Pluto retrograde 2013

1 period, 161 days inside the year — 44.1% of 2013. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

161 days · retreats 2.6°

12 April → 20 September 2013 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 12 Apr 2013, 14:20 UTC at 11.39° Capricorn
Stations direct 20 Sep 2013, 10:28 UTC at 8.79° 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 Scorpio — 12 Apr to 8 Jul 2013 (87 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Pisces — 7 Jun to 20 Sep 2013 (105 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — 26 Jun to 20 Jul 2013 (24 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — 17 Jul to 20 Sep 2013 (65 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 2013

Previous

2012 Ended 18 September 2012 after 161 days, moving back 2.61° through the zodiac.

Next

2014 Begins 14 April 2014 and runs 161 days.

Gap across 2013

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.

Computed for 2013

Pluto through the zodiac in 2013

Every sign Pluto occupies during 2013, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Pluto in Capricorn From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

The whole year is spent in one sign — a sign of how slowly Pluto moves.

2013 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2013

Jupiter in Gemini 22 Nov 2012 – 30 Jan 2013 · 69 days
Saturn in Scorpio 18 Feb 2013 – 8 Jul 2013 · 139 days
Mercury in Pisces 23 Feb 2013 – 17 Mar 2013 · 22 days
Neptune in Pisces 7 Jun 2013 – 13 Nov 2013 · 160 days
Mercury in Cancer 26 Jun 2013 – 20 Jul 2013 · 24 days
Uranus in Aries 17 Jul 2013 – 17 Dec 2013 · 153 days
Mercury in Scorpio 21 Oct 2013 – 10 Nov 2013 · 20 days
Jupiter in Cancer 7 Nov 2013 – 9 Feb 2014 · 95 days
Venus in Capricorn 21 Dec 2013 – 31 Jan 2014 · 41 days
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