Retrograde Periods 1978

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The year at a glance 1978

Pre-shadow / Post-shadow Station Retrograde Fast planets retrograde together

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Busiest: 5 planets retrograde at once (2–24 April).

Overlapping retrogrades

  • Mercury and Mars retrograde together 1–1 January · 0 days Also retrograde:
  • Mercury and Venus retrograde together 26–28 November · 3 days Also retrograde:

Continuing from the previous year

  • Chiron retrograde Stations direct 11 January 1978 Taurus 1°06' Completed · stations retrograde 9 August 1977
  • Jupiter retrograde Stations direct 20 February 1978 Gemini 26°04' Completed · stations retrograde 24 October 1977
  • Saturn retrograde Stations direct 25 April 1978 Leo 23°39' Completed · stations retrograde 11 December 1977
  • Mercury retrograde Stations direct 1 January 1978, 00:02 Sagittarius 21°08' Completed · stations retrograde 12 December 1977
  • Mars retrograde Stations direct 2 March 1978, 11:56 Cancer 22°16' Completed · stations retrograde 12 December 1977
19 January 1978 Thursday

Pluto retrograde

Libra 16°41' Libra 13°53'

Completed

  1. Station18–20 Januarystations retrograde 19 January
  2. Retrograde19 January – 24 June
  3. Station23–25 Junestations direct 24 June
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19 February 1978 Sunday

Uranus retrograde

Scorpio 16°24' Scorpio 12°18'

Completed

  1. Station18–20 Februarystations retrograde 19 February
  2. Retrograde19 February – 21 July
  3. Station20–22 Julystations direct 21 July
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20 March 1978 Monday

Neptune retrograde

Sagittarius 18°19' Sagittarius 15°32'

Completed

  1. Station19–21 Marchstations retrograde 20 March
  2. Retrograde20 March – 28 August
  3. Station27–29 Auguststations direct 28 August
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1 April 1978 Saturday

Mercury retrograde

Aries 26°07' Aries 14°51'

Completed

  1. Pre-shadow18–31 March
  2. Station31 March – 2 Aprilstations retrograde 1 April, 18:17
  3. Retrograde1 April, 18:17 – 25 April, 09:48
  4. Station24–26 Aprilstations direct 25 April, 09:48
  5. Post-shadow26 April – 13 May
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5 August 1978 Saturday

Mercury retrograde

Virgo 3°00' Leo 20°20'

Signs Virgo 5–13 Aug Leo 13–28 Aug

Completed

  1. Pre-shadow17 July – 4 August
  2. Station4–6 Auguststations retrograde 5 August, 02:07
  3. Retrograde5 August, 02:07 – 28 August, 18:41
  4. Station27–29 Auguststations direct 28 August, 18:41
  5. Post-shadow29 August – 11 September
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14 August 1978 Monday

Chiron retrograde

Taurus 9°46' Taurus 5°02'

Completed

  1. Station13–15 Auguststations retrograde 14 August
  2. Retrograde14 August – 15 January 1979
  3. Station14–16 January 1979stations direct 15 January 1979
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18 October 1978 Wednesday

Venus retrograde

Scorpio 22°48' Scorpio 7°20'

Completed

  1. Pre-shadow15 September – 17 October
  2. Station17–19 Octoberstations retrograde 18 October, 06:58
  3. Retrograde18 October, 06:58 – 28 November, 16:09
  4. Station27–29 Novemberstations direct 28 November, 16:09
  5. Post-shadow29 November – 30 December
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25 November 1978 Saturday

Jupiter retrograde

Leo 9°03' Cancer 29°00'

Signs Leo 25 Nov – 1 Mar 1979 Cancer 1–26 Mar 1979

Completed

  1. Station24–26 Novemberstations retrograde 25 November
  2. Retrograde25 November – 26 March 1979
  3. Station25–27 March 1979stations direct 26 March 1979
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26 November 1978 Sunday

Mercury retrograde

Sagittarius 21°37' Sagittarius 5°21'

Completed

  1. Pre-shadow7–25 November
  2. Station25–27 Novemberstations retrograde 26 November, 00:42
  3. Retrograde26 November, 00:42 – 15 December, 18:56
  4. Station14–16 Decemberstations direct 15 December, 18:56
  5. Post-shadow16 December – 3 January 1979
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25 December 1978 Monday

Saturn retrograde

Virgo 13°56' Virgo 7°04'

Completed

  1. Station24–26 Decemberstations retrograde 25 December
  2. Retrograde25 December – 9 May 1979
  3. Station8–10 May 1979stations direct 9 May 1979
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When planets appear to move backward: shadow, station and retrograde phases, with signs.