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Retrograde planets 2028

Every planet but the Sun and the Moon seems to turn back for part of the year. In 2028 that is Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, each below to the minute in your own time.

Mercury

Monday January 24 to Monday February 14
Turns back Monday January 24, 11:02 a.m. UTC, at 19° Aquarius; turns forward Monday February 14, 12:38 p.m. UTC, at 3° Aquarius.
Sunday May 21 to Wednesday June 14
Turns back Sunday May 21, 8:43 a.m. UTC, at 16° Gemini; turns forward Wednesday June 14, 6:06 a.m. UTC, at 7° Gemini.
Tuesday September 19 to Wednesday October 11
Turns back Tuesday September 19, 4:34 p.m. UTC, at 18° Libra; turns forward Wednesday October 11, 10:28 a.m. UTC, at 3° Libra.

Venus

Wednesday May 10 to Thursday June 22
Turns back Wednesday May 10, 11:03 p.m. UTC, at 19° Gemini; turns forward Thursday June 22, 10:13 p.m. UTC, at 3° Gemini.

Jupiter

Wednesday January 12 to Saturday May 13
Turns back Wednesday January 12, 8:53 a.m. UTC, at 27° Virgo; turns forward Saturday May 13, 8:00 p.m. UTC, at 17° Virgo.

Saturn

Tuesday August 22, 2028 to Friday January 5, 2029
Turns back Tuesday August 22, 2028, 10:17 p.m. UTC, at 11° Taurus; turns forward Friday January 5, 2029, 12:39 p.m. UTC, at 4° Taurus.

Uranus

Wednesday September 15, 2027 to Saturday February 12, 2028
Turns back Wednesday September 15, 2027, 9:09 a.m. UTC, at 9° Gemini; turns forward Saturday February 12, 2028, 11:49 p.m. UTC, at 5° Gemini.
Tuesday September 19, 2028 to Friday February 16, 2029
Turns back Tuesday September 19, 2028, 12:01 a.m. UTC, at 14° Gemini; turns forward Friday February 16, 2029, 10:52 a.m. UTC, at 10° Gemini.

Neptune

Tuesday July 11 to Saturday December 16
Turns back Tuesday July 11, 1:04 p.m. UTC, at 8° Aries; turns forward Saturday December 16, 8:44 p.m. UTC, at 6° Aries.

Pluto

Tuesday May 9 to Thursday October 19
Turns back Tuesday May 9, 9:33 a.m. UTC, at 8° Aquarius; turns forward Thursday October 19, 3:42 a.m. UTC, at 6° Aquarius.

Times are shown in your own time zone once the page has loaded, and in Universal Time before. Every moment is measured from NASA JPL’s ephemeris.

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Every Sunday, the week ahead read against your chart, with the day each contact is exact. Before each month, a longer look.

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Questions

Which planets are retrograde in 2028?

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The outer planets, Jupiter to Pluto, are retrograde for four to five months of every year; Mercury three or four times for about three weeks, Venus and Mars less often.

What is a retrograde planet?

A planet that looks, from Earth, as if it has stopped and is moving backwards against the stars. None of them really reverses: it is the view from a moving Earth as it passes them, or they pass it.

What does a retrograde planet mean in a birth chart?

A planet that was retrograde when you were born is read as turned inward: what it stands for is worked out privately first and shown later. Your free chart marks each one.