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Retrograde planets 2033

Every planet but the Sun and the Moon seems to turn back for part of the year. In 2033 that is Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, each below to the minute in your own time.

Mercury

Friday February 18 to Sunday March 13
Turns back Friday February 18, 9:20 p.m. UTC, at 15° Pisces; turns forward Sunday March 13, 2:57 a.m. UTC, at 1° Pisces.
Tuesday June 21 to Friday July 15
Turns back Tuesday June 21, 10:05 a.m. UTC, at 17° Cancer; turns forward Friday July 15, 2:20 p.m. UTC, at 8° Cancer.
Sunday October 16 to Sunday November 6
Turns back Sunday October 16, 10:03 p.m. UTC, at 14° Scorpio; turns forward Sunday November 6, 12:40 p.m. UTC, at 28° Libra.

Venus

Sunday February 27 to Sunday April 10
Turns back Sunday February 27, 3:41 p.m. UTC, at 8° Aries; turns forward Sunday April 10, 3:27 p.m. UTC, at 22° Pisces.

Mars

Thursday May 26 to Monday August 1
Turns back Thursday May 26, 11:47 p.m. UTC, at 12° Capricorn; turns forward Monday August 1, 2:25 p.m. UTC, at 29° Sagittarius.

Jupiter

Saturday June 25 to Sunday October 23
Turns back Saturday June 25, 9:52 p.m. UTC, at 7° Pisces; turns forward Sunday October 23, 7:19 a.m. UTC, at 27° Aquarius.

Saturn

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.
Wednesday November 2, 2033 to Thursday March 16, 2034
Turns back Wednesday November 2, 2033, 7:04 a.m. UTC, at 21° Cancer; turns forward Thursday March 16, 2034, 2:30 a.m. UTC, at 14° Cancer.

Uranus

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.
Tuesday October 11, 2033 to Friday March 10, 2034
Turns back Tuesday October 11, 2033, 4:04 p.m. UTC, at 6° Cancer; turns forward Friday March 10, 2034, 6:49 a.m. UTC, at 2° Cancer.

Neptune

Saturday July 23 to Wednesday December 28
Turns back Saturday July 23, 10:26 a.m. UTC, at 20° Aries; turns forward Wednesday December 28, 7:35 a.m. UTC, at 17° Aries.

Pluto

Tuesday May 17 to Thursday October 27
Turns back Tuesday May 17, 12:59 p.m. UTC, at 16° Aquarius; turns forward Thursday October 27, 4:40 p.m. UTC, at 14° 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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New and full Moons, eclipses, retrograde turns and the Sun’s new signs, each at its minute in your own time.

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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 2033?

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.