Neptune retrograde 2016

1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.5% of 2016. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.8°

13 June → 20 November 2016 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 13 Jun 2016, 16:50 UTC at 11.82° Pisces
Stations direct 20 Nov 2016, 01:38 UTC at 9.02° 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

  • Mars in Sagittarius — 13 Jun to 29 Jun 2016 (16 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Sagittarius — 13 Jun to 13 Aug 2016 (61 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — 13 Jun to 26 Sep 2016 (105 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — 29 Jul to 20 Nov 2016 (113 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — 30 Aug to 22 Sep 2016 (23 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 2016

Previous

2015 Ended 18 November 2015 after 159 days, moving back 2.8° through the zodiac.

Next

2017 Begins 16 June 2017 and runs 159 days.

Gap across 2016

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 2016

Neptune through the zodiac in 2016

Every sign Neptune occupies during 2016, 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.

2016 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2016

Mercury in Aquarius 5 Jan 2016 – 25 Jan 2016 · 20 days
Jupiter in Virgo 8 Jan 2016 – 9 May 2016 · 122 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 25 Mar 2016 – 13 Aug 2016 · 141 days
Mars in Sagittarius 17 Apr 2016 – 29 Jun 2016 · 73 days
Pluto in Capricorn 18 Apr 2016 – 26 Sep 2016 · 161 days
Mercury in Taurus 28 Apr 2016 – 22 May 2016 · 24 days
Uranus in Aries 29 Jul 2016 – 29 Dec 2016 · 153 days
Mercury in Virgo 30 Aug 2016 – 22 Sep 2016 · 23 days
Mercury in Capricorn 19 Dec 2016 – 8 Jan 2017 · 20 days
← 2015 Neptune retrograde in 2015. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2017 → Neptune retrograde in 2017.