Uranus retrograde 1959

2 periods, 144 days inside the year — 39.5% of 1959. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

149 days · retreats 4.15° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 20 April 1959 in Leo

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1958, 01:47 UTC at 16.92° Leo
Stations direct 20 Apr 1959, 04:27 UTC at 12.77° Leo

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aries season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mars in Gemini — 22 Nov to 20 Dec 1958 (28 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Sagittarius — 30 Nov to 20 Dec 1958 (20 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Virgo — 6 Dec to 9 Feb 1959 (66 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Scorpio — 7 Feb to 20 Apr 1959 (72 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Sagittarius — 18 Mar to 20 Apr 1959 (32 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 19 Mar to 12 Apr 1959 (23 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Capricorn — 16 Apr to 20 Apr 1959 (3 days of overlap)

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

75 days · retreats 2.11° · crosses the year boundary

27 November → 9 February 1960 in Leo

Stations retrograde 27 Nov 1959, 01:21 UTC at 21.62° Leo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1960, 23:59 UTC at 19.51° Leo
Shadow opens 17 Sep 1959 (71 days before)

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Sagittarius — 27 Nov to 3 Dec 1959 (7 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Virgo — 8 Dec to 9 Feb 1960 (63 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Scorpio — 9 Feb to 9 Feb 1960 (0 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Uranus retrogrades either side of 1959

Previous

1958 Ended 9 February 1959 after 80 days, moving back 2.32° through the zodiac.

Next

1960 Begins 27 November 1959 and runs 149 days.

Gap across 1959

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 1959

Uranus through the zodiac in 1959

Every sign Uranus occupies during 1959, 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 Leo From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

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

1959 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1959

Pluto in Virgo 6 Dec 1958 – 13 May 1959 · 158 days
Neptune in Scorpio 7 Feb 1959 – 16 Jul 1959 · 159 days
Jupiter in Sagittarius 18 Mar 1959 – 20 Jul 1959 · 123 days
Mercury in Aries 19 Mar 1959 – 12 Apr 1959 · 23 days
Saturn in Capricorn 16 Apr 1959 – 5 Sep 1959 · 141 days
Mercury in Leo 22 Jul 1959 – 15 Aug 1959 · 24 days
Venus in Virgo 10 Aug 1959 – 22 Sep 1959 · 43 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 14 Nov 1959 – 3 Dec 1959 · 20 days
Pluto in Virgo 8 Dec 1959 – 9 Feb 1960 · 63 days
← 1958 Uranus retrograde in 1958. All Uranus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1960 → Uranus retrograde in 1960.