Uranus retrograde 1968

1 period, 150 days inside the year — 41% of 1968. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

150 days · retreats 4.15°

4 January → 2 June 1968 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 4 Jan 1968, 03:30 UTC at 29.69° Virgo
Stations direct 2 Jun 1968, 00:47 UTC at 25.53° Virgo

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Gemini season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Virgo — 4 Jan to 9 Feb 1968 (37 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Virgo — 4 Jan to 9 Feb 1968 (37 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Pisces — 6 Feb to 28 Feb 1968 (22 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Scorpio — 27 Feb to 2 Jun 1968 (96 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Uranus retrogrades either side of 1968

Previous

1967 Ended 28 May 1967 after 150 days, moving back 4.16° through the zodiac.

Next

1969 Begins 8 January 1969 and runs 150 days.

Gap across 1968

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 1968

Uranus through the zodiac in 1968

Every sign Uranus occupies during 1968, 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 Virgo From 1 Jan – 21 Sep
Uranus in Libra 21 Sep – 31 Dec and beyond

2 segments in 1968. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1968 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1968

Jupiter in Virgo 22 Dec 1967 – 21 Apr 1968 · 122 days
Pluto in Virgo 25 Dec 1967 – 31 May 1968 · 157 days
Mercury in Pisces 6 Feb 1968 – 28 Feb 1968 · 22 days
Neptune in Scorpio 27 Feb 1968 – 5 Aug 1968 · 160 days
Mercury in Cancer 6 Jun 1968 – 30 Jun 1968 · 24 days
Saturn in Aries 7 Aug 1968 – 21 Dec 1968 · 136 days
Mercury in Scorpio 3 Oct 1968 – 24 Oct 1968 · 21 days
Pluto in Virgo 27 Dec 1968 – 9 Feb 1969 · 45 days
← 1967 Uranus retrograde in 1967. All Uranus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1969 → Uranus retrograde in 1969.