Mars retrograde 1961

1 period, 36 days inside the year — 9.9% of 1961. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

76 days · retreats 18.66° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 6 February 1961 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1960, 00:00 UTC at 19.2° Cancer
Stations direct 6 Feb 1961, 02:48 UTC at 0.55° Cancer
Shadow opens 21 Sep 1960 (62 days before)
Shadow closes 12 Apr 1961 (66 days after)
Full window including shadows 204 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1961

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1960 Ended 6 February 1961 after 77 days, moving back 18.67° through the zodiac.

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1962 Begins 26 December 1962 and runs 46 days.

Gap across 1961

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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