Pluto retrograde 1928

2 periods, 162 days inside the year — 44.2% of 1928. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

128 days · retreats 1.95° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 28 March 1928 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1927, 00:00 UTC at 17.94° Cancer
Stations direct 28 Mar 1928, 22:09 UTC at 15.99° Cancer

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aries season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Aries — 22 Nov to 9 Dec 1927 (18 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Virgo — 2 Dec to 9 Feb 1928 (70 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Pisces — 15 Feb to 8 Mar 1928 (22 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Sagittarius — 28 Mar to 28 Mar 1928 (0 days of overlap)

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

114 days · retreats 1.75° · crosses the year boundary

19 October → 9 February 1929 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 19 Oct 1928, 03:40 UTC at 19.39° Cancer
Stations direct 9 Feb 1929, 23:59 UTC at 17.64° Cancer

It begins in Libra season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Scorpio — 19 Oct to 2 Nov 1928 (14 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Taurus — 19 Oct to 25 Dec 1928 (68 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — 19 Oct to 12 Dec 1928 (55 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Cancer — 12 Nov to 27 Jan 1929 (76 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Cancer — 22 Nov to 27 Jan 1929 (67 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Virgo — 3 Dec to 9 Feb 1929 (68 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 29 Jan to 9 Feb 1929 (12 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 1928

Previous

1927 Ended 9 February 1928 after 114 days, moving back 1.75° through the zodiac.

Next

1929 Begins 22 November 1928 and runs 128 days.

Gap across 1928

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 1928

Pluto through the zodiac in 1928

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1928, 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.

1928 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1928

Neptune in Virgo 2 Dec 1927 – 7 May 1928 · 157 days
Mercury in Pisces 15 Feb 1928 – 8 Mar 1928 · 22 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 28 Mar 1928 – 16 Aug 1928 · 141 days
Mercury in Cancer 16 Jun 1928 – 10 Jul 1928 · 24 days
Uranus in Aries 12 Jul 1928 – 12 Dec 1928 · 153 days
Jupiter in Taurus 30 Aug 1928 – 25 Dec 1928 · 118 days
Mercury in Scorpio 12 Oct 1928 – 2 Nov 1928 · 21 days
Mars in Cancer 12 Nov 1928 – 27 Jan 1929 · 76 days
Neptune in Virgo 3 Dec 1928 – 9 Feb 1929 · 68 days
← 1927 Pluto retrograde in 1927. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1929 → Pluto retrograde in 1929.