Pluto retrograde 2002

1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.5% of 2002. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.73°

20 March → 26 August 2002 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 20 Mar 2002, 09:57 UTC at 17.6° Sagittarius
Stations direct 26 Aug 2002, 06:10 UTC at 14.87° Sagittarius

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Neptune in Aquarius — 13 May to 26 Aug 2002 (105 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 15 May to 8 Jun 2002 (24 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — 2 Jun to 26 Aug 2002 (84 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 2002

Previous

2001 Ended 23 August 2001 after 159 days, moving back 2.74° through the zodiac.

Next

2003 Begins 22 March 2003 and runs 159 days.

Gap across 2002

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.

2002 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2002

Jupiter in Cancer 22 Nov 2001 – 1 Mar 2002 · 100 days
Saturn in Gemini 22 Nov 2001 – 7 Feb 2002 · 78 days
Mercury in Aquarius 18 Jan 2002 – 8 Feb 2002 · 21 days
Neptune in Aquarius 13 May 2002 – 20 Oct 2002 · 160 days
Mercury in Gemini 15 May 2002 – 8 Jun 2002 · 24 days
Uranus in Aquarius 2 Jun 2002 – 4 Nov 2002 · 154 days
Mercury in Libra 14 Sep 2002 – 6 Oct 2002 · 22 days
Venus in Scorpio 10 Oct 2002 – 21 Nov 2002 · 42 days
Saturn in Gemini 11 Oct 2002 – 9 Feb 2003 · 122 days
Jupiter in Leo 4 Dec 2002 – 9 Feb 2003 · 68 days
← 2001 Pluto retrograde in 2001. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2003 → Pluto retrograde in 2003.