Pluto retrograde 2022

1 period, 162 days inside the year — 44.4% of 2022. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

162 days · retreats 2.49°

29 April → 8 October 2022 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 29 Apr 2022, 12:17 UTC at 28.28° Capricorn
Stations direct 8 Oct 2022, 17:20 UTC at 25.79° 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 Gemini — 10 May to 3 Jun 2022 (24 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Aquarius — 4 Jun to 8 Oct 2022 (126 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Pisces — 27 Jun to 8 Oct 2022 (103 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aries — 28 Jul to 8 Oct 2022 (72 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — 24 Aug to 8 Oct 2022 (45 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — 10 Sep to 2 Oct 2022 (22 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 2022

Previous

2021 Ended 6 October 2021 after 162 days, moving back 2.5° through the zodiac.

Next

2023 Begins 1 May 2023 and runs 162 days.

Gap across 2022

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 2022

Pluto through the zodiac in 2022

Every sign Pluto occupies during 2022, 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.

2022 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2022

Uranus in Taurus 22 Nov 2021 – 18 Jan 2022 · 58 days
Venus in Capricorn 19 Dec 2021 – 29 Jan 2022 · 41 days
Mercury in Aquarius 14 Jan 2022 – 4 Feb 2022 · 21 days
Mercury in Gemini 10 May 2022 – 3 Jun 2022 · 24 days
Saturn in Aquarius 4 Jun 2022 – 23 Oct 2022 · 140 days
Neptune in Pisces 27 Jun 2022 – 3 Dec 2022 · 159 days
Jupiter in Aries 28 Jul 2022 – 23 Nov 2022 · 118 days
Uranus in Taurus 24 Aug 2022 – 22 Jan 2023 · 152 days
Mercury in Libra 10 Sep 2022 – 2 Oct 2022 · 22 days
Mars in Gemini 30 Oct 2022 – 12 Jan 2023 · 74 days
Mercury in Capricorn 29 Dec 2022 – 18 Jan 2023 · 20 days
← 2021 Pluto retrograde in 2021. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2023 → Pluto retrograde in 2023.