Pluto retrograde 1999

1 period, 158 days inside the year — 43.4% of 1999. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

158 days · retreats 2.76°

13 March → 18 August 1999 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 13 Mar 1999, 15:38 UTC at 10.5° Sagittarius
Stations direct 18 Aug 1999, 22:42 UTC at 7.73° Sagittarius

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Aries — 13 Mar to 2 Apr 1999 (20 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Scorpio — 18 Mar to 4 Jun 1999 (78 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 6 May to 18 Aug 1999 (104 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — 21 May to 18 Aug 1999 (89 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 12 Jul to 6 Aug 1999 (24 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Virgo — 30 Jul to 18 Aug 1999 (20 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 1999

Previous

1998 Ended 16 August 1998 after 158 days, moving back 2.77° through the zodiac.

Next

2000 Begins 15 March 2000 and runs 158 days.

Gap across 1999

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.

1999 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1999

Mercury in Aries 10 Mar 1999 – 2 Apr 1999 · 23 days
Mars in Scorpio 18 Mar 1999 – 4 Jun 1999 · 78 days
Neptune in Aquarius 6 May 1999 – 13 Oct 1999 · 160 days
Uranus in Aquarius 21 May 1999 – 23 Oct 1999 · 154 days
Mercury in Leo 12 Jul 1999 – 6 Aug 1999 · 24 days
Venus in Virgo 30 Jul 1999 – 11 Sep 1999 · 43 days
Jupiter in Taurus 25 Aug 1999 – 20 Dec 1999 · 118 days
Saturn in Taurus 29 Aug 1999 – 12 Jan 2000 · 135 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 5 Nov 1999 – 25 Nov 1999 · 20 days
← 1998 Pluto retrograde in 1998. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2000 → Pluto retrograde in 2000.