Pluto retrograde 1963

2 periods, 155 days inside the year — 42.6% of 1963. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

158 days · retreats 2.63° · crosses the year boundary

14 December → 21 May 1963 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 14 Dec 1962, 14:40 UTC at 12.68° Virgo
Stations direct 21 May 1963, 11:43 UTC at 10.05° Virgo

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Taurus 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)
  • Neptune in Scorpio — 16 Feb to 21 May 1963 (94 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 6 May to 21 May 1963 (15 days of overlap)

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

55 days · retreats 0.73° · crosses the year boundary

17 December → 9 February 1964 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 17 Dec 1963, 00:09 UTC at 14.74° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1964, 23:59 UTC at 14.01° Virgo
Shadow opens 24 Oct 1963 (53 days before)

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Virgo — 17 Dec to 9 Feb 1964 (55 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Capricorn — 26 Dec to 15 Jan 1964 (20 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 1963

Previous

1962 Ended 9 February 1963 after 57 days, moving back 0.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1964 Begins 17 December 1963 and runs 158 days.

Gap across 1963

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 1963

Pluto through the zodiac in 1963

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1963, 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.

1963 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1963

Uranus in Virgo 11 Dec 1962 – 9 May 1963 · 149 days
Mars in Leo 26 Dec 1962 – 16 Mar 1963 · 80 days
Mercury in Aquarius 11 Jan 1963 – 1 Feb 1963 · 21 days
Neptune in Scorpio 16 Feb 1963 – 25 Jul 1963 · 160 days
Mercury in Gemini 6 May 1963 – 30 May 1963 · 24 days
Saturn in Aquarius 3 Jun 1963 – 21 Oct 1963 · 140 days
Jupiter in Aries 9 Aug 1963 – 5 Dec 1963 · 118 days
Mercury in Libra 6 Sep 1963 – 29 Sep 1963 · 22 days
Uranus in Virgo 16 Dec 1963 – 9 Feb 1964 · 56 days
Mercury in Capricorn 26 Dec 1963 – 15 Jan 1964 · 20 days
← 1962 Pluto retrograde in 1962. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1964 → Pluto retrograde in 1964.