Pluto retrograde 1940

2 periods, 160 days inside the year — 43.8% of 1940. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

143 days · retreats 2.24° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 13 April 1940 in Leo

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1939, 00:00 UTC at 3.69° Leo
Stations direct 13 Apr 1940, 01:08 UTC at 1.46° Leo

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aries season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Sagittarius — 22 Nov to 8 Dec 1939 (16 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aries — 22 Nov to 24 Nov 1939 (3 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Taurus — 22 Nov to 27 Dec 1939 (36 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 22 Nov to 26 Jan 1940 (66 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)
  • Mercury in Aries — 6 Mar to 29 Mar 1940 (23 days of overlap)

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

97 days · retreats 1.54° · crosses the year boundary

4 November → 9 February 1941 in Leo

Stations retrograde 4 Nov 1940, 18:11 UTC at 5.18° Leo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1941, 23:59 UTC at 3.64° Leo

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Scorpio — 4 Nov to 21 Nov 1940 (16 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Taurus — 4 Nov to 31 Dec 1940 (56 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Taurus — 4 Nov to 9 Jan 1941 (66 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 4 Nov to 30 Jan 1941 (86 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Taurus — 22 Nov to 9 Jan 1941 (48 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 22 Nov to 30 Jan 1941 (69 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Virgo — 29 Dec to 9 Feb 1941 (42 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 1940

Previous

1939 Ended 9 February 1940 after 98 days, moving back 1.54° through the zodiac.

Next

1941 Begins 22 November 1940 and runs 144 days.

Gap across 1940

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 1940

Pluto through the zodiac in 1940

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1940, 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.

1940 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1940

Uranus in Taurus 22 Nov 1939 – 26 Jan 1940 · 66 days
Neptune in Virgo 28 Dec 1939 – 3 Jun 1940 · 158 days
Mercury in Aries 6 Mar 1940 – 29 Mar 1940 · 23 days
Venus in Cancer 5 Jun 1940 – 18 Jul 1940 · 43 days
Mercury in Leo 8 Jul 1940 – 1 Aug 1940 · 24 days
Saturn in Taurus 27 Aug 1940 – 9 Jan 1941 · 135 days
Uranus in Taurus 1 Sep 1940 – 30 Jan 1941 · 151 days
Jupiter in Taurus 4 Sep 1940 – 31 Dec 1940 · 118 days
Mercury in Scorpio 1 Nov 1940 – 21 Nov 1940 · 20 days
Neptune in Virgo 29 Dec 1940 – 9 Feb 1941 · 42 days
← 1939 Pluto retrograde in 1939. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1941 → Pluto retrograde in 1941.