Pluto retrograde 1962

2 periods, 156 days inside the year — 42.6% of 1962. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

158 days · retreats 2.61° · crosses the year boundary

12 December → 19 May 1962 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 12 Dec 1961, 06:00 UTC at 10.66° Virgo
Stations direct 19 May 1962, 06:24 UTC at 8.04° Virgo

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Taurus 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 17 Feb 1962 (21 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Scorpio — 13 Feb to 19 May 1962 (95 days of overlap)

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

57 days · retreats 0.78° · crosses the year boundary

14 December → 9 February 1963 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 14 Dec 1962, 14:40 UTC at 12.68° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1963, 23:59 UTC at 11.9° Virgo
Shadow opens 20 Oct 1962 (55 days before)

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Virgo — 14 Dec to 9 Feb 1963 (57 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Leo — 26 Dec to 9 Feb 1963 (46 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 11 Jan to 1 Feb 1963 (21 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 1962

Previous

1961 Ended 9 February 1962 after 60 days, moving back 0.83° through the zodiac.

Next

1963 Begins 14 December 1962 and runs 158 days.

Gap across 1962

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 1962

Pluto through the zodiac in 1962

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1962, 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.

1962 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1962

Uranus in Virgo 6 Dec 1961 – 4 May 1962 · 149 days
Mercury in Aquarius 27 Jan 1962 – 17 Feb 1962 · 21 days
Neptune in Scorpio 13 Feb 1962 – 23 Jul 1962 · 160 days
Saturn in Aquarius 21 May 1962 – 9 Oct 1962 · 141 days
Mercury in Gemini 26 May 1962 – 19 Jun 1962 · 24 days
Jupiter in Pisces 2 Jul 1962 – 29 Oct 1962 · 119 days
Mercury in Libra 24 Sep 1962 – 15 Oct 1962 · 22 days
Venus in Scorpio 23 Oct 1962 – 3 Dec 1962 · 41 days
Uranus in Virgo 11 Dec 1962 – 9 Feb 1963 · 61 days
Mars in Leo 26 Dec 1962 – 9 Feb 1963 · 46 days
← 1961 Pluto retrograde in 1961. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1963 → Pluto retrograde in 1963.