Pluto retrograde 2040

1 period, 164 days inside the year — 44.8% of 2040. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

164 days · retreats 2.31°

27 May → 7 November 2040 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 27 May 2040, 03:21 UTC at 26.57° Aquarius
Stations direct 7 Nov 2040, 04:39 UTC at 24.26° Aquarius

Pluto retrograde in Aquarius

Pluto retrograde in Aquarius internalises 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 Gemini season and ends in Scorpio season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Libra — 27 May to 6 Jun 2040 (10 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — 13 Jun to 7 Jul 2040 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Taurus — 8 Aug to 7 Nov 2040 (91 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Scorpio — 9 Oct to 30 Oct 2040 (21 days of overlap)

Read against Aquarius, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Pluto retrogrades either side of 2040

Previous

2039 Ended 6 November 2039 after 164 days, moving back 2.31° through the zodiac.

Next

2041 Begins 28 May 2041 and runs 164 days.

Gap across 2040

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 2040

Pluto through the zodiac in 2040

Every sign Pluto occupies during 2040, 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 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

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

2040 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2040

Uranus in Leo 22 Nov 2039 – 5 Apr 2040 · 136 days
Neptune in Taurus 22 Nov 2039 – 11 Jan 2040 · 50 days
Mars in Cancer 23 Nov 2039 – 9 Feb 2040 · 78 days
Jupiter in Libra 16 Jan 2040 – 18 May 2040 · 123 days
Saturn in Libra 21 Jan 2040 – 6 Jun 2040 · 138 days
Mercury in Pisces 12 Feb 2040 – 5 Mar 2040 · 22 days
Mercury in Cancer 13 Jun 2040 – 7 Jul 2040 · 24 days
Neptune in Taurus 8 Aug 2040 – 12 Jan 2041 · 158 days
Mercury in Scorpio 9 Oct 2040 – 30 Oct 2040 · 21 days
Uranus in Leo 12 Nov 2040 – 9 Feb 2041 · 89 days
← 2039 Pluto retrograde in 2039. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2041 → Pluto retrograde in 2041.