Pluto retrograde 1969

2 periods, 155 days inside the year — 42.3% of 1969. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

157 days · retreats 2.71° · crosses the year boundary

27 December → 2 June 1969 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 27 Dec 1968, 11:34 UTC at 25.54° Virgo
Stations direct 2 Jun 1969, 14:13 UTC at 22.83° Virgo

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Gemini season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Libra — 8 Jan to 2 Jun 1969 (145 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 20 Jan to 10 Feb 1969 (21 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Libra — 20 Jan to 23 May 1969 (123 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Scorpio — 28 Feb to 2 Jun 1969 (94 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Aries — 18 Mar to 29 Apr 1969 (42 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Sagittarius — 27 Apr to 2 Jun 1969 (36 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 17 May to 2 Jun 1969 (16 days of overlap)

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

42 days · retreats 0.46° · crosses the year boundary

30 December → 9 February 1970 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 30 Dec 1969, 01:47 UTC at 27.81° Virgo
Stations direct 9 Feb 1970, 23:59 UTC at 27.34° Virgo
Shadow opens 19 Nov 1969 (41 days before)

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Taurus — 30 Dec to 3 Jan 1970 (5 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Taurus — 30 Dec to 3 Jan 1970 (5 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 4 Jan to 24 Jan 1970 (20 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Libra — 13 Jan to 9 Feb 1970 (28 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 1969

Previous

1968 Ended 9 February 1969 after 45 days, moving back 0.51° through the zodiac.

Next

1970 Begins 30 December 1969 and runs 157 days.

Gap across 1969

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 1969

Pluto through the zodiac in 1969

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1969, 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.

1969 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1969

Uranus in Libra 8 Jan 1969 – 7 Jun 1969 · 150 days
Mercury in Aquarius 20 Jan 1969 – 10 Feb 1969 · 21 days
Jupiter in Libra 20 Jan 1969 – 23 May 1969 · 123 days
Neptune in Scorpio 28 Feb 1969 – 7 Aug 1969 · 160 days
Venus in Aries 18 Mar 1969 – 29 Apr 1969 · 42 days
Mars in Sagittarius 27 Apr 1969 – 8 Jul 1969 · 72 days
Mercury in Gemini 17 May 1969 – 10 Jun 1969 · 24 days
Saturn in Taurus 21 Aug 1969 – 3 Jan 1970 · 136 days
Mercury in Libra 16 Sep 1969 – 8 Oct 1969 · 22 days
← 1968 Pluto retrograde in 1968. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1970 → Pluto retrograde in 1970.