Uranus retrograde 2008

1 period, 154 days inside the year — 42% of 2008. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

154 days · retreats 3.93°

26 June → 27 November 2008 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 26 Jun 2008, 20:11 UTC at 22.55° Pisces
Stations direct 27 Nov 2008, 15:38 UTC at 18.62° Pisces

It begins in Cancer season and ends in Sagittarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Capricorn — 26 Jun to 8 Sep 2008 (73 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 26 Jun to 2 Nov 2008 (128 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — 26 Jun to 9 Sep 2008 (74 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — 24 Sep to 15 Oct 2008 (22 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Uranus retrogrades either side of 2008

Previous

2007 Ended 24 November 2007 after 154 days, moving back 3.92° through the zodiac.

Next

2009 Begins 1 July 2009 and runs 154 days.

Gap across 2008

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.

2008 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2008

Mars in Cancer 22 Nov 2007 – 30 Jan 2008 · 70 days
Saturn in Virgo 19 Dec 2007 – 2 May 2008 · 136 days
Mercury in Aquarius 28 Jan 2008 – 19 Feb 2008 · 21 days
Pluto in Capricorn 2 Apr 2008 – 9 Sep 2008 · 160 days
Jupiter in Capricorn 9 May 2008 – 8 Sep 2008 · 122 days
Neptune in Aquarius 26 May 2008 – 2 Nov 2008 · 160 days
Mercury in Gemini 26 May 2008 – 19 Jun 2008 · 24 days
Mercury in Libra 24 Sep 2008 – 15 Oct 2008 · 22 days
Saturn in Virgo 31 Dec 2008 – 9 Feb 2009 · 40 days
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