Pluto retrograde 1961

2 periods, 156 days inside the year — 42.7% of 1961. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

158 days · retreats 2.6° · crosses the year boundary

9 December → 17 May 1961 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 9 Dec 1960, 22:08 UTC at 8.67° Virgo
Stations direct 17 May 1961, 01:56 UTC at 6.07° Virgo

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Taurus 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)
  • Neptune in Scorpio — 11 Feb to 17 May 1961 (95 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Pisces — 12 Feb to 6 Mar 1961 (22 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Aries — 20 Mar to 2 May 1961 (42 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Aquarius — 9 May to 17 May 1961 (7 days of overlap)

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

60 days · retreats 0.83° · crosses the year boundary

12 December → 9 February 1962 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 12 Dec 1961, 06:00 UTC at 10.66° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1962, 23:59 UTC at 9.83° Virgo
Shadow opens 15 Oct 1961 (57 days before)

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Virgo — 12 Dec to 9 Feb 1962 (60 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 27 Jan to 9 Feb 1962 (13 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 1961

Previous

1960 Ended 9 February 1961 after 62 days, moving back 0.88° through the zodiac.

Next

1962 Begins 12 December 1961 and runs 158 days.

Gap across 1961

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 1961

Pluto through the zodiac in 1961

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1961, 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.

1961 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1961

Mars in Cancer 22 Nov 1960 – 6 Feb 1961 · 76 days
Uranus in Leo 1 Dec 1960 – 29 Apr 1961 · 149 days
Neptune in Scorpio 11 Feb 1961 – 20 Jul 1961 · 160 days
Mercury in Pisces 12 Feb 1961 – 6 Mar 1961 · 22 days
Venus in Aries 20 Mar 1961 – 2 May 1961 · 42 days
Saturn in Aquarius 9 May 1961 – 27 Sep 1961 · 141 days
Jupiter in Aquarius 25 May 1961 – 23 Sep 1961 · 121 days
Mercury in Cancer 14 Jun 1961 – 8 Jul 1961 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio 10 Oct 1961 – 31 Oct 1961 · 21 days
Uranus in Virgo 6 Dec 1961 – 9 Feb 1962 · 66 days
← 1960 Pluto retrograde in 1960. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1962 → Pluto retrograde in 1962.