Mars retrograde 1946

1 period, 52 days inside the year — 14.2% of 1946. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

79 days · retreats 19.12° · crosses the year boundary

4 December → 21 February 1946 in Leo

Stations retrograde 4 Dec 1945, 23:05 UTC at 3.98° Leo

Stations direct 21 Feb 1946, 20:30 UTC at 14.85° Cancer

Shadow opens 3 Oct 1945 (63 days before)

Shadow closes 29 Apr 1946 (67 days after)

Full window including shadows 209 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1946

1945 Ended 9 February 1946 after 67 days, moving back 18.22° through the zodiac.

1948 Begins 8 January 1948 and runs 81 days.

Gap across 1946

1.9 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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