# What Sign Is Pluto in Right Now? > Pluto is in Aquarius right now, at 3°07' Aquarius as of October 1, 2026 at 04:45 UTC. Pluto entered Aquarius on November 19, 2024 at 4:06 PM ET (21:06 UTC) and stays until March 8, 2043 at 9:55 PM ET (01:55 UTC on March 9), when it moves into Pisces. Pluto is retrograde. Computed October 1, 2026 at 04:45 UTC. Canonical page: https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/pluto | Body | Sign | Position | Motion | In sign since | Next sign change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Pluto | Aquarius | 3°07'14" Aquarius | retrograde | 2024-11-19 | 2043-03-09 01:55 UTC into Pisces | ## Retrograde Yes. Pluto has been retrograde since May 6, 2026 at 11:44 AM ET (15:44 UTC) and turns direct on October 15, 2026 at 10:24 PM ET (02:24 UTC on October 16) at 3°04' Aquarius. Its post-retrograde shadow ends on February 7, 2027. | Planet | Stations retrograde | Stations direct | Signs | Shadow | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Pluto | 2025-05-04 15:51 UTC at 3°49' Aquarius | 2025-10-14 02:49 UTC at 1°22' Aquarius | Aquarius | 2025-01-10 to 2026-02-04 | | Pluto | 2026-05-06 15:44 UTC at 5°30' Aquarius | 2026-10-16 02:24 UTC at 3°04' Aquarius | Aquarius | 2026-01-12 to 2027-02-07 | | Pluto | 2027-05-08 12:14 UTC at 7°10' Aquarius | 2027-10-18 03:51 UTC at 4°44' Aquarius | Aquarius | 2027-01-13 to 2028-02-09 | ## Sign Changes | Date (UTC) | Enters | Leaves | Retrograde | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2023-03-23 12:48 UTC | Aquarius | Capricorn | no | | 2023-06-11 09:04 UTC | Capricorn | Aquarius | yes | | 2024-01-21 01:10 UTC | Aquarius | Capricorn | no | | 2024-09-01 23:28 UTC | Capricorn | Aquarius | yes | | 2024-11-19 21:06 UTC | Aquarius | Capricorn | no | ## Aspects in the Next 30 Days | Date (UTC) | Event | Detail | | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-10-02 20:43 UTC | Mercury square Pluto | Exact square | | 2026-10-03 10:38 UTC | Mars opposite Pluto | Exact opposition | | 2026-10-20 06:43 UTC | Venus square Pluto | Exact square | | 2026-10-26 12:11 UTC | The Sun square Pluto | Exact square | ## Questions ### What Sign Is Pluto in Right Now? Pluto is in Aquarius right now, at 3°07' Aquarius as of October 1, 2026 at 04:45 UTC. Pluto entered Aquarius on November 19, 2024 at 4:06 PM ET (21:06 UTC) and stays until March 8, 2043 at 9:55 PM ET (01:55 UTC on March 9), when it moves into Pisces. Pluto is retrograde. ### Is Pluto Retrograde Right Now? Yes. Pluto has been retrograde since May 6, 2026 at 11:44 AM ET (15:44 UTC) and turns direct on October 15, 2026 at 10:24 PM ET (02:24 UTC on October 16) at 3°04' Aquarius. Its post-retrograde shadow ends on February 7, 2027. ### When Is the Next Pluto Retrograde? The next Pluto retrograde begins on May 8, 2027 at 8:14 AM ET (12:14 UTC) at 7°10' Aquarius and ends on October 17, 2027 at 11:51 PM ET (03:51 UTC on October 18) at 4°44' Aquarius. The shadow period runs from January 13, 2027 to February 9, 2028. ### What Does Pluto in Aquarius Mean? Pluto represents power, transformation, endings, and what is hidden. In Aquarius, those themes take on a independent, inventive, group-minded, and detached quality. Pluto's sign is read as the long arc of collective transformation: what a generation tears down and rebuilds. ### How Long Does Pluto Stay in Each Sign? Pluto's elliptical orbit means it spends between about 12 and 31 years in a sign and takes about 248 years to circle the zodiac. It turns retrograde for five to six months every year. ### Why Do Some Sites List a Different Date for This Sign Change? Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser. ## Method Positions are geocentric and tropical: apparent longitudes on the true ecliptic and equinox of date, corrected for light time and aberration. They are computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library (VSOP87 planetary theory) and agree with the Swiss Ephemeris to within about one arcminute. The North Node is the mean node. Times are given in UTC and US Eastern time. Source: [Selfgazer](https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/pluto). Free to cite with a link to the source page.