Pluto retrograde 2005

1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.7% of 2005. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.7°

26 March → 2 September 2005 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 26 Mar 2005, 21:54 UTC at 24.45° Sagittarius
Stations direct 2 Sep 2005, 07:32 UTC at 21.75° Sagittarius

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Aries — 26 Mar to 12 Apr 2005 (16 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Libra — 26 Mar to 5 Jun 2005 (70 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 19 May to 2 Sep 2005 (105 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Pisces — 14 Jun to 2 Sep 2005 (79 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 23 Jul to 16 Aug 2005 (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 2005

Previous

2004 Ended 30 August 2004 after 159 days, moving back 2.71° through the zodiac.

Next

2006 Begins 29 March 2006 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 2005

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.

2005 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2005

Saturn in Cancer 22 Nov 2004 – 21 Mar 2005 · 120 days
Jupiter in Libra 2 Feb 2005 – 5 Jun 2005 · 123 days
Mercury in Aries 20 Mar 2005 – 12 Apr 2005 · 23 days
Neptune in Aquarius 19 May 2005 – 26 Oct 2005 · 160 days
Uranus in Pisces 14 Jun 2005 – 15 Nov 2005 · 154 days
Mercury in Leo 23 Jul 2005 – 16 Aug 2005 · 24 days
Mars in Taurus 1 Oct 2005 – 10 Dec 2005 · 69 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 14 Nov 2005 – 4 Dec 2005 · 20 days
Saturn in Leo 22 Nov 2005 – 9 Feb 2006 · 80 days
Venus in Aquarius 24 Dec 2005 – 3 Feb 2006 · 41 days
← 2004 Pluto retrograde in 2004. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2006 → Pluto retrograde in 2006.