Pluto retrograde 1959

2 periods, 156 days inside the year — 42.8% of 1959. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

158 days · retreats 2.57° · crosses the year boundary

6 December → 13 May 1959 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 6 Dec 1958, 08:49 UTC at 4.79° Virgo
Stations direct 13 May 1959, 19:30 UTC at 2.22° Virgo

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Taurus season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Sagittarius — 6 Dec to 20 Dec 1958 (14 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Gemini — 6 Dec to 20 Dec 1958 (14 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Leo — 6 Dec to 9 Feb 1959 (66 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Scorpio — 7 Feb to 13 May 1959 (96 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Sagittarius — 18 Mar to 13 May 1959 (56 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 19 Mar to 12 Apr 1959 (23 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Capricorn — 16 Apr to 13 May 1959 (27 days of overlap)

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

63 days · retreats 0.91° · crosses the year boundary

8 December → 9 February 1960 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 8 Dec 1959, 15:05 UTC at 6.71° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1960, 23:59 UTC at 5.81° Virgo
Shadow opens 8 Oct 1959 (61 days before)

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Leo — 8 Dec to 9 Feb 1960 (63 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Scorpio — 9 Feb to 9 Feb 1960 (0 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 1959

Previous

1958 Ended 9 February 1959 after 66 days, moving back 0.96° through the zodiac.

Next

1960 Begins 8 December 1959 and runs 158 days.

Gap across 1959

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 1959

Pluto through the zodiac in 1959

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1959, 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 Virgo From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

The whole year is spent in one sign — a sign of how slowly Pluto moves.

1959 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1959

Uranus in Leo 22 Nov 1958 – 20 Apr 1959 · 149 days
Neptune in Scorpio 7 Feb 1959 – 16 Jul 1959 · 159 days
Jupiter in Sagittarius 18 Mar 1959 – 20 Jul 1959 · 123 days
Mercury in Aries 19 Mar 1959 – 12 Apr 1959 · 23 days
Saturn in Capricorn 16 Apr 1959 – 5 Sep 1959 · 141 days
Mercury in Leo 22 Jul 1959 – 15 Aug 1959 · 24 days
Venus in Virgo 10 Aug 1959 – 22 Sep 1959 · 43 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 14 Nov 1959 – 3 Dec 1959 · 20 days
Uranus in Leo 27 Nov 1959 – 9 Feb 1960 · 75 days
← 1958 Pluto retrograde in 1958. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1960 → Pluto retrograde in 1960.