Past, 162.5 days
Pluto retrograde, May 2025
Pluto stations retrograde on Sunday 4 May 2025, 15:27 UTC at 3°49′ Aquarius and turns direct on Tuesday 14 October 2025, 02:52 UTC at 1°22′ Aquarius. The shadow period runs from 10 January 2025 to 4 February 2026.
Pluto spends this whole retrograde in Aquarius. It stations retrograde on 4 May 2025 at 3°49' Aquarius and stations direct on 14 October 2025 at 1°22' Aquarius, after 162.5 days of apparent backward motion covering less than three degrees. Including the shadow periods, Pluto passes and repasses this small arc of sky from 10 January 2025 until 4 February 2026.
Astrologers read Aquarius as the sign of community, ideas, independence and the systems people share. The tradition links Pluto with power, depth and slow transformation, and treats its retrograde as a quieter phase for examining what we hold on to and why. In Aquarius, that reflection is often turned toward groups and shared structures. A modest suggestion: notice where you give or withhold influence in a group you belong to.
By sign
Which house it walks through
| Sun sign | House | Pluto's retrograde (Aquarius) falls on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
| Taurus | tenth | career and public role | |
| Gemini | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Cancer | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Leo | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
| Virgo | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
| Libra | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
| Scorpio | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Sagittarius | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
| Capricorn | second | money, possessions, values | |
| Aquarius | first | self, body, how you come across | |
| Pisces | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
Whole-sign houses counted from the Sun sign, the convention behind every Sun-sign horoscope. Your rising sign gives a more personal count: draw your chart.