Pluto retrograde 1909

2 periods, 162 days inside the year — 44.5% of 1909. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

107 days · retreats 1.5° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 8 March 1909 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1908, 00:00 UTC at 26.57° Gemini
Stations direct 8 Mar 1909, 13:28 UTC at 25.07° Gemini

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Pisces season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Aries — 22 Nov to 7 Dec 1908 (15 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Cancer — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1909 (80 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Cancer — 22 Nov to 8 Mar 1909 (107 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Virgo — 30 Dec to 9 Feb 1909 (41 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 2 Feb to 24 Feb 1909 (22 days of overlap)

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

136 days · retreats 1.91° · crosses the year boundary

27 September → 9 February 1910 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 27 Sep 1909, 03:36 UTC at 28.16° Gemini
Stations direct 9 Feb 1910, 23:59 UTC at 26.24° Gemini

It begins in Libra season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mars in Aries — 27 Sep to 24 Oct 1909 (27 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Aries — 27 Sep to 20 Dec 1909 (84 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — 30 Sep to 21 Oct 1909 (21 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Cancer — 22 Oct to 9 Feb 1910 (110 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Cancer — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1910 (80 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 17 Jan to 7 Feb 1910 (21 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Pisces — 22 Jan to 9 Feb 1910 (18 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Libra — 29 Jan to 9 Feb 1910 (11 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Pluto retrogrades either side of 1909

Previous

1908 Ended 9 February 1909 after 137 days, moving back 1.92° through the zodiac.

Next

1910 Begins 22 November 1909 and runs 108 days.

Gap across 1909

0.8 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 1909

Pluto through the zodiac in 1909

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1909, 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.

Pluto in Gemini From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

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

1909 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1909

Neptune in Cancer 22 Nov 1908 – 26 Mar 1909 · 124 days
Jupiter in Virgo 30 Dec 1908 – 1 May 1909 · 122 days
Mercury in Aquarius 2 Feb 1909 – 24 Feb 1909 · 22 days
Uranus in Capricorn 25 Apr 1909 – 26 Sep 1909 · 154 days
Mercury in Gemini 2 Jun 1909 – 26 Jun 1909 · 24 days
Saturn in Aries 5 Aug 1909 – 20 Dec 1909 · 137 days
Mars in Aries 23 Aug 1909 – 24 Oct 1909 · 62 days
Mercury in Libra 30 Sep 1909 – 21 Oct 1909 · 21 days
Neptune in Cancer 22 Oct 1909 – 9 Feb 1910 · 110 days
← 1908 Pluto retrograde in 1908. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1910 → Pluto retrograde in 1910.