Uranus retrograde 1949

2 periods, 145 days inside the year — 39.7% of 1949. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

103 days · retreats 3.18° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 5 March 1949 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1948, 00:00 UTC at 0.4° Cancer
Stations direct 5 Mar 1949, 02:05 UTC at 27.22° Gemini

Uranus retrograde in Cancer

Uranus retrograde in Cancer internalises changes around home and family. Shifts in living arrangements and family roles are digested. It suits reimagining what home means.

…and back into Gemini

Uranus retrograde in Gemini internalises disruption in communication and technology. Rapid information changes are processed, and new ways of thinking are integrated. It suits reflecting on how technology shapes daily life.

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Pisces season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Pluto in Leo — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1949 (80 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 22 Nov to 5 Mar 1949 (103 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Virgo — 16 Dec to 9 Feb 1949 (55 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Libra — 16 Jan to 5 Mar 1949 (48 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 24 Jan to 14 Feb 1949 (21 days of overlap)

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

122 days · retreats 3.75° · crosses the year boundary

11 October → 9 February 1950 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 11 Oct 1949, 01:24 UTC at 5.72° Cancer
Stations direct 9 Feb 1950, 23:59 UTC at 1.97° Cancer

Uranus retrograde in Cancer

Uranus retrograde in Cancer internalises changes around home and family. Shifts in living arrangements and family roles are digested. It suits reimagining what home means.

It begins in Libra season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Libra — 11 Oct to 12 Oct 1949 (2 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 19 Nov to 9 Feb 1950 (83 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1950 (80 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Virgo — 30 Dec to 9 Feb 1950 (42 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 8 Jan to 29 Jan 1950 (21 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Aquarius — 10 Jan to 9 Feb 1950 (30 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Libra — 18 Jan to 9 Feb 1950 (22 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Uranus retrogrades either side of 1949

Previous

1948 Ended 9 February 1949 after 127 days, moving back 3.84° through the zodiac.

Next

1950 Begins 22 November 1949 and runs 108 days.

Gap across 1949

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 1949

Uranus through the zodiac in 1949

Every sign Uranus occupies during 1949, 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 Gemini From 1 Jan – 28 May
Uranus in Cancer 28 May – 31 Dec and beyond

2 segments in 1949. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1949 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1949

Pluto in Leo 22 Nov 1948 – 26 Apr 1949 · 155 days
Saturn in Virgo 16 Dec 1948 – 1 May 1949 · 135 days
Neptune in Libra 16 Jan 1949 – 23 Jun 1949 · 159 days
Mercury in Aquarius 24 Jan 1949 – 14 Feb 1949 · 21 days
Jupiter in Aquarius 20 May 1949 – 18 Sep 1949 · 121 days
Mercury in Gemini 23 May 1949 – 16 Jun 1949 · 24 days
Mercury in Libra 21 Sep 1949 – 12 Oct 1949 · 22 days
Pluto in Leo 19 Nov 1949 – 9 Feb 1950 · 83 days
Saturn in Virgo 30 Dec 1949 – 9 Feb 1950 · 42 days
← 1948 Uranus retrograde in 1948. All Uranus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1950 → Uranus retrograde in 1950.