Pluto retrograde 1972

1 period, 157 days inside the year — 42.8% of 1972. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

157 days · retreats 2.75°

4 January → 9 June 1972 in Libra

Stations retrograde 4 Jan 1972, 08:23 UTC at 2.43° Libra
Stations direct 9 Jun 1972, 03:37 UTC at 29.69° Virgo

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Gemini season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Gemini — 4 Jan to 31 Jan 1972 (27 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Gemini — 4 Jan to 31 Jan 1972 (27 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Libra — 23 Jan to 9 Jun 1972 (138 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — 6 Mar to 9 Jun 1972 (94 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 21 Mar to 14 Apr 1972 (23 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Capricorn — 24 Apr to 9 Jun 1972 (45 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Cancer — 27 May to 9 Jun 1972 (13 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 1972

Previous

1971 Ended 7 June 1971 after 157 days, moving back 2.74° through the zodiac.

Next

1973 Begins 6 January 1973 and runs 157 days.

Gap across 1972

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 1972

Pluto through the zodiac in 1972

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1972, 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 – 5 May
Pluto in Virgo 5 May – 13 Jul
Pluto in Libra 13 Jul – 31 Dec and beyond

3 segments in 1972. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1972 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1972

Saturn in Gemini 22 Nov 1971 – 31 Jan 1972 · 71 days
Uranus in Libra 23 Jan 1972 – 21 Jun 1972 · 151 days
Neptune in Sagittarius 6 Mar 1972 – 14 Aug 1972 · 160 days
Mercury in Aries 21 Mar 1972 – 14 Apr 1972 · 23 days
Jupiter in Capricorn 24 Apr 1972 – 25 Aug 1972 · 122 days
Venus in Cancer 27 May 1972 – 9 Jul 1972 · 43 days
Mercury in Leo 24 Jul 1972 – 17 Aug 1972 · 24 days
Saturn in Gemini 2 Oct 1972 – 9 Feb 1973 · 130 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 15 Nov 1972 – 5 Dec 1972 · 20 days
← 1971 Pluto retrograde in 1971. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1973 → Pluto retrograde in 1973.