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Pluto retrograde 2030

Pluto retrograde 2030: 1 period, 163 days inside the year — 44.7% of 2030. Pluto turns retrograde at 11:12 PM UTC on May 12 at 12°03′ Aquarius and turns direct at 3:06 AM UTC on October 23 at 9°39′ Aquarius.

Turns retrograde
May 12 11:12 PM UTC
Turns direct
Oct 23 3:06 AM UTC
Retrograde in 2030
163 days 44.7% of the year
Sign
Aquarius retreats 2.4°

The other planets in 2030: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Pluto Retrograde 2030 Dates: May 12 – Oct 23

Pluto’s path through 2030, day by day

Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 2030
Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 2030. Pluto starts 2030 at 9°09′ Aquarius and ends it at 10°43′ Aquarius — 1.6° of net progress: 4° forward, 2.4° given back. The loop retraces 2.4° in 163 days, from 12°03′ Aquarius on May 12 back to 9°39′ Aquarius on Oct 23. Fastest day: Jan 15, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Jul 21, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 2030 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Oct 21, 2029 – Feb 12, 2030Pre-retrograde shadow: Jan 17, 2030 – May 12, 2030Post-retrograde shadow: Oct 23, 2030 – Feb 14, 2031Retrograde: May 12, 2030 – Oct 23, 20309° Aquarius11° Aquarius12° AquariusStations retrograde May 12, 2030, 11:12 PM UTC, 12°03′ AquariusR May 12Stations direct Oct 23, 2030, 3:06 AM UTC, 9°39′ AquariusD Oct 23JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 2030. Pluto starts 2030 at 9°09′ Aquarius and ends it at 10°43′ Aquarius — 1.6° of net progress: 4° forward, 2.4° given back. The loop retraces 2.4° in 163 days, from 12°03′ Aquarius on May 12 back to 9°39′ Aquarius on Oct 23. Fastest day: Jan 15, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Jul 21, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 2030 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Oct 21, 2029 – Feb 12, 2030Pre-retrograde shadow: Jan 17, 2030 – May 12, 2030Post-retrograde shadow: Oct 23, 2030 – Feb 14, 2031Retrograde: May 12, 2030 – Oct 23, 20309° Aquarius11° Aquarius12° AquariusStations retrograde May 12, 2030, 11:12 PM UTC, 12°03′ AquariusR May 12Stations direct Oct 23, 2030, 3:06 AM UTC, 9°39′ AquariusD Oct 23JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Pluto starts 2030 at 9°09′ Aquarius and ends it at 10°43′ Aquarius — 1.6° of net progress: 4° forward, 2.4° given back. The loop retraces 2.4° in 163 days, from 12°03′ Aquarius on May 12 back to 9°39′ Aquarius on Oct 23. Fastest day: Jan 15, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Jul 21, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 2030 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Pluto retrograde 2030: exact times in your city

