Pluto retrograde 1984

1 period, 156 days inside the year — 42.7% of 1984. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

156 days · retreats 2.83°

3 February → 9 July 1984 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 3 Feb 1984, 20:49 UTC at 2.35° Scorpio
Stations direct 9 Jul 1984, 07:33 UTC at 29.52° Libra

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Scorpio — 24 Feb to 9 Jul 1984 (136 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — 18 Mar to 9 Jul 1984 (113 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 2 Apr to 9 Jul 1984 (98 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Scorpio — 5 Apr to 19 Jun 1984 (75 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — 11 Apr to 5 May 1984 (24 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Capricorn — 29 Apr to 9 Jul 1984 (71 days of overlap)

Read against Scorpio, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Pluto retrogrades either side of 1984

Previous

1983 Ended 7 July 1983 after 156 days, moving back 2.83° through the zodiac.

Next

1985 Begins 5 February 1985 and runs 156 days.

Gap across 1984

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 1984

Pluto through the zodiac in 1984

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1984, 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 Scorpio From 1 Jan – 27 May
Pluto in Libra 27 May – 19 Aug
Pluto in Scorpio 19 Aug – 31 Dec and beyond

3 segments in 1984. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1984 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1984

Mercury in Capricorn 22 Dec 1983 – 11 Jan 1984 · 20 days
Saturn in Scorpio 24 Feb 1984 – 13 Jul 1984 · 140 days
Uranus in Sagittarius 18 Mar 1984 – 18 Aug 1984 · 153 days
Neptune in Capricorn 2 Apr 1984 – 9 Sep 1984 · 160 days
Mars in Scorpio 5 Apr 1984 – 19 Jun 1984 · 75 days
Mercury in Taurus 11 Apr 1984 – 5 May 1984 · 24 days
Jupiter in Capricorn 29 Apr 1984 – 29 Aug 1984 · 122 days
Mercury in Virgo 14 Aug 1984 – 7 Sep 1984 · 23 days
Mercury in Capricorn 4 Dec 1984 – 24 Dec 1984 · 20 days
← 1983 Pluto retrograde in 1983. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1985 → Pluto retrograde in 1985.