Pluto retrograde 1929

2 periods, 161 days inside the year — 44% of 1929. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

128 days · retreats 1.96° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 30 March 1929 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1928, 00:00 UTC at 19.16° Cancer
Stations direct 30 Mar 1929, 08:31 UTC at 17.2° Cancer

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aries season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mars in Cancer — 22 Nov to 27 Jan 1929 (67 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Cancer — 22 Nov to 27 Jan 1929 (67 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Taurus — 22 Nov to 25 Dec 1928 (34 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — 22 Nov to 12 Dec 1928 (21 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Virgo — 3 Dec to 9 Feb 1929 (68 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 29 Jan to 19 Feb 1929 (21 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Taurus — 30 Mar to 30 Mar 1929 (0 days of overlap)

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

112 days · retreats 1.73° · crosses the year boundary

20 October → 9 February 1930 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 20 Oct 1929, 16:39 UTC at 20.62° Cancer
Stations direct 9 Feb 1930, 23:59 UTC at 18.89° Cancer

It begins in Libra season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Gemini — 20 Oct to 31 Jan 1930 (103 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — 20 Oct to 17 Dec 1929 (57 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Gemini — 22 Nov to 31 Jan 1930 (70 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Virgo — 6 Dec to 9 Feb 1930 (66 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 13 Jan to 2 Feb 1930 (21 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 1929

Previous

1928 Ended 9 February 1929 after 114 days, moving back 1.75° through the zodiac.

Next

1930 Begins 22 November 1929 and runs 130 days.

Gap across 1929

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 1929

Pluto through the zodiac in 1929

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1929, 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.

1929 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1929

Mars in Cancer 22 Nov 1928 – 27 Jan 1929 · 67 days
Neptune in Virgo 3 Dec 1928 – 9 May 1929 · 157 days
Mercury in Aquarius 29 Jan 1929 – 19 Feb 1929 · 21 days
Venus in Taurus 30 Mar 1929 – 11 May 1929 · 42 days
Saturn in Capricorn 9 Apr 1929 – 28 Aug 1929 · 141 days
Mercury in Gemini 28 May 1929 – 21 Jun 1929 · 24 days
Uranus in Aries 17 Jul 1929 – 17 Dec 1929 · 153 days
Mercury in Libra 25 Sep 1929 – 17 Oct 1929 · 21 days
Jupiter in Gemini 5 Oct 1929 – 31 Jan 1930 · 118 days
Neptune in Virgo 6 Dec 1929 – 9 Feb 1930 · 66 days
← 1928 Pluto retrograde in 1928. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1930 → Pluto retrograde in 1930.