Uranus retrograde 1996

1 period, 154 days inside the year — 42.2% of 1996. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

154 days · retreats 3.95°

8 May → 9 October 1996 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 8 May 1996, 14:13 UTC at 4.64° Aquarius
Stations direct 9 Oct 1996, 22:29 UTC at 0.68° Aquarius

It begins in Taurus season and ends in Libra season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Taurus — 8 May to 27 May 1996 (19 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Capricorn — 8 May to 3 Sep 1996 (118 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 8 May to 6 Oct 1996 (151 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Sagittarius — 8 May to 10 Aug 1996 (94 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Gemini — 20 May to 2 Jul 1996 (43 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Aries — 18 Jul to 9 Oct 1996 (83 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — 4 Sep to 26 Sep 1996 (22 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Uranus retrogrades either side of 1996

Previous

1995 Ended 6 October 1995 after 154 days, moving back 3.96° through the zodiac.

Next

1997 Begins 12 May 1997 and runs 154 days.

Gap across 1996

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.

1996 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1996

Mercury in Aquarius 9 Jan 1996 – 30 Jan 1996 · 21 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 5 Mar 1996 – 10 Aug 1996 · 158 days
Neptune in Capricorn 29 Apr 1996 – 6 Oct 1996 · 160 days
Mercury in Taurus 3 May 1996 – 27 May 1996 · 24 days
Jupiter in Capricorn 4 May 1996 – 3 Sep 1996 · 122 days
Venus in Gemini 20 May 1996 – 2 Jul 1996 · 43 days
Saturn in Aries 18 Jul 1996 – 3 Dec 1996 · 138 days
Mercury in Libra 4 Sep 1996 – 26 Sep 1996 · 22 days
Mercury in Capricorn 23 Dec 1996 – 12 Jan 1997 · 20 days
← 1995 Uranus retrograde in 1995. All Uranus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1997 → Uranus retrograde in 1997.