Mars retrograde 1922

1 period, 70 days inside the year — 19.1% of 1922. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

70 days · retreats 14.17°

8 May → 17 July 1922 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 8 May 1922, 05:49 UTC at 26.35° Sagittarius

Stations direct 17 Jul 1922, 00:58 UTC at 12.18° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 14 Mar 1922 (55 days before)

Shadow closes 4 Sep 1922 (49 days after)

Full window including shadows 174 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1922

1920 Ended 31 May 1920 after 78 days, moving back 17.85° through the zodiac.

1924 Begins 24 July 1924 and runs 60 days.

Gap across 1922

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.

← 1921 Mars retrograde in 1921. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1923 → Mars retrograde in 1923.