Pluto retrograde 1953

2 periods, 157 days inside the year — 43.1% of 1953. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.48° · crosses the year boundary

24 November → 2 May 1953 in Leo

Stations retrograde 24 Nov 1952, 11:28 UTC at 23.93° Leo
Stations direct 2 May 1953, 18:57 UTC at 21.45° Leo

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Taurus 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 22 Mar 1953 (118 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Libra — 24 Jan to 2 May 1953 (98 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Libra — 5 Feb to 2 May 1953 (87 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 9 Mar to 1 Apr 1953 (23 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Taurus — 23 Mar to 2 May 1953 (41 days of overlap)

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

75 days · retreats 1.16° · crosses the year boundary

26 November → 9 February 1954 in Leo

Stations retrograde 26 Nov 1953, 13:10 UTC at 25.66° Leo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1954, 23:59 UTC at 24.5° Leo
Shadow opens 15 Sep 1953 (72 days before)

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Gemini — 26 Nov to 9 Feb 1954 (75 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Gemini — 26 Nov to 9 Feb 1954 (75 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Cancer — 26 Nov to 9 Feb 1954 (75 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Cancer — 26 Nov to 9 Feb 1954 (75 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Libra — 27 Jan to 9 Feb 1954 (14 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 1953

Previous

1952 Ended 9 February 1953 after 78 days, moving back 1.2° through the zodiac.

Next

1954 Begins 26 November 1953 and runs 159 days.

Gap across 1953

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 1953

Pluto through the zodiac in 1953

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1953, 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.

1953 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1953

Jupiter in Taurus 22 Nov 1952 – 5 Jan 1953 · 44 days
Uranus in Cancer 22 Nov 1952 – 22 Mar 1953 · 121 days
Neptune in Libra 24 Jan 1953 – 2 Jul 1953 · 159 days
Saturn in Libra 5 Feb 1953 – 23 Jun 1953 · 139 days
Mercury in Aries 9 Mar 1953 – 1 Apr 1953 · 23 days
Venus in Taurus 23 Mar 1953 – 4 May 1953 · 42 days
Mercury in Leo 11 Jul 1953 – 4 Aug 1953 · 24 days
Jupiter in Gemini 15 Oct 1953 – 9 Feb 1954 · 118 days
Uranus in Cancer 29 Oct 1953 – 9 Feb 1954 · 104 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 3 Nov 1953 – 23 Nov 1953 · 20 days
← 1952 Pluto retrograde in 1952. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1954 → Pluto retrograde in 1954.