Uranus retrograde 2017

1 period, 151 days inside the year — 41.3% of 2017. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

152 days · retreats 3.96° · crosses the year boundary

3 August → 2 January 2018 in Aries

Stations retrograde 3 Aug 2017, 02:37 UTC at 28.3° Aries
Stations direct 2 Jan 2018, 13:42 UTC at 24.34° Aries

It begins in Leo season and ends in Capricorn season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Sagittarius — 3 Aug to 25 Aug 2017 (22 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Pisces — 3 Aug to 22 Nov 2017 (111 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — 3 Aug to 28 Sep 2017 (57 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — 13 Aug to 5 Sep 2017 (23 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Sagittarius — 3 Dec to 23 Dec 2017 (20 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 2017

Previous

2016 Ended 29 December 2016 after 153 days, moving back 3.95° through the zodiac.

Next

2018 Begins 22 November 2017 and runs 42 days.

Gap across 2017

0.9 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 2017

Uranus through the zodiac in 2017

Every sign Uranus occupies during 2017, 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.

2017 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2017

Mercury in Capricorn 19 Dec 2016 – 8 Jan 2017 · 20 days
Jupiter in Libra 6 Feb 2017 – 9 Jun 2017 · 123 days
Venus in Aries 4 Mar 2017 – 15 Apr 2017 · 42 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 6 Apr 2017 – 25 Aug 2017 · 141 days
Mercury in Taurus 9 Apr 2017 – 3 May 2017 · 24 days
Pluto in Capricorn 20 Apr 2017 – 28 Sep 2017 · 161 days
Neptune in Pisces 16 Jun 2017 – 22 Nov 2017 · 159 days
Mercury in Virgo 13 Aug 2017 – 5 Sep 2017 · 23 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 3 Dec 2017 – 23 Dec 2017 · 20 days
← 2016 Uranus retrograde in 2016. All Uranus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2018 → Uranus retrograde in 2018.