Pluto turns retrograde in Aquarius

Pluto turns retrograde at 5° Aquarius 30′. Pluto is retrograde every year for over five months. In 2026, Pluto is retrograde from May 6th to October 15th.

• Pluto stations and turns retrograde on May 6, 2026, at 5° Aquarius 30′ Rx
• Pluto stations and turns direct on October 15, 2026, at 3° Aquarius 04′

Pluto stations and turns retrograde today and will be retrograde until October 15th. 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.

This is the second year that Pluto begins and ends its retrograde early in the sign of Aquarius (in previous years, retrograde Pluto returned to Capricorn, but no longer–Pluto took its final dip back into Capricorn in 2024).