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Retrograde planets 2034
Every planet but the Sun and the Moon seems to turn back for part of the year. In 2034 that is Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, each below to the minute in your own time.
Mercury
Thursday February 2 to Thursday February 23
Turns back , at 29° Aquarius; turns forward , at 13° Aquarius.
Friday June 2 to Monday June 26
Turns back , at 27° Gemini; turns forward , at 19° Gemini.
Saturday September 30 to Saturday October 21
Turns back , at 28° Libra; turns forward , at 12° Libra.
Venus
Saturday September 30 to Saturday November 11
Turns back , at 6° Scorpio; turns forward , at 20° Libra.
Jupiter
Thursday August 3 to Wednesday November 29
Turns back , at 13° Aries; turns forward , at 4° Aries.
Saturn
Wednesday November 2, 2033 to Thursday March 16, 2034
Turns back , at 21° Cancer; turns forward , at 14° Cancer.
Thursday November 16, 2034 to Friday March 30, 2035
Turns back , at 5° Leo; turns forward , at 28° Cancer.
Uranus
Tuesday October 11, 2033 to Friday March 10, 2034
Turns back , at 6° Cancer; turns forward , at 2° Cancer.
Monday October 16, 2034 to Wednesday March 14, 2035
Turns back , at 10° Cancer; turns forward , at 6° Cancer.
Neptune
Tuesday July 25 to Saturday December 30
Turns back , at 22° Aries; turns forward , at 19° Aries.
Pluto
Friday May 19 to Sunday October 29
Turns back , at 18° Aquarius; turns forward , at 15° 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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The days that matter, in your own chart
Every Sunday, the week ahead read against your chart, with the day each contact is exact. Before each month, a longer look.
Questions
Which planets are retrograde in 2034?
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.