015

Neptune through the zodiac in 2015

Every sign Neptune occupies during 2015, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Neptune in Pisces From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

The whole year is spent in one sign — a sign of how slowly Neptune moves.

2015 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2015

Jupiter in Leo 8 Dec 2014 – 8 Apr 2015 · 121 days
Mercury in Aquarius 21 Jan 2015 – 11 Feb 2015 · 21 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 14 Mar 2015 – 2 Aug 2015 · 141 days
Pluto in Capricorn 16 Apr 2015 – 25 Sep 2015 · 161 days
Mercury in Gemini 19 May 2015 – 11 Jun 2015 · 24 days
Venus in Virgo 25 Jul 2015 – 6 Sep 2015 · 43 days
Uranus in Aries 26 Jul 2015 – 26 Dec 2015 · 153 days
Mercury in Libra 17 Sep 2015 – 9 Oct 2015 · 22 days
← 2014 Neptune retrograde in 2014. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2016 → Neptune retrograde in 2016.