Pluto retrograde 2010

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.9% of 2010. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.64°

6 April → 14 September 2010 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 6 Apr 2010, 19:27 UTC at 5.27° Capricorn
Stations direct 14 Sep 2010, 03:03 UTC at 2.63° 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

  • Saturn in Libra — 6 Apr to 30 May 2010 (54 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — 18 Apr to 11 May 2010 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 31 May to 14 Sep 2010 (106 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — 5 Jul to 14 Sep 2010 (71 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aries — 23 Jul to 14 Sep 2010 (53 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — 20 Aug to 12 Sep 2010 (23 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 2010

Previous

2009 Ended 11 September 2009 after 160 days, moving back 2.65° through the zodiac.

Next

2011 Begins 9 April 2011 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 2010

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.

2010 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2010

Mars in Leo 20 Dec 2009 – 10 Mar 2010 · 80 days
Mercury in Capricorn 26 Dec 2009 – 15 Jan 2010 · 20 days
Saturn in Libra 13 Jan 2010 – 30 May 2010 · 137 days
Mercury in Taurus 18 Apr 2010 – 11 May 2010 · 24 days
Neptune in Aquarius 31 May 2010 – 7 Nov 2010 · 160 days
Uranus in Aries 5 Jul 2010 – 6 Dec 2010 · 154 days
Jupiter in Aries 23 Jul 2010 – 18 Nov 2010 · 118 days
Mercury in Virgo 20 Aug 2010 – 12 Sep 2010 · 23 days
Venus in Scorpio 8 Oct 2010 – 18 Nov 2010 · 42 days
Mercury in Capricorn 10 Dec 2010 – 30 Dec 2010 · 20 days
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