Pluto retrograde 1987

1 period, 157 days inside the year — 42.9% of 1987. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

157 days · retreats 2.83°

11 February → 18 July 1987 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 11 Feb 1987, 11:01 UTC at 10.14° Scorpio
Stations direct 18 Jul 1987, 02:12 UTC at 7.31° Scorpio

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Pisces — 18 Feb to 12 Mar 1987 (22 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Sagittarius — 31 Mar to 18 Jul 1987 (109 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — 1 Apr to 18 Jul 1987 (108 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 9 Apr to 18 Jul 1987 (99 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — 21 Jun to 15 Jul 1987 (24 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 1987

Previous

1986 Ended 15 July 1986 after 157 days, moving back 2.83° through the zodiac.

Next

1988 Begins 14 February 1988 and runs 157 days.

Gap across 1987

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.

1987 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1987

Mercury in Pisces 18 Feb 1987 – 12 Mar 1987 · 22 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 31 Mar 1987 – 19 Aug 1987 · 141 days
Uranus in Sagittarius 1 Apr 1987 – 1 Sep 1987 · 154 days
Neptune in Capricorn 9 Apr 1987 – 17 Sep 1987 · 160 days
Mercury in Cancer 21 Jun 1987 – 15 Jul 1987 · 24 days
Jupiter in Taurus 19 Aug 1987 – 15 Dec 1987 · 118 days
Mercury in Scorpio 16 Oct 1987 – 6 Nov 1987 · 21 days
← 1986 Pluto retrograde in 1986. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1988 → Pluto retrograde in 1988.