Pluto retrograde 1978

1 period, 156 days inside the year — 42.9% of 1978. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

156 days · retreats 2.8°

18 January → 24 June 1978 in Libra

Stations retrograde 18 Jan 1978, 19:18 UTC at 17.01° Libra
Stations direct 24 Jun 1978, 05:19 UTC at 14.21° Libra

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mars in Leo — 18 Jan to 9 Feb 1978 (22 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Cancer — 18 Jan to 9 Feb 1978 (22 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Cancer — 18 Jan to 20 Feb 1978 (32 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Virgo — 18 Jan to 9 Feb 1978 (22 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Scorpio — 19 Feb to 24 Jun 1978 (125 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — 20 Mar to 24 Jun 1978 (96 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 1 Apr to 25 Apr 1978 (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 1978

Previous

1977 Ended 21 June 1977 after 156 days, moving back 2.8° through the zodiac.

Next

1979 Begins 21 January 1979 and runs 156 days.

Gap across 1978

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 1978

Pluto through the zodiac in 1978

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1978, 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.

1978 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1978

Jupiter in Cancer 22 Nov 1977 – 20 Feb 1978 · 90 days
Saturn in Virgo 11 Dec 1977 – 25 Apr 1978 · 135 days
Mars in Leo 12 Dec 1977 – 2 Mar 1978 · 80 days
Uranus in Scorpio 19 Feb 1978 – 21 Jul 1978 · 152 days
Neptune in Sagittarius 20 Mar 1978 – 27 Aug 1978 · 160 days
Mercury in Aries 1 Apr 1978 – 25 Apr 1978 · 24 days
Mercury in Virgo 4 Aug 1978 – 28 Aug 1978 · 24 days
Venus in Scorpio 18 Oct 1978 – 28 Nov 1978 · 41 days
Jupiter in Leo 25 Nov 1978 – 9 Feb 1979 · 76 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 25 Nov 1978 – 15 Dec 1978 · 20 days
Saturn in Virgo 24 Dec 1978 – 9 Feb 1979 · 47 days
← 1977 Pluto retrograde in 1977. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1979 → Pluto retrograde in 1979.