Pluto turns retrograde at 11:12 PM UTC on May 12, 2030 at 12°03′ Aquarius — 7:12 PM in Santiago, 7:12 PM in New York, 12:12 AM on May 13 in London and 8:12 AM on May 13 in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Sun, May 12 · 12°03′ Aquarius Wed, Oct 23 · 9°39′ Aquarius
Honolulu United States 1:12 PM Sun, May 12 · UTC−10 5:06 PM Tue, Oct 22 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 3:12 PM Sun, May 12 · UTC−8 7:06 PM Tue, Oct 22 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 4:12 PM Sun, May 12 · UTC−7 8:06 PM Tue, Oct 22 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 4:12 PM Sun, May 12 · UTC−7 8:06 PM Tue, Oct 22 · UTC−7
Denver United States 5:12 PM Sun, May 12 · UTC−6 9:06 PM Tue, Oct 22 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 6:12 PM Sun, May 12 · UTC−5 10:06 PM Tue, Oct 22 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 5:12 PM Sun, May 12 · UTC−6 9:06 PM Tue, Oct 22 · UTC−6
New York United States 7:12 PM Sun, May 12 · UTC−4 11:06 PM Tue, Oct 22 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 7:12 PM Sun, May 12 · UTC−4 11:06 PM Tue, Oct 22 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 6:12 PM Sun, May 12 · UTC−5 10:06 PM Tue, Oct 22 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 6:12 PM Sun, May 12 · UTC−5 10:06 PM Tue, Oct 22 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 7:12 PM Sun, May 12 · UTC−4 11:06 PM Tue, Oct 22 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 7:12 PM Sun, May 12 · UTC−4 12:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 8:12 PM Sun, May 12 · UTC−3 12:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 8:12 PM Sun, May 12 · UTC−3 12:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 11:12 PM Sun, May 12 · UTC 3:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC
London United Kingdom 12:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+1 4:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 12:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+1 4:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+1
Paris France 1:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+2 5:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 1:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+2 5:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 1:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+2 5:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 2:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+3 6:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 2:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+3 6:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 2:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+3 6:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 2:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+3 6:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 2:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+3 6:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 2:42 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+3:30 6:36 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 3:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+4 7:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 4:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+5 8:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 4:42 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+5:30 8:36 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 4:57 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+5:45 8:51 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 5:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+6 9:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 6:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+7 10:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 6:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+7 10:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+7
Singapore 7:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+8 11:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+8
Beijing China 7:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+8 11:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 7:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+8 11:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 7:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+8 11:06 AM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 8:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+9 12:06 PM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 8:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+9 12:06 PM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 8:42 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+9:30 1:36 PM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+10:30
Brisbane Australia 9:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+10 1:06 PM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 9:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+10 2:06 PM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+11
Auckland New Zealand 11:12 AM Mon, May 13 · UTC+12 4:06 PM Wed, Oct 23 · UTC+13

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Pluto station 1900–2050: median 1.1 minutes, largest 16.1 minutes. Near a station Pluto barely moves, so almanacs differ by minutes. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

163 days · retreats 2.4°

May 12 → October 23, 2030 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde May 12, 2030, 11:12 PM UTC at 12°03′ Aquarius
Stations direct Oct 23, 2030, 3:06 AM UTC at 9°39′ Aquarius
Shadow opens Jan 17, 2030, 11:00 PM UTC (115 days before)
Shadow closes Feb 14, 2031, 12:15 PM UTC (114 days after)
Full window including shadows 393 days

Pluto retrograde in Aquarius

Pluto retrograde in Aquarius internalizes transformation in technology, society and collective power. People reflect on who controls networks and data, and on their own place in groups. It suits deep reassessment of social commitments.

It begins in Taurus season and ends in Libra season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Scorpio — May 12 to Jul 15, 2030 (63 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aries — Jul 16 to Oct 23, 2030 (98 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — Aug 16 to Sep 8, 2030 (23 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Gemini — Sep 20 to Oct 23, 2030 (32 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Gemini — Sep 28 to Oct 23, 2030 (25 days of overlap)

For the sign itself, see Aquarius and its daily horoscope.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Pluto retrogrades either side of 2030

Previous

2029 Ended October 21, 2029 after 163 days, moving back 2.41° through the zodiac.

Next

2031 Begins May 14, 2031 and runs 163 days.

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 2030

Pluto through the zodiac in 2030

Every sign Pluto occupies during 2030, 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 Aquarius From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

The whole year is spent in one sign — a sign of how slowly Pluto moves.

2030 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2030

Saturn in Taurus Sep 6, 2029 – Jan 19, 2030 · 135 days
Uranus in Gemini Sep 23, 2029 – Feb 20, 2030 · 150 days
Venus in Capricorn Dec 16, 2029 – Jan 26, 2030 · 41 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 22, 2029 – Jan 11, 2030 · 20 days
Jupiter in Scorpio Mar 13, 2030 – Jul 15, 2030 · 123 days
Mercury in Taurus Apr 13, 2030 – May 6, 2030 · 24 days
Neptune in Aries Jul 16, 2030 – Dec 21, 2030 · 158 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 16, 2030 – Sep 8, 2030 · 23 days
Saturn in Gemini Sep 20, 2030 – Feb 2, 2031 · 134 days
Uranus in Gemini Sep 28, 2030 – Feb 25, 2031 · 150 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 6, 2030 – Dec 25, 2030 · 20 days
← 2029 Pluto retrograde in 2029. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2031 → Pluto retrograde in 2031.

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AstroHot. “Pluto Retrograde 2030 Dates: May 12 – Oct 23.” Accessed October 30, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/pluto/2030/

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