Neptune retrograde 2019

1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.6% of 2019. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.8°

21 June → 27 November 2019 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 21 Jun 2019, 08:13 UTC at 18.47° Pisces
Stations direct 27 Nov 2019, 12:03 UTC at 15.67° 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 Sagittarius — 21 Jun to 11 Aug 2019 (51 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Capricorn — 21 Jun to 18 Sep 2019 (89 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — 21 Jun to 3 Oct 2019 (104 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 7 Jul to 1 Aug 2019 (24 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 11 Aug to 27 Nov 2019 (108 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Scorpio — 31 Oct to 20 Nov 2019 (20 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 22 Nov to 27 Nov 2019 (6 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 2019

Previous

2018 Ended 25 November 2018 after 159 days, moving back 2.8° through the zodiac.

Next

2020 Begins 22 June 2020 and runs 159 days.

Gap across 2019

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 2019

Neptune through the zodiac in 2019

Every sign Neptune occupies during 2019, 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.

2019 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2019

Uranus in Aries 22 Nov 2018 – 6 Jan 2019 · 46 days
Mercury in Pisces 5 Mar 2019 – 28 Mar 2019 · 23 days
Jupiter in Sagittarius 10 Apr 2019 – 11 Aug 2019 · 123 days
Pluto in Capricorn 24 Apr 2019 – 3 Oct 2019 · 162 days
Saturn in Capricorn 29 Apr 2019 – 18 Sep 2019 · 141 days
Mercury in Leo 7 Jul 2019 – 1 Aug 2019 · 24 days
Uranus in Taurus 11 Aug 2019 – 11 Jan 2020 · 152 days
Mercury in Scorpio 31 Oct 2019 – 20 Nov 2019 · 20 days
← 2018 Neptune retrograde in 2018. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2020 → Neptune retrograde in 2020.