Pluto retrograde 2011

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 44% of 2011. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.63°

9 April → 16 September 2011 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 9 Apr 2011, 02:26 UTC at 7.34° Capricorn
Stations direct 16 Sep 2011, 14:17 UTC at 4.71° 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

  • Mercury in Aries — 9 Apr to 23 Apr 2011 (14 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Libra — 9 Apr to 13 Jun 2011 (65 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Pisces — 2 Jun to 16 Sep 2011 (106 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — 9 Jul to 16 Sep 2011 (69 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — 3 Aug to 26 Aug 2011 (24 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Taurus — 30 Aug to 16 Sep 2011 (17 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 2011

Previous

2010 Ended 14 September 2010 after 160 days, moving back 2.64° through the zodiac.

Next

2012 Begins 10 April 2012 and runs 161 days.

Gap across 2011

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.

2011 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2011

Saturn in Libra 26 Jan 2011 – 13 Jun 2011 · 138 days
Mercury in Aries 30 Mar 2011 – 23 Apr 2011 · 24 days
Neptune in Pisces 2 Jun 2011 – 9 Nov 2011 · 160 days
Uranus in Aries 9 Jul 2011 – 10 Dec 2011 · 153 days
Mercury in Virgo 3 Aug 2011 – 26 Aug 2011 · 24 days
Jupiter in Taurus 30 Aug 2011 – 25 Dec 2011 · 118 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 24 Nov 2011 – 14 Dec 2011 · 20 days
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