Pluto retrograde 1998

1 period, 158 days inside the year — 43.3% of 1998. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

158 days · retreats 2.77°

11 March → 16 August 1998 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 11 Mar 1998, 00:10 UTC at 8.07° Sagittarius
Stations direct 16 Aug 1998, 03:00 UTC at 5.3° Sagittarius

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Aries — 27 Mar to 20 Apr 1998 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 4 May to 16 Aug 1998 (104 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — 17 May to 16 Aug 1998 (91 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Pisces — 18 Jul to 16 Aug 1998 (29 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 31 Jul to 16 Aug 1998 (16 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Taurus — 15 Aug to 16 Aug 1998 (1 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 1998

Previous

1997 Ended 13 August 1997 after 158 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1999 Begins 13 March 1999 and runs 158 days.

Gap across 1998

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.

1998 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1998

Venus in Aquarius 26 Dec 1997 – 5 Feb 1998 · 41 days
Mercury in Aries 27 Mar 1998 – 20 Apr 1998 · 24 days
Neptune in Aquarius 4 May 1998 – 11 Oct 1998 · 160 days
Uranus in Aquarius 17 May 1998 – 18 Oct 1998 · 154 days
Jupiter in Pisces 18 Jul 1998 – 13 Nov 1998 · 118 days
Mercury in Leo 31 Jul 1998 – 23 Aug 1998 · 24 days
Saturn in Taurus 15 Aug 1998 – 29 Dec 1998 · 136 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 21 Nov 1998 – 11 Dec 1998 · 20 days
← 1997 Pluto retrograde in 1997. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1999 → Pluto retrograde in 1999.