Pluto retrograde 1976

1 period, 157 days inside the year — 42.8% of 1976. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

157 days · retreats 2.79°

14 January → 18 June 1976 in Libra

Stations retrograde 14 Jan 1976, 05:28 UTC at 12.05° Libra
Stations direct 18 Jun 1976, 17:35 UTC at 9.26° Libra

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Gemini season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mars in Cancer — 14 Jan to 20 Jan 1976 (7 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Cancer — 14 Jan to 20 Jan 1976 (7 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Leo — 14 Jan to 9 Feb 1976 (27 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Leo — 14 Jan to 27 Mar 1976 (74 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — 14 Jan to 3 Feb 1976 (21 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Scorpio — 10 Feb to 18 Jun 1976 (129 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — 15 Mar to 18 Jun 1976 (95 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 9 May to 2 Jun 1976 (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 1976

Previous

1975 Ended 17 June 1975 after 157 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1977 Begins 16 January 1977 and runs 156 days.

Gap across 1976

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 1976

Pluto through the zodiac in 1976

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1976, 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.

1976 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1976

Mars in Cancer 22 Nov 1975 – 20 Jan 1976 · 60 days
Saturn in Leo 22 Nov 1975 – 27 Mar 1976 · 127 days
Mercury in Aquarius 14 Jan 1976 – 3 Feb 1976 · 21 days
Uranus in Scorpio 10 Feb 1976 – 11 Jul 1976 · 151 days
Neptune in Sagittarius 15 Mar 1976 – 22 Aug 1976 · 160 days
Mercury in Gemini 9 May 1976 – 2 Jun 1976 · 24 days
Mercury in Libra 8 Sep 1976 – 1 Oct 1976 · 22 days
Jupiter in Gemini 19 Sep 1976 – 15 Jan 1977 · 118 days
Saturn in Leo 27 Nov 1976 – 9 Feb 1977 · 74 days
Mercury in Capricorn 28 Dec 1976 – 17 Jan 1977 · 20 days
← 1975 Pluto retrograde in 1975. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1977 → Pluto retrograde in 1977.