Pluto retrograde 2018

1 period, 162 days inside the year — 44.3% of 2018. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

162 days · retreats 2.54°

22 April → 30 September 2018 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 22 Apr 2018, 08:37 UTC at 21.04° Capricorn
Stations direct 30 Sep 2018, 23:58 UTC at 18.5° 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

  • Jupiter in Scorpio — 22 Apr to 10 Jul 2018 (79 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Capricorn — 22 Apr to 6 Sep 2018 (137 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Pisces — 18 Jun to 30 Sep 2018 (104 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Aquarius — 26 Jun to 27 Aug 2018 (62 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 26 Jul to 19 Aug 2018 (24 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 7 Aug to 30 Sep 2018 (54 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 2018

Previous

2017 Ended 28 September 2017 after 161 days, moving back 2.55° through the zodiac.

Next

2019 Begins 24 April 2019 and runs 162 days.

Gap across 2018

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 2018

Pluto through the zodiac in 2018

Every sign Pluto occupies during 2018, 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.

2018 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2018

Uranus in Aries 22 Nov 2017 – 2 Jan 2018 · 42 days
Jupiter in Scorpio 9 Mar 2018 – 10 Jul 2018 · 124 days
Mercury in Aries 23 Mar 2018 – 15 Apr 2018 · 23 days
Saturn in Capricorn 18 Apr 2018 – 6 Sep 2018 · 141 days
Neptune in Pisces 18 Jun 2018 – 25 Nov 2018 · 159 days
Mars in Aquarius 26 Jun 2018 – 27 Aug 2018 · 62 days
Mercury in Leo 26 Jul 2018 – 19 Aug 2018 · 24 days
Uranus in Taurus 7 Aug 2018 – 6 Jan 2019 · 152 days
Venus in Scorpio 5 Oct 2018 – 16 Nov 2018 · 42 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 17 Nov 2018 – 6 Dec 2018 · 20 days
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