Neptune retrograde 2017

1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.6% of 2017. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.8°

16 June → 22 November 2017 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 16 Jun 2017, 05:56 UTC at 14.04° Pisces
Stations direct 22 Nov 2017, 13:06 UTC at 11.23° 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 Sagittarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Sagittarius — 16 Jun to 25 Aug 2017 (70 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — 16 Jun to 28 Sep 2017 (104 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — 3 Aug to 22 Nov 2017 (111 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — 13 Aug to 5 Sep 2017 (23 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — 22 Nov to 22 Nov 2017 (1 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 2017

Previous

2016 Ended 20 November 2016 after 159 days, moving back 2.8° through the zodiac.

Next

2018 Begins 18 June 2018 and runs 159 days.

Gap across 2017

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 2017

Neptune through the zodiac in 2017

Every sign Neptune occupies during 2017, 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.

2017 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2017

Mercury in Capricorn 19 Dec 2016 – 8 Jan 2017 · 20 days
Jupiter in Libra 6 Feb 2017 – 9 Jun 2017 · 123 days
Venus in Aries 4 Mar 2017 – 15 Apr 2017 · 42 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 6 Apr 2017 – 25 Aug 2017 · 141 days
Mercury in Taurus 9 Apr 2017 – 3 May 2017 · 24 days
Pluto in Capricorn 20 Apr 2017 – 28 Sep 2017 · 161 days
Uranus in Aries 3 Aug 2017 – 2 Jan 2018 · 152 days
Mercury in Virgo 13 Aug 2017 – 5 Sep 2017 · 23 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 3 Dec 2017 – 23 Dec 2017 · 20 days
← 2016 Neptune retrograde in 2016. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2018 → Neptune retrograde in 2018.