Pluto retrograde 1983

1 period, 156 days inside the year — 42.9% of 1983. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

156 days · retreats 2.83°

1 February → 7 July 1983 in Libra

Stations retrograde 1 Feb 1983, 00:05 UTC at 29.76° Libra
Stations direct 7 Jul 1983, 09:55 UTC at 26.94° Libra

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Scorpio — 12 Feb to 1 Jul 1983 (139 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — 14 Mar to 7 Jul 1983 (115 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Sagittarius — 27 Mar to 7 Jul 1983 (101 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — 31 Mar to 7 Jul 1983 (97 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — 1 May to 25 May 1983 (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 1983

Previous

1982 Ended 4 July 1982 after 156 days, moving back 2.82° through the zodiac.

Next

1984 Begins 3 February 1984 and runs 156 days.

Gap across 1983

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 1983

Pluto through the zodiac in 1983

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1983, 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 Oct
Pluto in Scorpio 31 Oct – 31 Dec and beyond

2 segments in 1983. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1983 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1983

Mercury in Aquarius 7 Jan 1983 – 27 Jan 1983 · 20 days
Saturn in Scorpio 12 Feb 1983 – 1 Jul 1983 · 139 days
Uranus in Sagittarius 14 Mar 1983 – 14 Aug 1983 · 153 days
Jupiter in Sagittarius 27 Mar 1983 – 29 Jul 1983 · 123 days
Neptune in Sagittarius 31 Mar 1983 – 8 Sep 1983 · 160 days
Mercury in Taurus 1 May 1983 – 25 May 1983 · 24 days
Venus in Virgo 3 Aug 1983 – 15 Sep 1983 · 43 days
Mercury in Libra 2 Sep 1983 – 24 Sep 1983 · 23 days
Mercury in Capricorn 22 Dec 1983 – 11 Jan 1984 · 20 days
← 1982 Pluto retrograde in 1982. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1984 → Pluto retrograde in 1984.