Pluto retrograde 1947

2 periods, 158 days inside the year — 43.4% of 1947. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

153 days · retreats 2.38° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 23 April 1947 in Leo

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1946, 00:00 UTC at 14.1° Leo
Stations direct 23 Apr 1947, 19:10 UTC at 11.71° Leo

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Taurus season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Sagittarius — 22 Nov to 1 Dec 1946 (9 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Sagittarius — 22 Nov to 8 Dec 1946 (16 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Leo — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1947 (80 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Leo — 22 Nov to 3 Apr 1947 (133 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Gemini — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1947 (80 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Gemini — 22 Nov to 24 Feb 1947 (95 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Libra — 12 Jan to 23 Apr 1947 (102 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Pisces — 27 Feb to 22 Mar 1947 (23 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Scorpio — 14 Mar to 23 Apr 1947 (40 days of overlap)

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

85 days · retreats 1.34° · crosses the year boundary

16 November → 9 February 1948 in Leo

Stations retrograde 16 Nov 1947, 13:24 UTC at 15.68° Leo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1948, 23:59 UTC at 14.34° Leo
Shadow opens 27 Aug 1947 (81 days before)

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Gemini — 16 Nov to 9 Feb 1948 (85 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Gemini — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1948 (80 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Leo — 4 Dec to 9 Feb 1948 (68 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Virgo — 8 Jan to 9 Feb 1948 (32 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Libra — 14 Jan to 9 Feb 1948 (26 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 1947

Previous

1946 Ended 9 February 1947 after 87 days, moving back 1.38° through the zodiac.

Next

1948 Begins 22 November 1947 and runs 155 days.

Gap across 1947

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 1947

Pluto through the zodiac in 1947

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1947, 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.

1947 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1947

Saturn in Leo 22 Nov 1946 – 3 Apr 1947 · 133 days
Uranus in Gemini 22 Nov 1946 – 24 Feb 1947 · 95 days
Neptune in Libra 12 Jan 1947 – 19 Jun 1947 · 159 days
Mercury in Pisces 27 Feb 1947 – 22 Mar 1947 · 23 days
Jupiter in Scorpio 14 Mar 1947 – 15 Jul 1947 · 124 days
Mercury in Cancer 1 Jul 1947 – 25 Jul 1947 · 24 days
Uranus in Gemini 2 Oct 1947 – 9 Feb 1948 · 130 days
Mercury in Scorpio 25 Oct 1947 – 15 Nov 1947 · 20 days
Saturn in Leo 4 Dec 1947 – 9 Feb 1948 · 68 days