Pluto retrograde 1988

1 period, 157 days inside the year — 42.8% of 1988. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

157 days · retreats 2.83°

14 February → 20 July 1988 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 14 Feb 1988, 07:32 UTC at 12.74° Scorpio
Stations direct 20 Jul 1988, 00:47 UTC at 9.91° Scorpio

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Aquarius — 14 Feb to 23 Feb 1988 (9 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Capricorn — 4 Apr to 20 Jul 1988 (106 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Capricorn — 10 Apr to 20 Jul 1988 (100 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 11 Apr to 20 Jul 1988 (100 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Cancer — 22 May to 4 Jul 1988 (43 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 31 May to 24 Jun 1988 (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 1988

Previous

1987 Ended 18 July 1987 after 157 days, moving back 2.83° through the zodiac.

Next

1989 Begins 16 February 1989 and runs 157 days.

Gap across 1988

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.

1988 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1988

Mercury in Aquarius 2 Feb 1988 – 23 Feb 1988 · 21 days
Uranus in Capricorn 4 Apr 1988 – 5 Sep 1988 · 154 days
Saturn in Capricorn 10 Apr 1988 – 30 Aug 1988 · 141 days
Neptune in Capricorn 11 Apr 1988 – 18 Sep 1988 · 160 days
Venus in Cancer 22 May 1988 – 4 Jul 1988 · 43 days
Mercury in Gemini 31 May 1988 – 24 Jun 1988 · 24 days
Mars in Aries 26 Aug 1988 – 28 Oct 1988 · 63 days
Jupiter in Gemini 24 Sep 1988 – 20 Jan 1989 · 118 days
Mercury in Libra 28 Sep 1988 – 20 Oct 1988 · 21 days
← 1987 Pluto retrograde in 1987. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1989 → Pluto retrograde in 1989.