Pluto retrograde 1917

2 periods, 162 days inside the year — 44.3% of 1917. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

115 days · retreats 1.68° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 16 March 1917 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1916, 00:00 UTC at 5.16° Cancer
Stations direct 16 Mar 1917, 20:59 UTC at 3.49° Cancer

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Pisces season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Taurus — 22 Nov to 20 Dec 1916 (29 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Leo — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1917 (80 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Leo — 22 Nov to 16 Mar 1917 (115 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Leo — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1917 (80 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Leo — 22 Nov to 16 Mar 1917 (115 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 10 Jan to 30 Jan 1917 (21 days of overlap)

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

127 days · retreats 1.86° · crosses the year boundary

6 October → 9 February 1918 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 6 Oct 1917, 01:32 UTC at 6.68° Cancer
Stations direct 9 Feb 1918, 23:59 UTC at 4.82° Cancer

It begins in Libra season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Gemini — 6 Oct to 26 Jan 1918 (112 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — 6 Oct to 30 Oct 1917 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Leo — 9 Nov to 9 Feb 1918 (92 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Gemini — 22 Nov to 26 Jan 1918 (65 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Leo — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1918 (80 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Leo — 26 Nov to 9 Feb 1918 (76 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Capricorn — 25 Dec to 14 Jan 1918 (20 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Aquarius — 20 Jan to 9 Feb 1918 (21 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Libra — 3 Feb to 9 Feb 1918 (6 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Pluto retrogrades either side of 1917

Previous

1916 Ended 9 February 1917 after 128 days, moving back 1.87° through the zodiac.

Next

1918 Begins 22 November 1917 and runs 116 days.

Gap across 1917

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 1917

Pluto through the zodiac in 1917

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1917, 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 Cancer From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

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

1917 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1917

Saturn in Leo 22 Nov 1916 – 26 Mar 1917 · 124 days
Neptune in Leo 22 Nov 1916 – 12 Apr 1917 · 142 days
Mercury in Aquarius 10 Jan 1917 – 30 Jan 1917 · 21 days
Mercury in Gemini 5 May 1917 – 29 May 1917 · 24 days
Uranus in Aquarius 29 May 1917 – 30 Oct 1917 · 154 days
Mercury in Libra 5 Sep 1917 – 28 Sep 1917 · 22 days
Jupiter in Gemini 30 Sep 1917 – 26 Jan 1918 · 118 days
Neptune in Leo 9 Nov 1917 – 9 Feb 1918 · 92 days
Saturn in Leo 26 Nov 1917 – 9 Feb 1918 · 76 days
Mercury in Capricorn 25 Dec 1917 – 14 Jan 1918 · 20 days
← 1916 Pluto retrograde in 1916. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1918 → Pluto retrograde in 1918.