Uranus retrograde 1940

2 periods, 148 days inside the year — 40.4% of 1940. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

66 days · retreats 1.61° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 26 January 1940 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1939, 00:00 UTC at 20.43° Taurus
Stations direct 26 Jan 1940, 18:55 UTC at 18.82° Taurus
Shadow closes 29 Mar 1940 (63 days after)

Uranus retrograde in Taurus

Uranus retrograde in Taurus internalises disruption around money, land and values. Sudden changes of the previous months are digested, and people rethink how they earn and what they own. It suits innovating quietly in practical matters.

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Sagittarius — 22 Nov to 8 Dec 1939 (16 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aries — 22 Nov to 24 Nov 1939 (3 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Taurus — 22 Nov to 27 Dec 1939 (36 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 22 Nov to 26 Jan 1940 (66 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 22 Nov to 26 Jan 1940 (66 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Virgo — 28 Dec to 26 Jan 1940 (29 days of overlap)

Read against Taurus, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

151 days · retreats 4.01° · crosses the year boundary

1 September → 30 January 1941 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 1 Sep 1940, 00:10 UTC at 26.98° Taurus
Stations direct 30 Jan 1941, 03:34 UTC at 22.97° Taurus

Uranus retrograde in Taurus

Uranus retrograde in Taurus internalises disruption around money, land and values. Sudden changes of the previous months are digested, and people rethink how they earn and what they own. It suits innovating quietly in practical matters.

It begins in Virgo season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Taurus — 1 Sep to 9 Jan 1941 (130 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Taurus — 4 Sep to 31 Dec 1940 (118 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Scorpio — 1 Nov to 21 Nov 1940 (20 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 4 Nov to 30 Jan 1941 (86 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Taurus — 22 Nov to 9 Jan 1941 (48 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 22 Nov to 30 Jan 1941 (69 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Virgo — 29 Dec to 30 Jan 1941 (31 days of overlap)

Read against Taurus, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Uranus retrogrades either side of 1940

Previous

1939 Ended 26 January 1940 after 151 days, moving back 4° through the zodiac.

Next

1941 Begins 22 November 1940 and runs 69 days.

Gap across 1940

0.8 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 1940

Uranus through the zodiac in 1940

Every sign Uranus occupies during 1940, 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.

Uranus in Taurus From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

The whole year is spent in one sign — a sign of how slowly Uranus moves.

1940 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1940

Pluto in Leo 22 Nov 1939 – 13 Apr 1940 · 143 days
Neptune in Virgo 28 Dec 1939 – 3 Jun 1940 · 158 days
Mercury in Aries 6 Mar 1940 – 29 Mar 1940 · 23 days
Venus in Cancer 5 Jun 1940 – 18 Jul 1940 · 43 days
Mercury in Leo 8 Jul 1940 – 1 Aug 1940 · 24 days
Saturn in Taurus 27 Aug 1940 – 9 Jan 1941 · 135 days
Jupiter in Taurus 4 Sep 1940 – 31 Dec 1940 · 118 days
Mercury in Scorpio 1 Nov 1940 – 21 Nov 1940 · 20 days
Pluto in Leo 4 Nov 1940 – 9 Feb 1941 · 97 days
Neptune in Virgo 29 Dec 1940 – 9 Feb 1941 · 42 days