Pluto retrograde 1997

1 period, 158 days inside the year — 43.3% of 1997. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

158 days · retreats 2.78°

8 March → 13 August 1997 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 8 Mar 1997, 08:04 UTC at 5.63° Sagittarius
Stations direct 13 Aug 1997, 06:45 UTC at 2.85° Sagittarius

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mars in Libra — 8 Mar to 27 Apr 1997 (50 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — 14 Apr to 8 May 1997 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 1 May to 13 Aug 1997 (104 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — 12 May to 13 Aug 1997 (92 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aquarius — 10 Jun to 13 Aug 1997 (64 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Aries — 1 Aug to 13 Aug 1997 (12 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Pluto retrogrades either side of 1997

Previous

1996 Ended 10 August 1996 after 158 days, moving back 2.79° through the zodiac.

Next

1998 Begins 11 March 1998 and runs 158 days.

Gap across 1997

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.

1997 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1997

Mercury in Capricorn 23 Dec 1996 – 12 Jan 1997 · 20 days
Mars in Libra 6 Feb 1997 – 27 Apr 1997 · 81 days
Mercury in Taurus 14 Apr 1997 – 8 May 1997 · 24 days
Neptune in Capricorn 1 May 1997 – 9 Oct 1997 · 160 days
Uranus in Aquarius 12 May 1997 – 14 Oct 1997 · 154 days
Jupiter in Aquarius 10 Jun 1997 – 8 Oct 1997 · 120 days
Saturn in Aries 1 Aug 1997 – 16 Dec 1997 · 137 days
Mercury in Virgo 17 Aug 1997 – 10 Sep 1997 · 23 days
Mercury in Capricorn 7 Dec 1997 – 27 Dec 1997 · 20 days
Venus in Aquarius 26 Dec 1997 – 5 Feb 1998 · 41 days
← 1996 Pluto retrograde in 1996. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1998 → Pluto retrograde in 1998.