Pluto retrograde 1971

1 period, 157 days inside the year — 43% of 1971. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

157 days · retreats 2.74°

1 January → 7 June 1971 in Libra

Stations retrograde 1 Jan 1971, 16:44 UTC at 0.1° Libra
Stations direct 7 Jun 1971, 14:16 UTC at 27.37° Virgo

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Gemini season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Capricorn — 1 Jan to 8 Jan 1971 (6 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Taurus — 1 Jan to 17 Jan 1971 (16 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Taurus — 1 Jan to 17 Jan 1971 (16 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Libra — 18 Jan to 7 Jun 1971 (140 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — 5 Mar to 7 Jun 1971 (94 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Sagittarius — 23 Mar to 7 Jun 1971 (76 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — 9 Apr to 3 May 1971 (24 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Pluto retrogrades either side of 1971

Previous

1970 Ended 5 June 1970 after 157 days, moving back 2.72° through the zodiac.

Next

1972 Begins 4 January 1972 and runs 157 days.

Gap across 1971

1.6 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 1971

Pluto through the zodiac in 1971

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1971, 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 Libra From 1 Jan – 21 Jan
Pluto in Virgo 21 Jan – 24 Sep
Pluto in Libra 24 Sep – 31 Dec and beyond

3 segments in 1971. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1971 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1971

Saturn in Taurus 22 Nov 1970 – 17 Jan 1971 · 57 days
Mercury in Capricorn 19 Dec 1970 – 8 Jan 1971 · 20 days
Uranus in Libra 18 Jan 1971 – 17 Jun 1971 · 150 days
Neptune in Sagittarius 5 Mar 1971 – 12 Aug 1971 · 160 days
Jupiter in Sagittarius 23 Mar 1971 – 24 Jul 1971 · 123 days
Mercury in Taurus 9 Apr 1971 – 3 May 1971 · 24 days
Mars in Aquarius 11 Jul 1971 – 9 Sep 1971 · 60 days
Mercury in Virgo 12 Aug 1971 – 5 Sep 1971 · 23 days
Saturn in Gemini 19 Sep 1971 – 31 Jan 1972 · 134 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 3 Dec 1971 – 22 Dec 1971 · 20 days
← 1970 Pluto retrograde in 1970. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1972 → Pluto retrograde in 1972.