Pluto retrograde 2001

1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.5% of 2001. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.74°

17 March → 23 August 2001 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 17 Mar 2001, 20:32 UTC at 15.26° Sagittarius
Stations direct 23 Aug 2001, 12:19 UTC at 12.52° Sagittarius

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Venus in Aries — 17 Mar to 20 Apr 2001 (33 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 10 May to 23 Aug 2001 (105 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Sagittarius — 11 May to 19 Jul 2001 (69 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — 29 May to 23 Aug 2001 (86 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 4 Jun to 28 Jun 2001 (24 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 2001

Previous

2000 Ended 20 August 2000 after 158 days, moving back 2.75° through the zodiac.

Next

2002 Begins 20 March 2002 and runs 159 days.

Gap across 2001

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.

2001 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2001

Jupiter in Gemini 22 Nov 2000 – 25 Jan 2001 · 64 days
Saturn in Taurus 22 Nov 2000 – 24 Jan 2001 · 64 days
Mercury in Pisces 4 Feb 2001 – 25 Feb 2001 · 22 days
Venus in Aries 9 Mar 2001 – 20 Apr 2001 · 42 days
Neptune in Aquarius 10 May 2001 – 17 Oct 2001 · 160 days
Mars in Sagittarius 11 May 2001 – 19 Jul 2001 · 69 days
Uranus in Aquarius 29 May 2001 – 30 Oct 2001 · 154 days
Mercury in Gemini 4 Jun 2001 – 28 Jun 2001 · 24 days
Saturn in Gemini 26 Sep 2001 – 7 Feb 2002 · 134 days
Mercury in Libra 1 Oct 2001 – 23 Oct 2001 · 21 days
Jupiter in Cancer 2 Nov 2001 – 9 Feb 2002 · 99 days
← 2000 Pluto retrograde in 2000. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2002 → Pluto retrograde in 2002.