Pluto retrograde 2003

1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.6% of 2003. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.72°

22 March → 28 August 2003 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 22 Mar 2003, 22:39 UTC at 19.92° Sagittarius
Stations direct 28 Aug 2003, 23:19 UTC at 17.19° Sagittarius

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Leo — 22 Mar to 4 Apr 2003 (12 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — 26 Apr to 20 May 2003 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 15 May to 28 Aug 2003 (105 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Pisces — 7 Jun to 28 Aug 2003 (83 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Pisces — 29 Jul to 28 Aug 2003 (31 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — 28 Aug to 28 Aug 2003 (0 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 2003

Previous

2002 Ended 26 August 2002 after 159 days, moving back 2.73° through the zodiac.

Next

2004 Begins 24 March 2004 and runs 159 days.

Gap across 2003

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.

2003 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2003

Saturn in Gemini 22 Nov 2002 – 22 Feb 2003 · 92 days
Jupiter in Leo 4 Dec 2002 – 4 Apr 2003 · 121 days
Mercury in Capricorn 2 Jan 2003 – 23 Jan 2003 · 20 days
Mercury in Taurus 26 Apr 2003 – 20 May 2003 · 24 days
Neptune in Aquarius 15 May 2003 – 22 Oct 2003 · 160 days
Uranus in Pisces 7 Jun 2003 – 8 Nov 2003 · 154 days
Mars in Pisces 29 Jul 2003 – 27 Sep 2003 · 60 days
Mercury in Virgo 28 Aug 2003 – 20 Sep 2003 · 23 days
Saturn in Cancer 25 Oct 2003 – 9 Feb 2004 · 107 days
Mercury in Capricorn 17 Dec 2003 – 6 Jan 2004 · 20 days
← 2002 Pluto retrograde in 2002. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2004 → Pluto retrograde in 2004.