Pluto retrograde 2012

1 period, 161 days inside the year — 43.9% of 2012. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

161 days · retreats 2.61°

10 April → 18 September 2012 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 10 Apr 2012, 08:44 UTC at 9.38° Capricorn
Stations direct 18 Sep 2012, 00:45 UTC at 6.77° 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

  • Mars in Virgo — 10 Apr to 14 Apr 2012 (4 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Libra — 10 Apr to 25 Jun 2012 (76 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Gemini — 15 May to 27 Jun 2012 (43 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Pisces — 4 Jun to 18 Sep 2012 (105 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — 13 Jul to 18 Sep 2012 (67 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 15 Jul to 8 Aug 2012 (24 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 2012

Previous

2011 Ended 16 September 2011 after 160 days, moving back 2.63° through the zodiac.

Next

2013 Begins 12 April 2013 and runs 161 days.

Gap across 2012

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.

2012 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2012

Mars in Virgo 24 Jan 2012 – 14 Apr 2012 · 81 days
Saturn in Libra 7 Feb 2012 – 25 Jun 2012 · 139 days
Mercury in Aries 12 Mar 2012 – 4 Apr 2012 · 23 days
Venus in Gemini 15 May 2012 – 27 Jun 2012 · 43 days
Neptune in Pisces 4 Jun 2012 – 11 Nov 2012 · 160 days
Uranus in Aries 13 Jul 2012 – 13 Dec 2012 · 153 days
Mercury in Leo 15 Jul 2012 – 8 Aug 2012 · 24 days
Jupiter in Gemini 4 Oct 2012 – 30 Jan 2013 · 118 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 6 Nov 2012 – 26 Nov 2012 · 20 days
← 2011 Pluto retrograde in 2011. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2013 → Pluto retrograde in 2013.