Mars retrograde 1911

1 period, 72 days inside the year — 19.8% of 1911. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

72 days · retreats 16.66°

18 October → 29 December 1911 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 18 Oct 1911, 09:01 UTC at 12.23° Gemini

Stations direct 29 Dec 1911, 18:22 UTC at 25.57° Taurus

Shadow opens 24 Aug 1911 (54 days before)

Shadow closes 27 Feb 1912 (60 days after)

Full window including shadows 187 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1911

1909 Ended 24 October 1909 after 62 days, moving back 11.36° through the zodiac.

1913 Begins 26 November 1913 and runs 75 days.

Gap across 1911

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.

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