Pluto retrograde 2009

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.9% of 2009. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.65°

4 April → 11 September 2009 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 4 Apr 2009, 11:46 UTC at 3.16° Capricorn
Stations direct 11 Sep 2009, 15:04 UTC at 0.51° Capricorn

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

  • Venus in Aries — 4 Apr to 17 Apr 2009 (13 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Virgo — 4 Apr to 16 May 2009 (42 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 7 May to 31 May 2009 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 28 May to 11 Sep 2009 (106 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aquarius — 15 Jun to 11 Sep 2009 (88 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Pisces — 1 Jul to 11 Sep 2009 (72 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — 7 Sep to 11 Sep 2009 (4 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 2009

Previous

2008 Ended 9 September 2008 after 160 days, moving back 2.66° through the zodiac.

Next

2010 Begins 6 April 2010 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 2009

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.

2009 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2009

Saturn in Virgo 31 Dec 2008 – 16 May 2009 · 136 days
Mercury in Aquarius 11 Jan 2009 – 1 Feb 2009 · 21 days
Venus in Aries 6 Mar 2009 – 17 Apr 2009 · 42 days
Mercury in Gemini 7 May 2009 – 31 May 2009 · 24 days
Neptune in Aquarius 28 May 2009 – 4 Nov 2009 · 160 days
Jupiter in Aquarius 15 Jun 2009 – 13 Oct 2009 · 120 days
Uranus in Pisces 1 Jul 2009 – 1 Dec 2009 · 154 days
Mercury in Libra 7 Sep 2009 – 29 Sep 2009 · 22 days
Mars in Leo 20 Dec 2009 – 9 Feb 2010 · 51 days
Mercury in Capricorn 26 Dec 2009 – 15 Jan 2010 · 20 days
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