When Was Pluto Last in Virgo?
Updated October 5, 2026
As of October 2026, the last time was 1956–72: Pluto first entered Virgo on 20 October 1956 and, because retrograde motion carried it back and forth across the sign's boundary, entered it four times in all before leaving for good on 30 July 1972. Next: Pluto first enters Virgo on 30 October 2202; retrograde motion carries it back and forth across the sign's boundary, so it enters four times in all and leaves for good on 4 September 2218.
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-Virgo 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 Virgo | Entered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 October 1710 | 9 September 1725 | 14 years | 4 times |
| In Virgo: 17 Oct 1710 – 18 Jan 1711 · 17 Aug 1711 – 19 Apr 1712 · 2 Jun 1712 – 14 Nov 1724 · 22 Feb 1725 – 9 Sept 1725 | |||
| 20 October 1956 | 30 July 1972 | 14 years | 4 times |
| In Virgo: 20 Oct 1956 – 15 Jan 1957 · 19 Aug 1957 – 11 Apr 1958 · 10 Jun 1958 – 5 Oct 1971 · 17 Apr 1972 – 30 Jul 1972 | |||
| 30 October 2202 | 4 September 2218 | 15 years | 4 times |
| In Virgo: 30 Oct 2202 – 5 Jan 2203 · 25 Aug 2203 – 28 Mar 2204 · 23 Jun 2204 – 5 Nov 2217 · 4 Mar 2218 – 4 Sept 2218 | |||
| 18 November 2448 | 6 August 2465 | 15 years | 4 times |
| In Virgo: 18 Nov 2448 – 13 Dec 2448 · 31 Aug 2449 – 14 Mar 2450 · 5 Jul 2450 – 7 Oct 2464 · 8 Apr 2465 – 6 Aug 2465 | |||
| 10 September 2695 | 25 June 2712 | 16 years | 4 times |
| In Virgo: 10 Sept 2695 – 1 Mar 2696 · 16 Jul 2696 – 23 Nov 2710 · 12 Feb 2711 – 17 Sept 2711 · 26 May 2712 – 25 Jun 2712 | |||
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Born with Pluto in Virgo
- Born 20 October 1956 – 30 July 1972, except 15 January 1957 – 19 August 1957 (in Leo), 11 April 1958 – 10 June 1958 (in Leo) and 5 October 1971 – 17 April 1972 (in Libra)
On the days Pluto changes sign, the birth time decides: dates here are UTC. Enter your birth data to see your own chart.
Pluto retrograde in Virgo, the 1956–72 pass
Retrograde periods with at least one station in Virgo: the date Pluto stood still and turned retrograde, and the date it turned direct again.
| Stations retrograde | Stations direct |
|---|---|
| 2 December 1956 0°27′ Virgo | 9 May 1957 27°55′ Leo |
| 4 December 1957 2°19′ Virgo | 11 May 1958 29°46′ Leo |
| 6 December 1958 4°13′ Virgo | 13 May 1959 1°40′ Virgo |
| 8 December 1959 6°10′ Virgo | 15 May 1960 3°35′ Virgo |
| 10 December 1960 8°08′ Virgo | 17 May 1961 5°32′ Virgo |
| 12 December 1961 10°07′ Virgo | 19 May 1962 7°31′ Virgo |
| 14 December 1962 12°09′ Virgo | 21 May 1963 9°32′ Virgo |
| 17 December 1963 14°13′ Virgo | 22 May 1964 11°35′ Virgo |
| 18 December 1964 16°19′ Virgo | 25 May 1965 13°40′ Virgo |
| 21 December 1965 18°28′ Virgo | 27 May 1966 15°48′ Virgo |
| 23 December 1966 20°38′ Virgo | 29 May 1967 17°58′ Virgo |
| 26 December 1967 22°51′ Virgo | 31 May 1968 20°10′ Virgo |
| 27 December 1968 25°06′ Virgo | 2 June 1969 22°24′ Virgo |
| 30 December 1969 27°23′ Virgo | 5 June 1970 24°40′ Virgo |
| 1 January 1971 29°42′ Virgo | 7 June 1971 26°58′ Virgo |
| 4 January 1972 2°03′ Libra | 9 June 1972 29°18′ Virgo |
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
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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.