Pluto retrograde 1949

2 periods, 158 days inside the year — 43.3% of 1949. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

155 days · retreats 2.42° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 26 April 1949 in Leo

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1948, 00:00 UTC at 17.27° Leo
Stations direct 26 Apr 1949, 08:37 UTC at 14.85° Leo

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Taurus season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Cancer — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1949 (80 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Cancer — 22 Nov to 5 Mar 1949 (103 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Virgo — 16 Dec to 9 Feb 1949 (55 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Libra — 16 Jan to 26 Apr 1949 (100 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 24 Jan to 14 Feb 1949 (21 days of overlap)

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

83 days · retreats 1.29° · crosses the year boundary

19 November → 9 February 1950 in Leo

Stations retrograde 19 Nov 1949, 10:38 UTC at 18.9° Leo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1950, 23:59 UTC at 17.6° Leo
Shadow opens 1 Sep 1949 (79 days before)

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Cancer — 19 Nov to 9 Feb 1950 (83 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Cancer — 22 Nov to 9 Feb 1950 (80 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Virgo — 30 Dec to 9 Feb 1950 (42 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 8 Jan to 29 Jan 1950 (21 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Aquarius — 10 Jan to 9 Feb 1950 (30 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Libra — 18 Jan to 9 Feb 1950 (22 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 1949

Previous

1948 Ended 9 February 1949 after 85 days, moving back 1.33° through the zodiac.

Next

1950 Begins 22 November 1949 and runs 157 days.

Gap across 1949

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 1949

Pluto through the zodiac in 1949

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1949, 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.

1949 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1949

Uranus in Cancer 22 Nov 1948 – 5 Mar 1949 · 103 days
Saturn in Virgo 16 Dec 1948 – 1 May 1949 · 135 days
Neptune in Libra 16 Jan 1949 – 23 Jun 1949 · 159 days
Mercury in Aquarius 24 Jan 1949 – 14 Feb 1949 · 21 days
Jupiter in Aquarius 20 May 1949 – 18 Sep 1949 · 121 days
Mercury in Gemini 23 May 1949 – 16 Jun 1949 · 24 days
Mercury in Libra 21 Sep 1949 – 12 Oct 1949 · 22 days
Uranus in Cancer 11 Oct 1949 – 9 Feb 1950 · 122 days
Saturn in Virgo 30 Dec 1949 – 9 Feb 1950 · 42 days
← 1948 Pluto retrograde in 1948. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1950 → Pluto retrograde in 1950.