Mars retrograde 1903

1 period, 80 days inside the year — 21.9% of 1903. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

80 days · retreats 18.85°

18 February → 9 May 1903 in Libra

Stations retrograde 18 Feb 1903, 14:09 UTC at 17.62° Libra

Stations direct 9 May 1903, 15:58 UTC at 28.77° Virgo

Shadow opens 14 Dec 1902 (66 days before)

Shadow closes 12 Jul 1903 (64 days after)

Full window including shadows 210 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1903

1901 Ended 4 April 1901 after 81 days, moving back 19.49° through the zodiac.

1905 Begins 2 April 1905 and runs 75 days.

Gap across 1903

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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