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Retrograde planets 2032

Every planet but the Sun and the Moon seems to turn back for part of the year. In 2032 that is Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, each below to the minute in your own time.

Mercury

Sunday March 7 to Tuesday March 30
Turns back Sunday March 7, 4:22 p.m. UTC, at 2° Aries; turns forward Tuesday March 30, 2:29 p.m. UTC, at 19° Pisces.
Saturday July 10 to Tuesday August 3
Turns back Saturday July 10, 2:34 a.m. UTC, at 7° Leo; turns forward Tuesday August 3, 6:52 a.m. UTC, at 26° Cancer.
Tuesday November 2 to Monday November 22
Turns back Tuesday November 2, 11:57 a.m. UTC, at 0° Sagittarius; turns forward Monday November 22, 2:01 p.m. UTC, at 14° Scorpio.

Jupiter

Wednesday May 19 to Friday September 17
Turns back Wednesday May 19, 2:48 p.m. UTC, at 2° Aquarius; turns forward Friday September 17, 7:52 p.m. UTC, at 22° Capricorn.

Saturn

Sunday October 5, 2031 to Monday February 16, 2032
Turns back Sunday October 5, 2031, 10:50 a.m. UTC, at 23° Gemini; turns forward Monday February 16, 2032, 7:00 a.m. UTC, at 16° Gemini.
Monday October 18, 2032 to Tuesday March 1, 2033
Turns back Monday October 18, 2032, 10:27 p.m. UTC, at 7° Cancer; turns forward Tuesday March 1, 2033, 4:03 p.m. UTC, at 0° Cancer.

Uranus

Friday October 3, 2031 to Monday March 1, 2032
Turns back Friday October 3, 2031, 2:43 a.m. UTC, at 27° Gemini; turns forward Monday March 1, 2032, 1:35 a.m. UTC, at 23° Gemini.
Wednesday October 6, 2032 to Saturday March 5, 2033
Turns back Wednesday October 6, 2032, 7:52 p.m. UTC, at 1° Cancer; turns forward Saturday March 5, 2033, 2:41 p.m. UTC, at 27° Gemini.

Neptune

Tuesday July 20 to Saturday December 25
Turns back Tuesday July 20, 8:43 p.m. UTC, at 17° Aries; turns forward Saturday December 25, 9:02 p.m. UTC, at 15° Aries.

Pluto

Saturday May 15 to Monday October 25
Turns back Saturday May 15, 3:53 p.m. UTC, at 15° Aquarius; turns forward Monday October 25, 9:09 p.m. UTC, at 12° 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 2032?

Mercury, 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.