Pluto retrograde 1985

1 period, 156 days inside the year — 42.9% of 1985. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

156 days · retreats 2.83°

5 February → 12 July 1985 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 5 Feb 1985, 17:36 UTC at 4.95° Scorpio
Stations direct 12 Jul 1985, 05:30 UTC at 2.12° Scorpio

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Scorpio — 7 Mar to 12 Jul 1985 (127 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Aries — 13 Mar to 25 Apr 1985 (42 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — 22 Mar to 12 Jul 1985 (111 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 24 Mar to 17 Apr 1985 (23 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 4 Apr to 12 Jul 1985 (98 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aquarius — 4 Jun to 12 Jul 1985 (37 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 1985

Previous

1984 Ended 9 July 1984 after 156 days, moving back 2.83° through the zodiac.

Next

1986 Begins 8 February 1986 and runs 157 days.

Gap across 1985

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 1985

Pluto through the zodiac in 1985

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1985, 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 – 31 Dec and beyond

The whole year is spent in one sign — a sign of how slowly Pluto moves.

1985 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1985

Saturn in Scorpio 7 Mar 1985 – 25 Jul 1985 · 140 days
Venus in Aries 13 Mar 1985 – 25 Apr 1985 · 42 days
Uranus in Sagittarius 22 Mar 1985 – 23 Aug 1985 · 153 days
Mercury in Aries 24 Mar 1985 – 17 Apr 1985 · 23 days
Neptune in Capricorn 4 Apr 1985 – 12 Sep 1985 · 160 days
Jupiter in Aquarius 4 Jun 1985 – 3 Oct 1985 · 120 days
Mercury in Leo 28 Jul 1985 – 20 Aug 1985 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 18 Nov 1985 – 8 Dec 1985 · 20 days
← 1984 Pluto retrograde in 1984. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1986 → Pluto retrograde in 1986.