Pluto retrograde 1966

2 periods, 155 days inside the year — 42.5% of 1966. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

157 days · retreats 2.67° · crosses the year boundary

20 December → 27 May 1966 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 20 Dec 1965, 21:32 UTC at 18.96° Virgo
Stations direct 27 May 1966, 08:56 UTC at 16.29° Virgo

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Gemini season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Cancer — 20 Dec to 9 Feb 1966 (51 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Gemini — 20 Dec to 15 Feb 1966 (56 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Virgo — 25 Dec to 9 Feb 1966 (47 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Aquarius — 5 Jan to 15 Feb 1966 (41 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Scorpio — 22 Feb to 27 May 1966 (94 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 12 Mar to 4 Apr 1966 (23 days of overlap)

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

49 days · retreats 0.6° · crosses the year boundary

23 December → 9 February 1967 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 23 Dec 1966, 09:25 UTC at 21.12° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1967, 23:59 UTC at 20.52° Virgo
Shadow opens 6 Nov 1966 (47 days before)

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Leo — 23 Dec to 9 Feb 1967 (49 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Leo — 23 Dec to 9 Feb 1967 (49 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Virgo — 30 Dec to 9 Feb 1967 (42 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 1966

Previous

1965 Ended 9 February 1966 after 51 days, moving back 0.65° through the zodiac.

Next

1967 Begins 23 December 1966 and runs 157 days.

Gap across 1966

0.9 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 1966

Pluto through the zodiac in 1966

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1966, 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.

1966 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1966

Jupiter in Gemini 22 Nov 1965 – 15 Feb 1966 · 85 days
Uranus in Virgo 25 Dec 1965 – 23 May 1966 · 150 days
Venus in Aquarius 5 Jan 1966 – 15 Feb 1966 · 41 days
Neptune in Scorpio 22 Feb 1966 – 1 Aug 1966 · 160 days
Mercury in Aries 12 Mar 1966 – 4 Apr 1966 · 23 days
Saturn in Aries 11 Jul 1966 – 26 Nov 1966 · 138 days
Mercury in Leo 14 Jul 1966 – 7 Aug 1966 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 6 Nov 1966 – 26 Nov 1966 · 20 days
Jupiter in Leo 21 Nov 1966 – 9 Feb 1967 · 81 days
Uranus in Virgo 30 Dec 1966 – 9 Feb 1967 · 42 days
← 1965 Pluto retrograde in 1965. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1967 → Pluto retrograde in 1967.