When Was Pluto Last in Scorpio?
Updated October 5, 2026
As of October 2026, the last time was 1983–95: Pluto first entered Scorpio on 5 November 1983 and, because retrograde motion carried it back and forth across the sign's boundary, entered it three times in all before leaving for good on 10 November 1995. Next: Pluto first enters Scorpio on 24 December 2229; retrograde motion carries it back and forth across the sign's boundary, so it enters three times in all and leaves for good on 15 October 2242.
Each bar runs from first entry to final exit. Stretches marked with a neighbouring sign are times it crossed back over the boundary before returning.
Every Pluto-in-Scorpio pass, 1600–2800
Dates are in UTC and the Gregorian calendar; in a time zone far from Greenwich an ingress can fall on the neighbouring calendar day. Dates before 14 September 1752 are Gregorian too, though Britain and its colonies still used the Julian calendar, 10 days behind until 11 March 1700 and 11 days behind after, and began the year on 25 March.
| First entry | Final exit | Time in Scorpio | Entered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 December 1736 | 7 October 1749 | 12 years | 3 times |
| In Scorpio: 6 Dec 1736 – 4 Apr 1737 · 1 Oct 1737 – 10 Dec 1748 · 8 Jun 1749 – 7 Oct 1749 | |||
| 5 November 1983 | 10 November 1995 | 11 years | 3 times |
| In Scorpio: 5 Nov 1983 – 18 May 1984 · 28 Aug 1984 – 17 Jan 1995 · 21 Apr 1995 – 10 Nov 1995 | |||
| 24 December 2229 | 15 October 2242 | 12 years | 3 times |
| In Scorpio: 24 Dec 2229 – 15 Mar 2230 · 14 Oct 2230 – 18 Dec 2241 · 28 May 2242 – 15 Oct 2242 | |||
| 2 December 2476 | 23 September 2489 | 12 years | 3 times |
| In Scorpio: 2 Dec 2476 – 7 Apr 2477 · 28 Sept 2477 – 1 Dec 2488 · 21 Jun 2489 – 23 Sept 2489 | |||
| 22 November 2723 | 3 September 2736 | 12 years | 4 times |
| In Scorpio: 22 Nov 2723 – 23 Apr 2724 · 18 Sept 2724 – 17 Feb 2735 · 18 Mar 2735 – 23 Nov 2735 · 15 Jul 2736 – 3 Sept 2736 | |||
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Born with Pluto in Scorpio
- Born 5 November 1983 – 10 November 1995, except 18 May 1984 – 28 August 1984 (in Libra) and 17 January 1995 – 21 April 1995 (in Sagittarius)
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Pluto retrograde in Scorpio, the 1983–95 pass
Retrograde periods with at least one station in Scorpio: the date Pluto stood still and turned retrograde, and the date it turned direct again.
| Stations retrograde | Stations direct |
|---|---|
| 4 February 1984 2°08′ Scorpio | 9 July 1984 29°18′ Libra |
| 5 February 1985 4°44′ Scorpio | 12 July 1985 1°55′ Scorpio |
| 8 February 1986 7°21′ Scorpio | 15 July 1986 4°32′ Scorpio |
| 11 February 1987 9°58′ Scorpio | 18 July 1987 7°09′ Scorpio |
| 14 February 1988 12°35′ Scorpio | 20 July 1988 9°45′ Scorpio |
| 16 February 1989 15°11′ Scorpio | 23 July 1989 12°22′ Scorpio |
| 19 February 1990 17°47′ Scorpio | 26 July 1990 14°58′ Scorpio |
| 22 February 1991 20°22′ Scorpio | 28 July 1991 17°33′ Scorpio |
| 24 February 1992 22°57′ Scorpio | 30 July 1992 20°08′ Scorpio |
| 26 February 1993 25°31′ Scorpio | 2 August 1993 22°43′ Scorpio |
| 1 March 1994 28°04′ Scorpio | 5 August 1994 25°16′ Scorpio |
| 4 March 1995 0°36′ Sagittarius | 8 August 1995 27°49′ Scorpio |
How Pluto moves through the zodiac
Across 1600–2800, Pluto spent about 12 years to 32 years in a sign on each pass, not counting retrograde dips out of it, and it returned to the same sign about every 246 years. 100% of passes included at least one retrograde dip back over a sign boundary.
Pluto in other signs
Aries · Taurus · Gemini · Cancer · Leo · Virgo · Libra · Scorpio · Sagittarius · Capricorn · Aquarius · Pisces
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How these dates were found
With Horoskopos's sky search: Pluto's geocentric, apparent, tropical ecliptic longitude, computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library, with each sign boundary found to the minute. Sample ingresses agree with NASA JPL's Horizons ephemeris to within an hour for 2023–43, about three hours for the 1850s–80s and about 15 hours for the 1770s: Pluto moves so slowly that a sliver of an arcminute in position becomes hours in time. Pluto comes from an integrated orbit that is reliable from about 1 CE to 3999 CE. Data generated 2026-10-04; page built 2026-10-05.