Uranus retrograde 1981

1 period, 152 days inside the year — 41.8% of 1981. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

152 days · retreats 4.07°

4 March → 4 August 1981 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 4 Mar 1981, 22:46 UTC at 0.4° Sagittarius
Stations direct 4 Aug 1981, 09:53 UTC at 26.33° Scorpio

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Libra — 4 Mar to 27 May 1981 (84 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Libra — 4 Mar to 5 Jun 1981 (92 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — 4 Mar to 1 Jul 1981 (119 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — 26 Mar to 4 Aug 1981 (130 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — 9 Jun to 3 Jul 1981 (24 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Uranus retrogrades either side of 1981

Previous

1980 Ended 30 July 1980 after 152 days, moving back 4.08° through the zodiac.

Next

1982 Begins 9 March 1982 and runs 153 days.

Gap across 1981

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 1981

Uranus through the zodiac in 1981

Every sign Uranus occupies during 1981, 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 – 3 Feb
Uranus in Sagittarius 3 Feb – 4 Apr
Uranus in Scorpio 4 Apr – 11 Nov
Uranus in Sagittarius 11 Nov – 31 Dec and beyond

4 segments in 1981. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1981 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1981

Saturn in Libra 18 Jan 1981 – 5 Jun 1981 · 137 days
Jupiter in Libra 24 Jan 1981 – 27 May 1981 · 123 days
Pluto in Libra 26 Jan 1981 – 1 Jul 1981 · 156 days
Mercury in Pisces 8 Feb 1981 – 2 Mar 1981 · 22 days
Neptune in Sagittarius 26 Mar 1981 – 3 Sep 1981 · 160 days
Mercury in Cancer 9 Jun 1981 – 3 Jul 1981 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio 6 Oct 1981 – 27 Oct 1981 · 21 days
Venus in Aquarius 31 Dec 1981 – 9 Feb 1982 · 40 days
← 1980 Uranus retrograde in 1980. All Uranus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1982 → Uranus retrograde in 1982.