Pluto retrograde 1960

2 periods, 157 days inside the year — 42.9% of 1960. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

158 days · retreats 2.58° · crosses the year boundary

8 December → 14 May 1960 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 8 Dec 1959, 15:05 UTC at 6.71° Virgo
Stations direct 14 May 1960, 22:19 UTC at 4.13° Virgo

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Taurus 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 14 May 1960 (95 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Pisces — 1 Mar to 24 Mar 1960 (23 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Capricorn — 20 Apr to 14 May 1960 (25 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Capricorn — 27 Apr to 14 May 1960 (17 days of overlap)

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

62 days · retreats 0.88° · crosses the year boundary

9 December → 9 February 1961 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 9 Dec 1960, 22:08 UTC at 8.67° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1961, 23:59 UTC at 7.79° Virgo
Shadow opens 11 Oct 1960 (60 days before)

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mars in Cancer — 9 Dec to 6 Feb 1961 (58 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Cancer — 9 Dec to 6 Feb 1961 (58 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Leo — 9 Dec to 9 Feb 1961 (62 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 1960

Previous

1959 Ended 9 February 1960 after 63 days, moving back 0.91° through the zodiac.

Next

1961 Begins 9 December 1960 and runs 158 days.

Gap across 1960

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 1960

Pluto through the zodiac in 1960

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1960, 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.

1960 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1960

Uranus in Leo 27 Nov 1959 – 24 Apr 1960 · 149 days
Neptune in Scorpio 9 Feb 1960 – 18 Jul 1960 · 159 days
Mercury in Pisces 1 Mar 1960 – 24 Mar 1960 · 23 days
Jupiter in Capricorn 20 Apr 1960 – 20 Aug 1960 · 123 days
Saturn in Capricorn 27 Apr 1960 – 16 Sep 1960 · 141 days
Mercury in Leo 3 Jul 1960 – 27 Jul 1960 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio 27 Oct 1960 – 16 Nov 1960 · 20 days
Mars in Cancer 20 Nov 1960 – 6 Feb 1961 · 77 days
Uranus in Leo 1 Dec 1960 – 9 Feb 1961 · 71 days
← 1959 Pluto retrograde in 1959. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1961 → Pluto retrograde in 1961.