Pluto retrograde 2017

1 period, 161 days inside the year — 44.2% of 2017. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

161 days · retreats 2.55°

20 April → 28 September 2017 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 20 Apr 2017, 06:14 UTC at 19.17° Capricorn
Stations direct 28 Sep 2017, 17:54 UTC at 16.62° 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 Taurus season and ends in Libra season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Taurus — 20 Apr to 3 May 2017 (13 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Libra — 20 Apr to 9 Jun 2017 (50 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Sagittarius — 20 Apr to 25 Aug 2017 (127 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Pisces — 16 Jun to 28 Sep 2017 (104 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — 3 Aug to 28 Sep 2017 (57 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — 13 Aug to 5 Sep 2017 (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 2017

Previous

2016 Ended 26 September 2016 after 161 days, moving back 2.56° through the zodiac.

Next

2018 Begins 22 April 2018 and runs 162 days.

Gap across 2017

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 2017

Pluto through the zodiac in 2017

Every sign Pluto occupies during 2017, 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.

2017 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2017

Mercury in Capricorn 19 Dec 2016 – 8 Jan 2017 · 20 days
Jupiter in Libra 6 Feb 2017 – 9 Jun 2017 · 123 days
Venus in Aries 4 Mar 2017 – 15 Apr 2017 · 42 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 6 Apr 2017 – 25 Aug 2017 · 141 days
Mercury in Taurus 9 Apr 2017 – 3 May 2017 · 24 days
Neptune in Pisces 16 Jun 2017 – 22 Nov 2017 · 159 days
Uranus in Aries 3 Aug 2017 – 2 Jan 2018 · 152 days
Mercury in Virgo 13 Aug 2017 – 5 Sep 2017 · 23 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 3 Dec 2017 – 23 Dec 2017 · 20 days
← 2016 Pluto retrograde in 2016. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2018 → Pluto retrograde in 2018.