Pluto retrograde 1948

2 periods, 159 days inside the year — 43.5% of 1948. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

155 days · retreats 2.4° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 24 April 1948 in Leo

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1947, 00:00 UTC at 15.67° Leo
Stations direct 24 Apr 1948, 13:36 UTC at 13.27° Leo

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Taurus season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Gemini — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1948 (80 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Gemini — 22 Nov to 29 Feb 1948 (99 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Leo — 4 Dec to 9 Feb 1948 (68 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Virgo — 8 Jan to 29 Mar 1948 (81 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Libra — 14 Jan to 24 Apr 1948 (101 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Pisces — 11 Feb to 4 Mar 1948 (22 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Sagittarius — 15 Apr to 24 Apr 1948 (9 days of overlap)

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

85 days · retreats 1.33° · crosses the year boundary

17 November → 9 February 1949 in Leo

Stations retrograde 17 Nov 1948, 11:42 UTC at 17.27° Leo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1949, 23:59 UTC at 15.94° Leo
Shadow opens 29 Aug 1948 (80 days before)

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Cancer — 17 Nov to 9 Feb 1949 (85 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Cancer — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1949 (80 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Virgo — 16 Dec to 9 Feb 1949 (55 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Libra — 16 Jan to 9 Feb 1949 (25 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 24 Jan to 9 Feb 1949 (16 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 1948

Previous

1947 Ended 9 February 1948 after 85 days, moving back 1.34° through the zodiac.

Next

1949 Begins 22 November 1948 and runs 155 days.

Gap across 1948

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 1948

Pluto through the zodiac in 1948

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1948, 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.

1948 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1948

Uranus in Gemini 22 Nov 1947 – 29 Feb 1948 · 99 days
Saturn in Leo 4 Dec 1947 – 17 Apr 1948 · 135 days
Mars in Virgo 8 Jan 1948 – 29 Mar 1948 · 81 days
Neptune in Libra 14 Jan 1948 – 21 Jun 1948 · 159 days
Mercury in Pisces 11 Feb 1948 – 4 Mar 1948 · 22 days
Jupiter in Sagittarius 15 Apr 1948 – 16 Aug 1948 · 123 days
Venus in Cancer 3 Jun 1948 – 16 Jul 1948 · 43 days
Mercury in Cancer 11 Jun 1948 – 5 Jul 1948 · 24 days
Uranus in Cancer 6 Oct 1948 – 9 Feb 1949 · 127 days
Mercury in Scorpio 8 Oct 1948 – 28 Oct 1948 · 21 days
Saturn in Virgo 16 Dec 1948 – 9 Feb 1949 · 55 days
← 1947 Pluto retrograde in 1947. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1949 → Pluto retrograde in 1949.