Pluto retrograde 1973

1 period, 157 days inside the year — 42.9% of 1973. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

157 days · retreats 2.76°

6 January → 11 June 1973 in Libra

Stations retrograde 6 Jan 1973, 00:44 UTC at 4.79° Libra
Stations direct 11 Jun 1973, 17:51 UTC at 2.03° Libra

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Gemini season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Gemini — 6 Jan to 9 Feb 1973 (35 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Gemini — 6 Jan to 13 Feb 1973 (39 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Libra — 27 Jan to 11 Jun 1973 (136 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Pisces — 4 Mar to 27 Mar 1973 (23 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — 9 Mar to 11 Jun 1973 (94 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aquarius — 30 May to 11 Jun 1973 (12 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 1973

Previous

1972 Ended 9 June 1972 after 157 days, moving back 2.75° through the zodiac.

Next

1974 Begins 8 January 1974 and runs 157 days.

Gap across 1973

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 1973

Pluto through the zodiac in 1973

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1973, 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 – 31 Dec and beyond

The whole year is spent in one sign — a sign of how slowly Pluto moves.

1973 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1973

Saturn in Gemini 22 Nov 1972 – 13 Feb 1973 · 84 days
Uranus in Libra 27 Jan 1973 – 26 Jun 1973 · 151 days
Mercury in Pisces 4 Mar 1973 – 27 Mar 1973 · 23 days
Neptune in Sagittarius 9 Mar 1973 – 16 Aug 1973 · 160 days
Jupiter in Aquarius 30 May 1973 – 28 Sep 1973 · 121 days
Mercury in Leo 6 Jul 1973 – 30 Jul 1973 · 24 days
Mars in Taurus 19 Sep 1973 – 25 Nov 1973 · 67 days
Saturn in Cancer 17 Oct 1973 – 9 Feb 1974 · 116 days
Mercury in Scorpio 30 Oct 1973 – 19 Nov 1973 · 20 days
← 1972 Pluto retrograde in 1972. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1974 → Pluto retrograde in 1974.