Pluto retrograde 1952

2 periods, 158 days inside the year — 43.3% of 1952. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.46° · crosses the year boundary

23 November → 30 April 1952 in Leo

Stations retrograde 23 Nov 1951, 10:30 UTC at 22.22° Leo
Stations direct 30 Apr 1952, 21:23 UTC at 19.76° Leo

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Taurus season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Aries — 23 Nov to 30 Nov 1951 (7 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Cancer — 23 Nov to 9 Feb 1952 (79 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Cancer — 23 Nov to 18 Mar 1952 (116 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Capricorn — 7 Dec to 27 Dec 1951 (20 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Libra — 23 Jan to 30 Apr 1952 (99 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Libra — 24 Jan to 30 Apr 1952 (97 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Scorpio — 25 Mar to 30 Apr 1952 (36 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 26 Mar to 19 Apr 1952 (23 days of overlap)

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

78 days · retreats 1.2° · crosses the year boundary

24 November → 9 February 1953 in Leo

Stations retrograde 24 Nov 1952, 11:28 UTC at 23.93° Leo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1953, 23:59 UTC at 22.73° Leo
Shadow opens 11 Sep 1952 (74 days before)

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Sagittarius — 24 Nov to 10 Dec 1952 (16 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Taurus — 24 Nov to 5 Jan 1953 (42 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Taurus — 24 Nov to 5 Jan 1953 (42 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Cancer — 24 Nov to 9 Feb 1953 (78 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Cancer — 24 Nov to 9 Feb 1953 (78 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Libra — 24 Jan to 9 Feb 1953 (16 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Libra — 5 Feb to 9 Feb 1953 (5 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 1952

Previous

1951 Ended 9 February 1952 after 79 days, moving back 1.22° through the zodiac.

Next

1953 Begins 24 November 1952 and runs 159 days.

Gap across 1952

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 1952

Pluto through the zodiac in 1952

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1952, 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.

1952 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1952

Uranus in Cancer 22 Nov 1951 – 18 Mar 1952 · 117 days
Neptune in Libra 23 Jan 1952 – 30 Jun 1952 · 159 days
Saturn in Libra 24 Jan 1952 – 10 Jun 1952 · 138 days
Mars in Scorpio 25 Mar 1952 – 10 Jun 1952 · 77 days
Mercury in Aries 26 Mar 1952 – 19 Apr 1952 · 23 days
Mercury in Leo 29 Jul 1952 – 22 Aug 1952 · 24 days
Jupiter in Taurus 9 Sep 1952 – 5 Jan 1953 · 118 days
Uranus in Cancer 24 Oct 1952 – 9 Feb 1953 · 108 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 20 Nov 1952 – 10 Dec 1952 · 20 days