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Retrograde planets 2035

Every planet but the Sun and the Moon seems to turn back for part of the year. In 2035 that is Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, each below to the minute in your own time.

Mercury

Wednesday January 17 to Wednesday February 7
Turns back Wednesday January 17, 6:44 a.m. UTC, at 12° Aquarius; turns forward Wednesday February 7, 1:25 a.m. UTC, at 27° Capricorn.
Sunday May 13 to Wednesday June 6
Turns back Sunday May 13, 6:40 p.m. UTC, at 7° Gemini; turns forward Wednesday June 6, 2:53 p.m. UTC, at 29° Taurus.
Thursday September 13 to Friday October 5
Turns back Thursday September 13, 2:28 a.m. UTC, at 11° Libra; turns forward Friday October 5, 4:53 a.m. UTC, at 26° Virgo.

Mars

Wednesday August 15 to Monday October 15
Turns back Wednesday August 15, 10:01 a.m. UTC, at 28° Pisces; turns forward Monday October 15, 8:32 a.m. UTC, at 17° Pisces.

Jupiter

Sunday September 9, 2035 to Saturday January 5, 2036
Turns back Sunday September 9, 2035, 2:15 p.m. UTC, at 20° Taurus; turns forward Saturday January 5, 2036, 3:59 a.m. UTC, at 10° Taurus.

Saturn

Thursday November 16, 2034 to Friday March 30, 2035
Turns back Thursday November 16, 2034, 12:01 p.m. UTC, at 5° Leo; turns forward Friday March 30, 2035, 1:13 p.m. UTC, at 28° Cancer.
Friday November 30, 2035 to Saturday April 12, 2036
Turns back Friday November 30, 2035, 11:07 a.m. UTC, at 19° Leo; turns forward Saturday April 12, 2036, 10:37 p.m. UTC, at 12° Leo.

Uranus

Monday October 16, 2034 to Wednesday March 14, 2035
Turns back Monday October 16, 2034, 10:16 a.m. UTC, at 10° Cancer; turns forward Wednesday March 14, 2035, 9:30 p.m. UTC, at 6° Cancer.
Sunday October 21, 2035 to Tuesday March 18, 2036
Turns back Sunday October 21, 2035, 8:02 a.m. UTC, at 15° Cancer; turns forward Tuesday March 18, 2036, 3:29 p.m. UTC, at 10° Cancer.

Neptune

Saturday July 28, 2035 to Wednesday January 2, 2036
Turns back Saturday July 28, 2035, 12:28 p.m. UTC, at 24° Aries; turns forward Wednesday January 2, 2036, 6:33 a.m. UTC, at 21° Aries.

Pluto

Sunday May 20 to Wednesday October 31
Turns back Sunday May 20, 11:00 p.m. UTC, at 19° Aquarius; turns forward Wednesday October 31, 11:35 a.m. UTC, at 17° 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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Questions

Which planets are retrograde in 2035?

Mercury, 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.