Pluto retrograde dates in 1912
Pluto turns retrograde once in 1912 and is already retrograde on 1 January.
Pluto turns retrograde once about every 12.1 months, and each retrograde lasts between 158 and 166 days, about five and a half months. Its stations fall only a day or so later each year, so Pluto is retrograde for close to half of every year.
A retrograde of Pluto is centred on its opposition to the Sun, when the Earth overtakes it. In tradition Pluto stands for depth, power and the processes of ending and renewal, and astrologers who follow retrogrades read a Pluto retrograde as a time to revisit those themes. That is a tradition of interpretation, not a measured effect.
Stations in 1912
Turns direct
Monday 11 March 1912, 14:42
Gemini 26°
Turns retrograde
Monday 30 September 1912, 15:38
Cancer 0°
Stations are found by Astrely's own code from the planets' positions and are shown in Nicosia time. Mercury's stations are checked against NASA/JPL Horizons to within four minutes; the outer planets move so slowly around a station that their times are best read to the day. The method page has the details.
Astrology is a tradition of interpretation. What is written here is traditional, offered for reflection and entertainment, not advice and not a prediction.