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Neptune retrograde dates in 2036

Neptune turns retrograde once in 2036 and is already retrograde on 1 January.

Neptune turns retrograde once about every 12.1 months, and each retrograde lasts between 156 and 160 days, a little over five months. Its stations fall only a day or two later each year.

A retrograde of Neptune is centred on its opposition to the Sun, when the Earth overtakes it. In tradition Neptune stands for imagination, ideals and the dissolving of boundaries, and astrologers who follow retrogrades read a Neptune retrograde as a time to revisit those themes. That is a tradition of interpretation, not a measured effect.

Stations in 2036

  • Turns direct

    Wednesday 2 January 2036, 08:49

    Aries 21°

  • Turns retrograde

    Wednesday 30 July 2036, 03:05

    Aries 26°

Stations are found by Astrely's own code from the planets' positions and are shown in Nicosia time. Mercury's stations are checked against NASA/JPL Horizons to within four minutes; the outer planets move so slowly around a station that their times are best read to the day. The method page has the details.

Astrology is a tradition of interpretation. What is written here is traditional, offered for reflection and entertainment, not advice and not a prediction.