Pluto turns retrograde at 0° Aquarius 22′. Pluto is retrograde every year for over five months. In 2023, Pluto is retrograde from May 1st to October 10th.

 

• May 1, 2023, Pluto stations and turns retrograde at 0° Aquarius 22′ Rx
• October 10, 2023, Pluto stations and turns direct at 27° Capricorn 53′

Pluto stations and turns retrograde today and will be retrograde until October 10th. This shift of direction tends to bring about some initial confusion, heaviness, and magnification of problems.

Pluto’s retrograde cycle itself, however, is an excellent period for research and gaining new insight into our self-destructive tendencies, needs for control, and search for the truth by looking within. Outward pressures may ease somewhat during this period. Over the coming months, we may be reassessing how we use our power.

Pluto begins its retrograde early in the sign of Aquarius (Pluto first entered Aquarius on March 23rd, 2023), but returns to Capricorn in retrograde motion on June 11th, 2023.