Neptune retrograde 2020

1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.5% of 2020. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.81°

22 June → 28 November 2020 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 22 Jun 2020, 21:25 UTC at 20.69° Pisces
Stations direct 28 Nov 2020, 23:32 UTC at 17.89° 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 Cancer season and ends in Sagittarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Cancer — 22 Jun to 12 Jul 2020 (19 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Gemini — 22 Jun to 25 Jun 2020 (2 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Capricorn — 22 Jun to 13 Sep 2020 (82 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Aquarius — 22 Jun to 29 Sep 2020 (98 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — 22 Jun to 4 Oct 2020 (104 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 15 Aug to 28 Nov 2020 (106 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Aries — 9 Sep to 13 Nov 2020 (65 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Scorpio — 14 Oct to 3 Nov 2020 (21 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 22 Nov to 28 Nov 2020 (7 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 2020

Previous

2019 Ended 27 November 2019 after 159 days, moving back 2.8° through the zodiac.

Next

2021 Begins 25 June 2021 and runs 159 days.

Gap across 2020

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 2020

Neptune through the zodiac in 2020

Every sign Neptune occupies during 2020, 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.

2020 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2020

Uranus in Taurus 22 Nov 2019 – 11 Jan 2020 · 50 days
Mercury in Pisces 17 Feb 2020 – 10 Mar 2020 · 22 days
Pluto in Capricorn 25 Apr 2020 – 4 Oct 2020 · 162 days
Saturn in Aquarius 11 May 2020 – 29 Sep 2020 · 141 days
Venus in Gemini 13 May 2020 – 25 Jun 2020 · 43 days
Jupiter in Capricorn 14 May 2020 – 13 Sep 2020 · 121 days
Mercury in Cancer 18 Jun 2020 – 12 Jul 2020 · 24 days
Uranus in Taurus 15 Aug 2020 – 14 Jan 2021 · 152 days
Mars in Aries 9 Sep 2020 – 13 Nov 2020 · 65 days
Mercury in Scorpio 14 Oct 2020 – 3 Nov 2020 · 21 days
← 2019 Neptune retrograde in 2019. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2021 → Neptune retrograde in 2021.