Pluto retrograde 2016

1 period, 161 days inside the year — 44.1% of 2016. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

161 days · retreats 2.56°

18 April → 26 September 2016 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 18 Apr 2016, 03:13 UTC at 17.27° Capricorn
Stations direct 26 Sep 2016, 11:08 UTC at 14.7° 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

  • Mars in Sagittarius — 18 Apr to 29 Jun 2016 (73 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Virgo — 18 Apr to 9 May 2016 (21 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Sagittarius — 18 Apr to 13 Aug 2016 (117 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — 28 Apr to 22 May 2016 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Pisces — 13 Jun to 26 Sep 2016 (105 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — 29 Jul to 26 Sep 2016 (59 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — 30 Aug to 22 Sep 2016 (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 2016

Previous

2015 Ended 25 September 2015 after 161 days, moving back 2.58° through the zodiac.

Next

2017 Begins 20 April 2017 and runs 161 days.

Gap across 2016

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 2016

Pluto through the zodiac in 2016

Every sign Pluto occupies during 2016, 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.

2016 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2016

Mercury in Aquarius 5 Jan 2016 – 25 Jan 2016 · 20 days
Jupiter in Virgo 8 Jan 2016 – 9 May 2016 · 122 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 25 Mar 2016 – 13 Aug 2016 · 141 days
Mars in Sagittarius 17 Apr 2016 – 29 Jun 2016 · 73 days
Mercury in Taurus 28 Apr 2016 – 22 May 2016 · 24 days
Neptune in Pisces 13 Jun 2016 – 20 Nov 2016 · 159 days
Uranus in Aries 29 Jul 2016 – 29 Dec 2016 · 153 days
Mercury in Virgo 30 Aug 2016 – 22 Sep 2016 · 23 days
Mercury in Capricorn 19 Dec 2016 – 8 Jan 2017 · 20 days
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