Pluto retrograde 1981

1 period, 156 days inside the year — 42.8% of 1981. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

156 days · retreats 2.82°

26 January → 1 July 1981 in Libra

Stations retrograde 26 Jan 1981, 07:00 UTC at 24.62° Libra
Stations direct 1 Jul 1981, 16:01 UTC at 21.8° Libra

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Libra — 26 Jan to 27 May 1981 (121 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Libra — 26 Jan to 5 Jun 1981 (130 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Pisces — 8 Feb to 2 Mar 1981 (22 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — 4 Mar to 1 Jul 1981 (119 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — 26 Mar to 1 Jul 1981 (97 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — 9 Jun to 1 Jul 1981 (22 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 1981

Previous

1980 Ended 28 June 1980 after 156 days, moving back 2.82° through the zodiac.

Next

1982 Begins 29 January 1982 and runs 156 days.

Gap across 1981

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 1981

Pluto through the zodiac in 1981

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1981, 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.

1981 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1981

Saturn in Libra 18 Jan 1981 – 5 Jun 1981 · 137 days
Jupiter in Libra 24 Jan 1981 – 27 May 1981 · 123 days
Mercury in Pisces 8 Feb 1981 – 2 Mar 1981 · 22 days
Uranus in Sagittarius 4 Mar 1981 – 4 Aug 1981 · 152 days
Neptune in Sagittarius 26 Mar 1981 – 3 Sep 1981 · 160 days
Mercury in Cancer 9 Jun 1981 – 3 Jul 1981 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio 6 Oct 1981 – 27 Oct 1981 · 21 days
Venus in Aquarius 31 Dec 1981 – 9 Feb 1982 · 40 days
← 1980 Pluto retrograde in 1980. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1982 → Pluto retrograde in 1982.