Pluto retrograde 2015

1 period, 161 days inside the year — 44.2% of 2015. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

161 days · retreats 2.58°

16 April → 25 September 2015 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 16 Apr 2015, 23:35 UTC at 15.34° Capricorn
Stations direct 25 Sep 2015, 03:39 UTC at 12.76° 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 Libra season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Sagittarius — 16 Apr to 2 Aug 2015 (107 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 19 May to 11 Jun 2015 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Pisces — 12 Jun to 25 Sep 2015 (105 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Virgo — 25 Jul to 6 Sep 2015 (43 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — 26 Jul to 25 Sep 2015 (61 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — 17 Sep to 25 Sep 2015 (7 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 2015

Previous

2014 Ended 22 September 2014 after 161 days, moving back 2.59° through the zodiac.

Next

2016 Begins 18 April 2016 and runs 161 days.

Gap across 2015

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 2015

Pluto through the zodiac in 2015

Every sign Pluto occupies during 2015, 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.

2015 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2015

Jupiter in Leo 8 Dec 2014 – 8 Apr 2015 · 121 days
Mercury in Aquarius 21 Jan 2015 – 11 Feb 2015 · 21 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 14 Mar 2015 – 2 Aug 2015 · 141 days
Mercury in Gemini 19 May 2015 – 11 Jun 2015 · 24 days
Neptune in Pisces 12 Jun 2015 – 18 Nov 2015 · 159 days
Venus in Virgo 25 Jul 2015 – 6 Sep 2015 · 43 days
Uranus in Aries 26 Jul 2015 – 26 Dec 2015 · 153 days
Mercury in Libra 17 Sep 2015 – 9 Oct 2015 · 22 days
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