Mars retrograde 1952

1 period, 77 days inside the year — 20.9% of 1952. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

77 days · retreats 17.32°

25 March → 10 June 1952 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 25 Mar 1952, 11:00 UTC at 19.12° Scorpio

Stations direct 10 Jun 1952, 02:41 UTC at 1.8° Scorpio

Shadow opens 22 Jan 1952 (63 days before)

Shadow closes 7 Aug 1952 (58 days after)

Full window including shadows 198 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 1952

1950 Ended 3 May 1950 after 80 days, moving back 19.04° through the zodiac.

1954 Begins 23 May 1954 and runs 67 days.

Gap across 1952

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.

← 1951 Mars retrograde in 1951. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1953 → Mars retrograde in 1953.