Mars retrograde 1901

1 period, 81 days inside the year — 22.2% of 1901. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

81 days · retreats 19.49°

13 January → 4 April 1901 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 13 Jan 1901, 06:06 UTC at 13.92° Virgo

Stations direct 4 Apr 1901, 07:11 UTC at 24.43° Leo

Shadow opens 8 Nov 1900 (66 days before)

Shadow closes 10 Jun 1901 (67 days after)

Full window including shadows 214 days

Read against Virgo, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1901

1899 Ended 27 February 1899 after 79 days, moving back 19.26° through the zodiac.

1903 Begins 18 February 1903 and runs 80 days.

Gap across 1901

4 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

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