Pluto retrograde 1939

2 periods, 159 days inside the year — 43.7% of 1939. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

141 days · retreats 2.21° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 12 April 1939 in Leo

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1938, 00:00 UTC at 2.29° Leo
Stations direct 12 Apr 1939, 10:46 UTC at 0.07° Leo

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aries season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Venus in Sagittarius — 22 Nov to 10 Dec 1938 (19 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Aries — 22 Nov to 14 Dec 1938 (23 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 22 Nov to 22 Jan 1939 (61 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 22 Nov to 22 Jan 1939 (61 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Capricorn — 4 Dec to 24 Dec 1938 (20 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Virgo — 25 Dec to 9 Feb 1939 (46 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 24 Mar to 12 Apr 1939 (19 days of overlap)

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

98 days · retreats 1.54° · crosses the year boundary

4 November → 9 February 1940 in Leo

Stations retrograde 4 Nov 1939, 00:29 UTC at 3.76° Leo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1940, 23:59 UTC at 2.22° Leo

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Aries — 4 Nov to 24 Nov 1939 (21 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Taurus — 4 Nov to 27 Dec 1939 (54 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 4 Nov to 26 Jan 1940 (84 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Sagittarius — 18 Nov to 8 Dec 1939 (20 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 22 Nov to 26 Jan 1940 (66 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Virgo — 28 Dec to 9 Feb 1940 (44 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Pluto retrogrades either side of 1939

Previous

1938 Ended 9 February 1939 after 100 days, moving back 1.57° through the zodiac.

Next

1940 Begins 22 November 1939 and runs 143 days.

Gap across 1939

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 1939

Pluto through the zodiac in 1939

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1939, 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 Leo From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

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

1939 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1939

Uranus in Taurus 22 Nov 1938 – 22 Jan 1939 · 61 days
Neptune in Virgo 25 Dec 1938 – 1 Jun 1939 · 158 days
Mercury in Aries 24 Mar 1939 – 16 Apr 1939 · 23 days
Mars in Aquarius 22 Jun 1939 – 24 Aug 1939 · 62 days
Mercury in Leo 27 Jul 1939 – 20 Aug 1939 · 24 days
Jupiter in Aries 29 Jul 1939 – 24 Nov 1939 · 118 days
Saturn in Taurus 13 Aug 1939 – 27 Dec 1939 · 136 days
Uranus in Taurus 28 Aug 1939 – 26 Jan 1940 · 151 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 18 Nov 1939 – 8 Dec 1939 · 20 days
Neptune in Virgo 28 Dec 1939 – 9 Feb 1940 · 44 days
← 1938 Pluto retrograde in 1938. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1940 → Pluto retrograde in 1940.