Neptune retrograde 2018

1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.6% of 2018. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.8°

18 June → 25 November 2018 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 18 Jun 2018, 19:04 UTC at 16.25° Pisces
Stations direct 25 Nov 2018, 00:34 UTC at 13.45° 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

  • Jupiter in Scorpio — 18 Jun to 10 Jul 2018 (22 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Capricorn — 18 Jun to 6 Sep 2018 (80 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — 18 Jun to 30 Sep 2018 (104 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Aquarius — 26 Jun to 27 Aug 2018 (62 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 26 Jul to 19 Aug 2018 (24 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 7 Aug to 25 Nov 2018 (109 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Scorpio — 5 Oct to 16 Nov 2018 (42 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Sagittarius — 17 Nov to 25 Nov 2018 (8 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — 22 Nov to 25 Nov 2018 (3 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 2018

Previous

2017 Ended 22 November 2017 after 159 days, moving back 2.8° through the zodiac.

Next

2019 Begins 21 June 2019 and runs 159 days.

Gap across 2018

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 2018

Neptune through the zodiac in 2018

Every sign Neptune occupies during 2018, 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.

2018 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2018

Uranus in Aries 22 Nov 2017 – 2 Jan 2018 · 42 days
Jupiter in Scorpio 9 Mar 2018 – 10 Jul 2018 · 124 days
Mercury in Aries 23 Mar 2018 – 15 Apr 2018 · 23 days
Saturn in Capricorn 18 Apr 2018 – 6 Sep 2018 · 141 days
Pluto in Capricorn 22 Apr 2018 – 30 Sep 2018 · 162 days
Mars in Aquarius 26 Jun 2018 – 27 Aug 2018 · 62 days
Mercury in Leo 26 Jul 2018 – 19 Aug 2018 · 24 days
Uranus in Taurus 7 Aug 2018 – 6 Jan 2019 · 152 days
Venus in Scorpio 5 Oct 2018 – 16 Nov 2018 · 42 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 17 Nov 2018 – 6 Dec 2018 · 20 days
← 2017 Neptune retrograde in 2017. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2019 → Neptune retrograde in 2019.