Mars retrograde 1916

1 period, 81 days inside the year — 22% of 1916. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

81 days · retreats 19.5° · crosses the year boundary

31 December → 21 March 1916 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 31 Dec 1915, 21:55 UTC at 0.99° Virgo

Stations direct 21 Mar 1916, 14:52 UTC at 11.49° Leo

Shadow opens 27 Oct 1915 (65 days before)

Shadow closes 28 May 1916 (68 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 1916

1915 Ended 9 February 1916 after 40 days, moving back 9.74° through the zodiac.

1918 Begins 3 February 1918 and runs 81 days.

Gap across 1916

2 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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