Pluto retrograde 1970

1 period, 155 days inside the year — 42.5% of 1970. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

157 days · retreats 2.72° · crosses the year boundary

30 December → 5 June 1970 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 30 Dec 1969, 01:47 UTC at 27.81° Virgo
Stations direct 5 Jun 1970, 01:47 UTC at 25.08° Virgo

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Gemini 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 5 Jun 1970 (143 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Scorpio — 19 Feb to 5 Jun 1970 (105 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — 3 Mar to 5 Jun 1970 (94 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — 28 Apr to 22 May 1970 (24 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 1970

Previous

1969 Ended 9 February 1970 after 42 days, moving back 0.46° through the zodiac.

Next

1971 Begins 1 January 1971 and runs 157 days.

Gap across 1970

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 1970

Pluto through the zodiac in 1970

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1970, 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 – 13 Dec
Pluto in Libra 13 Dec – 31 Dec and beyond

2 segments in 1970. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1970 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1970

Saturn in Taurus 22 Nov 1969 – 3 Jan 1970 · 43 days
Mercury in Aquarius 4 Jan 1970 – 24 Jan 1970 · 20 days
Uranus in Libra 13 Jan 1970 – 12 Jun 1970 · 150 days
Jupiter in Scorpio 19 Feb 1970 – 23 Jun 1970 · 124 days
Neptune in Sagittarius 3 Mar 1970 – 10 Aug 1970 · 160 days
Mercury in Taurus 28 Apr 1970 – 22 May 1970 · 24 days
Mercury in Virgo 30 Aug 1970 – 22 Sep 1970 · 23 days
Saturn in Taurus 4 Sep 1970 – 17 Jan 1971 · 135 days
Venus in Scorpio 20 Oct 1970 – 1 Dec 1970 · 41 days
Mercury in Capricorn 19 Dec 1970 – 8 Jan 1971 · 20 days
← 1969 Pluto retrograde in 1969. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1971 → Pluto retrograde in 1971.