Pluto retrograde 2008

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.7% of 2008. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.66°

2 April → 9 September 2008 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 2 Apr 2008, 03:22 UTC at 1.03° Capricorn
Stations direct 9 Sep 2008, 02:19 UTC at 28.37° Sagittarius

Pluto retrograde in Capricorn

Pluto retrograde in Capricorn internalises transformation in institutions and authority. Structures that were breaking down are examined from within. It suits confronting personal relationships with power and ambition.

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Virgo — 2 Apr to 2 May 2008 (31 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Capricorn — 9 May to 8 Sep 2008 (122 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 26 May to 9 Sep 2008 (106 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 26 May to 19 Jun 2008 (24 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Pisces — 26 Jun to 9 Sep 2008 (74 days of overlap)

Read against Capricorn, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Pluto retrogrades either side of 2008

Previous

2007 Ended 7 September 2007 after 160 days, moving back 2.67° through the zodiac.

Next

2009 Begins 4 April 2009 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 2008

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.

2008 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2008

Mars in Cancer 22 Nov 2007 – 30 Jan 2008 · 70 days
Saturn in Virgo 19 Dec 2007 – 2 May 2008 · 136 days
Mercury in Aquarius 28 Jan 2008 – 19 Feb 2008 · 21 days
Jupiter in Capricorn 9 May 2008 – 8 Sep 2008 · 122 days
Neptune in Aquarius 26 May 2008 – 2 Nov 2008 · 160 days
Mercury in Gemini 26 May 2008 – 19 Jun 2008 · 24 days
Uranus in Pisces 26 Jun 2008 – 27 Nov 2008 · 154 days
Mercury in Libra 24 Sep 2008 – 15 Oct 2008 · 22 days
Saturn in Virgo 31 Dec 2008 – 9 Feb 2009 · 40 days
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