Mars retrograde 1905

1 period, 75 days inside the year — 20.7% of 1905. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

75 days · retreats 16.79°

2 April → 17 June 1905 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 2 Apr 1905, 19:59 UTC at 26.4° Scorpio

Stations direct 17 Jun 1905, 07:38 UTC at 9.61° Scorpio

Shadow opens 31 Jan 1905 (62 days before)

Shadow closes 12 Aug 1905 (56 days after)

Full window including shadows 193 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1905

1903 Ended 9 May 1903 after 80 days, moving back 18.85° through the zodiac.

1907 Begins 5 June 1907 and runs 65 days.

Gap across 1905

4.1 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.

← 1904 Mars retrograde in 1904. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1906 → Mars retrograde in 1906.