Upcoming, 163.2 days
Pluto retrograde, May 2030
Pluto stations retrograde on Sunday 12 May 2030, 23:11 UTC at 12°04′ Aquarius and turns direct on Wednesday 23 October 2030, 03:06 UTC at 9°40′ Aquarius. The shadow period runs from 17 January 2030 to 14 February 2031.
Pluto turns retrograde at 12°04' Aquarius on 12 May 2030 at 23:11 UTC, beginning a 163.2-day period of apparent backward motion. It stations direct on 23 October 2030 at 03:06 UTC at 9°40' Aquarius, so the whole retrograde unfolds in one sign. The pre-retrograde shadow begins on 17 January 2030, and the post-retrograde shadow lasts until 14 February 2031.
The tradition associates Pluto with power, depth and slow transformation, and Aquarius with groups, shared ideals, independence and new ideas. Astrologers read a Pluto retrograde as a time to look beneath the surface of these themes: how influence works in the communities you belong to, and where your own ideas have hardened into habit. One practical step is to review a group commitment and ask whether it still reflects what you value.
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.