Pluto retrograde 1968

2 periods, 156 days inside the year — 42.5% of 1968. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

157 days · retreats 2.7° · crosses the year boundary

25 December → 31 May 1968 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 25 Dec 1967, 22:07 UTC at 23.31° Virgo
Stations direct 31 May 1968, 03:34 UTC at 20.62° Virgo

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Gemini season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Virgo — 25 Dec to 9 Feb 1968 (46 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Virgo — 4 Jan to 31 May 1968 (148 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Pisces — 6 Feb to 28 Feb 1968 (22 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Scorpio — 27 Feb to 31 May 1968 (94 days of overlap)

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

45 days · retreats 0.51° · crosses the year boundary

27 December → 9 February 1969 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 27 Dec 1968, 11:34 UTC at 25.54° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1969, 23:59 UTC at 25.03° Virgo
Shadow opens 14 Nov 1968 (43 days before)

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Libra — 8 Jan to 9 Feb 1969 (33 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 20 Jan to 9 Feb 1969 (21 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Libra — 20 Jan to 9 Feb 1969 (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 1968

Previous

1967 Ended 9 February 1968 after 46 days, moving back 0.54° through the zodiac.

Next

1969 Begins 27 December 1968 and runs 157 days.

Gap across 1968

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 1968

Pluto through the zodiac in 1968

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1968, 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.

1968 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1968

Jupiter in Virgo 22 Dec 1967 – 21 Apr 1968 · 122 days
Uranus in Virgo 4 Jan 1968 – 2 Jun 1968 · 150 days
Mercury in Pisces 6 Feb 1968 – 28 Feb 1968 · 22 days
Neptune in Scorpio 27 Feb 1968 – 5 Aug 1968 · 160 days
Mercury in Cancer 6 Jun 1968 – 30 Jun 1968 · 24 days
Saturn in Aries 7 Aug 1968 – 21 Dec 1968 · 136 days
Mercury in Scorpio 3 Oct 1968 – 24 Oct 1968 · 21 days
← 1967 Pluto retrograde in 1967. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1969 → Pluto retrograde in 1969.