Pluto retrograde 1980

1 period, 156 days inside the year — 42.7% of 1980. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

156 days · retreats 2.82°

24 January → 28 June 1980 in Libra

Stations retrograde 24 Jan 1980, 10:47 UTC at 22.06° Libra
Stations direct 28 Jun 1980, 19:50 UTC at 19.25° Libra

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mars in Virgo — 24 Jan to 6 Apr 1980 (73 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Virgo — 24 Jan to 9 Feb 1980 (17 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Virgo — 24 Jan to 22 May 1980 (119 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Pisces — 26 Feb to 19 Mar 1980 (23 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Scorpio — 29 Feb to 28 Jun 1980 (121 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — 24 Mar to 28 Jun 1980 (96 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Cancer — 24 May to 28 Jun 1980 (35 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — 28 Jun to 28 Jun 1980 (0 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 1980

Previous

1979 Ended 27 June 1979 after 156 days, moving back 2.81° through the zodiac.

Next

1981 Begins 26 January 1981 and runs 156 days.

Gap across 1980

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 1980

Pluto through the zodiac in 1980

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1980, 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.

1980 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1980

Jupiter in Virgo 26 Dec 1979 – 26 Apr 1980 · 122 days
Saturn in Virgo 6 Jan 1980 – 22 May 1980 · 137 days
Mars in Virgo 16 Jan 1980 – 6 Apr 1980 · 81 days
Mercury in Pisces 26 Feb 1980 – 19 Mar 1980 · 23 days
Uranus in Scorpio 29 Feb 1980 – 30 Jul 1980 · 152 days
Neptune in Sagittarius 24 Mar 1980 – 31 Aug 1980 · 160 days
Venus in Cancer 24 May 1980 – 6 Jul 1980 · 43 days
Mercury in Cancer 28 Jun 1980 – 22 Jul 1980 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio 23 Oct 1980 – 12 Nov 1980 · 20 days
← 1979 Pluto retrograde in 1979. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1981 → Pluto retrograde in 1981.