Pluto retrograde 2021

1 period, 162 days inside the year — 44.4% of 2021. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

162 days · retreats 2.5°

27 April → 6 October 2021 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 27 Apr 2021, 12:14 UTC at 26.51° Capricorn
Stations direct 6 Oct 2021, 13:59 UTC at 24° 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

  • Saturn in Aquarius — 23 May to 6 Oct 2021 (136 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 29 May to 22 Jun 2021 (24 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Pisces — 20 Jun to 6 Oct 2021 (108 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Pisces — 25 Jun to 6 Oct 2021 (103 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 19 Aug to 6 Oct 2021 (48 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — 27 Sep to 6 Oct 2021 (9 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 2021

Previous

2020 Ended 4 October 2020 after 162 days, moving back 2.51° through the zodiac.

Next

2022 Begins 29 April 2022 and runs 162 days.

Gap across 2021

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 2021

Pluto through the zodiac in 2021

Every sign Pluto occupies during 2021, 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.

2021 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2021

Uranus in Taurus 22 Nov 2020 – 14 Jan 2021 · 53 days
Mercury in Aquarius 30 Jan 2021 – 21 Feb 2021 · 21 days
Saturn in Aquarius 23 May 2021 – 11 Oct 2021 · 141 days
Mercury in Gemini 29 May 2021 – 22 Jun 2021 · 24 days
Jupiter in Pisces 20 Jun 2021 – 18 Oct 2021 · 120 days
Neptune in Pisces 25 Jun 2021 – 1 Dec 2021 · 159 days
Uranus in Taurus 19 Aug 2021 – 18 Jan 2022 · 152 days
Mercury in Libra 27 Sep 2021 – 18 Oct 2021 · 21 days
Venus in Capricorn 19 Dec 2021 – 29 Jan 2022 · 41 days
← 2020 Pluto retrograde in 2020. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2022 → Pluto retrograde in 2022.