Neptune retrograde 2021

1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.6% of 2021. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.81°

25 June → 1 December 2021 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 25 Jun 2021, 10:39 UTC at 22.91° Pisces
Stations direct 1 Dec 2021, 11:01 UTC at 20.11° 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

  • Jupiter in Pisces — 25 Jun to 18 Oct 2021 (115 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Aquarius — 25 Jun to 11 Oct 2021 (108 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — 25 Jun to 6 Oct 2021 (103 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 19 Aug to 1 Dec 2021 (104 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — 27 Sep to 18 Oct 2021 (21 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 22 Nov to 1 Dec 2021 (9 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 2021

Previous

2020 Ended 28 November 2020 after 159 days, moving back 2.81° through the zodiac.

Next

2022 Begins 27 June 2022 and runs 159 days.

Gap across 2021

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 2021

Neptune through the zodiac in 2021

Every sign Neptune occupies during 2021, 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.

2021 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2021

Uranus in Taurus 22 Nov 2020 – 14 Jan 2021 · 53 days
Mercury in Aquarius 30 Jan 2021 – 21 Feb 2021 · 21 days
Pluto in Capricorn 27 Apr 2021 – 6 Oct 2021 · 162 days
Saturn in Aquarius 23 May 2021 – 11 Oct 2021 · 141 days
Mercury in Gemini 29 May 2021 – 22 Jun 2021 · 24 days
Jupiter in Pisces 20 Jun 2021 – 18 Oct 2021 · 120 days
Uranus in Taurus 19 Aug 2021 – 18 Jan 2022 · 152 days
Mercury in Libra 27 Sep 2021 – 18 Oct 2021 · 21 days
Venus in Capricorn 19 Dec 2021 – 29 Jan 2022 · 41 days
← 2020 Neptune retrograde in 2020. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2022 → Neptune retrograde in 2022.