Mars retrograde 1956

1 period, 61 days inside the year — 16.6% of 1956. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

61 days · retreats 10.51°

10 August → 10 October 1956 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 10 Aug 1956, 17:58 UTC at 24.28° Pisces

Stations direct 10 Oct 1956, 11:16 UTC at 13.77° Pisces

Shadow opens 29 Jun 1956 (42 days before)

Shadow closes 22 Nov 1956 (43 days after)

Full window including shadows 146 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1956

1954 Ended 29 July 1954 after 67 days, moving back 12.95° through the zodiac.

1958 Begins 10 October 1958 and runs 71 days.

Gap across 1956

4.2 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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