Upcoming, 162.8 days
Pluto retrograde, May 2028
Pluto stations retrograde on Tuesday 9 May 2028, 09:29 UTC at 8°50′ Aquarius and turns direct on Thursday 19 October 2028, 03:46 UTC at 6°24′ Aquarius. The shadow period runs from 15 January 2028 to 10 February 2029.
Pluto begins its yearly retrograde on 9 May 2028 at 09:29 UTC, appearing to stand still at 8°50' Aquarius. Over 162.8 days it drifts back to 6°24' Aquarius and stations direct on 19 October 2028 at 03:46 UTC. As with the other slow outer bodies, the movement is small in degrees but long in time. Counting the shadow periods, Pluto stays within this narrow band of Aquarius from 15 January 2028 until 10 February 2029.
The tradition gives Aquarius communities, collective ideals, technology and reform. Pluto is taken to emphasize power, depth and transformation, and its retrograde is read as an inward phase: a time to examine where influence over shared projects really sits and what no longer serves the group. A modest step is to review one commitment to an organization or circle and decide, without hurry, whether it still fits.
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.