Pluto retrograde 1956

2 periods, 158 days inside the year — 43.1% of 1956. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.52° · crosses the year boundary

30 November → 7 May 1956 in Leo

Stations retrograde 30 Nov 1955, 18:45 UTC at 29.22° Leo
Stations direct 7 May 1956, 15:51 UTC at 26.7° Leo

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Taurus season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Leo — 30 Nov to 9 Feb 1956 (71 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Leo — 30 Nov to 5 Apr 1956 (127 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Virgo — 18 Dec to 9 Feb 1956 (54 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 18 Jan to 8 Feb 1956 (21 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Scorpio — 1 Feb to 7 May 1956 (97 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Sagittarius — 12 Mar to 7 May 1956 (56 days of overlap)

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

70 days · retreats 1.05° · crosses the year boundary

1 December → 9 February 1957 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 1 Dec 1956, 22:40 UTC at 1.04° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1957, 23:59 UTC at 29.99° Leo
Shadow opens 25 Sep 1956 (67 days before)

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Leo — 1 Dec to 9 Feb 1957 (70 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Leo — 1 Dec to 9 Feb 1957 (70 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Capricorn — 1 Jan to 21 Jan 1957 (20 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Libra — 16 Jan to 9 Feb 1957 (25 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Scorpio — 2 Feb to 9 Feb 1957 (8 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Pluto retrogrades either side of 1956

Previous

1955 Ended 9 February 1956 after 71 days, moving back 1.07° through the zodiac.

Next

1957 Begins 1 December 1956 and runs 159 days.

Gap across 1956

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 1956

Pluto through the zodiac in 1956

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1956, 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 – 25 Sep
Pluto in Virgo 25 Sep – 31 Dec and beyond

2 segments in 1956. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1956 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1956

Uranus in Leo 22 Nov 1955 – 5 Apr 1956 · 135 days
Jupiter in Virgo 18 Dec 1955 – 17 Apr 1956 · 121 days
Mercury in Aquarius 18 Jan 1956 – 8 Feb 1956 · 21 days
Neptune in Scorpio 1 Feb 1956 – 9 Jul 1956 · 159 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 12 Mar 1956 – 30 Jul 1956 · 141 days
Mercury in Gemini 14 May 1956 – 7 Jun 1956 · 24 days
Venus in Cancer 31 May 1956 – 13 Jul 1956 · 43 days
Mars in Pisces 10 Aug 1956 – 10 Oct 1956 · 61 days
Mercury in Libra 13 Sep 1956 – 5 Oct 1956 · 22 days
Uranus in Leo 12 Nov 1956 – 9 Feb 1957 · 90 days
← 1955 Pluto retrograde in 1955. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1957 → Pluto retrograde in 1957.