Uranus retrograde 2016

1 period, 153 days inside the year — 41.7% of 2016. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

153 days · retreats 3.95°

29 July → 29 December 2016 in Aries

Stations retrograde 29 Jul 2016, 16:50 UTC at 24.28° Aries
Stations direct 29 Dec 2016, 08:07 UTC at 20.33° Aries

It begins in Leo season and ends in Capricorn season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Sagittarius — 29 Jul to 13 Aug 2016 (15 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Pisces — 29 Jul to 20 Nov 2016 (113 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — 29 Jul to 26 Sep 2016 (59 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — 30 Aug to 22 Sep 2016 (23 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Capricorn — 19 Dec to 29 Dec 2016 (10 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Uranus retrogrades either side of 2016

Previous

2015 Ended 26 December 2015 after 153 days, moving back 3.95° through the zodiac.

Next

2017 Begins 3 August 2017 and runs 152 days.

Gap across 2016

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 2016

Uranus through the zodiac in 2016

Every sign Uranus occupies during 2016, 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 Aries From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

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

2016 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2016

Mercury in Aquarius 5 Jan 2016 – 25 Jan 2016 · 20 days
Jupiter in Virgo 8 Jan 2016 – 9 May 2016 · 122 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 25 Mar 2016 – 13 Aug 2016 · 141 days
Mars in Sagittarius 17 Apr 2016 – 29 Jun 2016 · 73 days
Pluto in Capricorn 18 Apr 2016 – 26 Sep 2016 · 161 days
Mercury in Taurus 28 Apr 2016 – 22 May 2016 · 24 days
Neptune in Pisces 13 Jun 2016 – 20 Nov 2016 · 159 days
Mercury in Virgo 30 Aug 2016 – 22 Sep 2016 · 23 days
Mercury in Capricorn 19 Dec 2016 – 8 Jan 2017 · 20 days
← 2015 Uranus retrograde in 2015. All Uranus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2017 → Uranus retrograde in 2017.