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Retrograde planets 2029

Every planet but the Sun and the Moon seems to turn back for part of the year. In 2029 that is Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, each below to the minute in your own time.

Mercury

Sunday January 7 to Saturday January 27
Turns back Sunday January 7, 7:57 a.m. UTC, at 3° Aquarius; turns forward Saturday January 27, 6:40 p.m. UTC, at 17° Capricorn.
Tuesday May 1 to Friday May 25
Turns back Tuesday May 1, 11:05 p.m. UTC, at 26° Taurus; turns forward Friday May 25, 7:21 p.m. UTC, at 17° Taurus.
Sunday September 2 to Tuesday September 25
Turns back Sunday September 2, 12:18 p.m. UTC, at 1° Libra; turns forward Tuesday September 25, 2:02 a.m. UTC, at 17° Virgo.
Saturday December 22, 2029 to Friday January 11, 2030
Turns back Saturday December 22, 2029, 5:51 a.m. UTC, at 17° Capricorn; turns forward Friday January 11, 2030, 5:45 a.m. UTC, at 1° Capricorn.

Venus

Sunday December 16, 2029 to Saturday January 26, 2030
Turns back Sunday December 16, 2029, 11:48 p.m. UTC, at 24° Capricorn; turns forward Saturday January 26, 2030, 9:33 p.m. UTC, at 8° Capricorn.

Mars

Wednesday February 14 to Saturday May 5
Turns back Wednesday February 14, 8:16 a.m. UTC, at 13° Libra; turns forward Saturday May 5, 7:00 p.m. UTC, at 24° Virgo.

Jupiter

Saturday February 10 to Wednesday June 13
Turns back Saturday February 10, 1:07 p.m. UTC, at 27° Libra; turns forward Wednesday June 13, 9:07 p.m. UTC, at 17° Libra.

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.
Thursday September 6, 2029 to Saturday January 19, 2030
Turns back Thursday September 6, 2029, 8:34 a.m. UTC, at 25° Taurus; turns forward Saturday January 19, 2030, 3:54 a.m. UTC, at 18° Taurus.

Uranus

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.
Sunday September 23, 2029 to Wednesday February 20, 2030
Turns back Sunday September 23, 2029, 4:22 p.m. UTC, at 18° Gemini; turns forward Wednesday February 20, 2030, 11:23 p.m. UTC, at 14° Gemini.

Neptune

Saturday July 14 to Wednesday December 19
Turns back Saturday July 14, 2:10 a.m. UTC, at 11° Aries; turns forward Wednesday December 19, 8:24 a.m. UTC, at 8° Aries.

Pluto

Friday May 11 to Sunday October 21
Turns back Friday May 11, 4:17 a.m. UTC, at 10° Aquarius; turns forward Sunday October 21, 3:54 a.m. UTC, at 8° 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 2029?

Mercury, Venus, Mars, 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.