What this period actually is
Between September 6, 2025 and February 4, 2026 Uranus moves back through 4.0 degrees of the zodiac, from 1°28' Gemini to 27°28' Taurus, without changing its own direction at any point. Uranus is further out than Earth, so the 151 days between September 6, 2025 and February 4, 2026 are the stretch in which Earth overtakes it on the inside track and the planet appears to fall behind.
The mechanism behind the Uranus station of September 6, 2025 is the same one described in what retrograde motion is. Read astrologically, the convention is that Uranus — disruption, independence and the sudden change of direction — turns inward between September 6, 2025 and February 4, 2026, which is a habit of reading rather than a claim about the sky.
The dates in full
Station retrograde: September 6, 2025 at 1°28' Gemini, 04:51 UTC. Station direct: February 4, 2026 at 27°28' Taurus, 02:33 UTC. It begins in Gemini and backs into Taurus, crossing the boundary between 1°28' Gemini and 27°28' Taurus rather than working one stretch of a single sign.
What the period is good for
For the 151 days between September 6, 2025 and February 4, 2026 the workable version of the advice is narrow: let the restlessness run internally; this is an annual condition, not an event.
If one thing is worth timing around the stretch that ends February 4, 2026, it is reading a five-month background cycle as a personal crisis — not because the sky forbids it, but because a marked period is a reasonable prompt to check work you would otherwise wave through. Treating the whole of September 6, 2025 to February 4, 2026 as a general curse is the version worth ignoring.
Which house it falls in for your sign
Counted from each sign as the first house, this Uranus retrograde, stationing at 1°28' Gemini falls here:
| Sign | House | What that house covers |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | 3rd house | conversation, short trips, siblings and daily information |
| Taurus | 2nd house | money, possessions and what you consider yours |
| Gemini | 1st house | your own bearing, appearance and the first move |
| Cancer | 12th house | rest, solitude, what is behind you and what runs unattended |
| Leo | 11th house | friends, groups, networks and what you are aiming at |
| Virgo | 10th house | career, public standing and what you are known for |
| Libra | 9th house | distance, study, belief, travel and the long view |
| Scorpio | 8th house | shared money, debt, intimacy and what is not said out loud |
| Sagittarius | 7th house | partners, opponents and anyone you deal with one to one |
| Capricorn | 6th house | work, routine, health and the small maintenance of a life |
| Aquarius | 5th house | play, romance, children and anything you make for its own sake |
| Pisces | 4th house | home, family, roots and private ground |
The cycle either side of this one
The previous Uranus retrograde ended 219 days before this one began, and the next station comes 218 days after February 4, 2026.
- Previous: September 1, 2024 to January 30, 2025
- Next: September 10, 2026 to February 8, 2027
- All Uranus retrograde periods: the full list
Questions people ask about this
When does Uranus go retrograde in 2025?
On September 6, 2025 at 04:51 UTC, at 1°28' Gemini.
When does it end?
The direct station falls on February 4, 2026 at 27°28' Taurus, 151 days after the turn.
What is the shadow period?
The stretch either side of September 6, 2025 to February 4, 2026 in which the planet re-crosses the same degrees; the dates fall outside the published range here.
Does Uranus retrograde break things?
No. Between September 6, 2025 and February 4, 2026 the planet only appears to reverse, and the tradition reads that as a stretch better suited to review than to launch.