Pluto retrograde 2019

1 period, 162 days inside the year — 44.3% of 2019. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

162 days · retreats 2.53°

24 April → 3 October 2019 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 24 Apr 2019, 10:25 UTC at 22.89° Capricorn
Stations direct 3 Oct 2019, 05:19 UTC at 20.36° 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 Sagittarius — 24 Apr to 11 Aug 2019 (109 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Capricorn — 29 Apr to 18 Sep 2019 (141 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Pisces — 21 Jun to 3 Oct 2019 (104 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 7 Jul to 1 Aug 2019 (24 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 11 Aug to 3 Oct 2019 (52 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 2019

Previous

2018 Ended 30 September 2018 after 162 days, moving back 2.54° through the zodiac.

Next

2020 Begins 25 April 2020 and runs 162 days.

Gap across 2019

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 2019

Pluto through the zodiac in 2019

Every sign Pluto occupies during 2019, 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.

2019 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2019

Uranus in Aries 22 Nov 2018 – 6 Jan 2019 · 46 days
Mercury in Pisces 5 Mar 2019 – 28 Mar 2019 · 23 days
Jupiter in Sagittarius 10 Apr 2019 – 11 Aug 2019 · 123 days
Saturn in Capricorn 29 Apr 2019 – 18 Sep 2019 · 141 days
Neptune in Pisces 21 Jun 2019 – 27 Nov 2019 · 159 days
Mercury in Leo 7 Jul 2019 – 1 Aug 2019 · 24 days
Uranus in Taurus 11 Aug 2019 – 11 Jan 2020 · 152 days
Mercury in Scorpio 31 Oct 2019 – 20 Nov 2019 · 20 days
← 2018 Pluto retrograde in 2018. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2020 → Pluto retrograde in 2020.