Uranus retrograde 1979

1 period, 152 days inside the year — 41.7% of 1979. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

152 days · retreats 4.09°

24 February → 26 July 1979 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 24 Feb 1979, 08:49 UTC at 21.32° Scorpio
Stations direct 26 Jul 1979, 10:06 UTC at 17.23° Scorpio

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Leo — 24 Feb to 25 Mar 1979 (30 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Virgo — 24 Feb to 9 May 1979 (74 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — 24 Feb to 27 Jun 1979 (123 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 15 Mar to 7 Apr 1979 (23 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — 23 Mar to 26 Jul 1979 (125 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 17 Jul to 26 Jul 1979 (8 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Uranus retrogrades either side of 1979

Previous

1978 Ended 21 July 1978 after 152 days, moving back 4.1° through the zodiac.

Next

1980 Begins 29 February 1980 and runs 152 days.

Gap across 1979

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 1979

Uranus through the zodiac in 1979

Every sign Uranus occupies during 1979, 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 Scorpio From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

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

1979 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1979

Jupiter in Leo 25 Nov 1978 – 25 Mar 1979 · 120 days
Saturn in Virgo 24 Dec 1978 – 9 May 1979 · 136 days
Pluto in Libra 21 Jan 1979 – 27 Jun 1979 · 156 days
Mercury in Aries 15 Mar 1979 – 7 Apr 1979 · 23 days
Neptune in Sagittarius 23 Mar 1979 – 30 Aug 1979 · 160 days
Mercury in Leo 17 Jul 1979 – 11 Aug 1979 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 9 Nov 1979 – 29 Nov 1979 · 20 days
Jupiter in Virgo 26 Dec 1979 – 9 Feb 1980 · 45 days
← 1978 Uranus retrograde in 1978. All Uranus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1980 → Uranus retrograde in 1980.