Mars retrograde 1971

1 period, 60 days inside the year — 16.5% of 1971. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

60 days · retreats 10.07°

11 July → 9 September 1971 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 11 Jul 1971, 04:47 UTC at 22.35° Aquarius

Stations direct 9 Sep 1971, 13:38 UTC at 12.28° Aquarius

Shadow opens 29 May 1971 (43 days before)

Shadow closes 20 Oct 1971 (41 days after)

Full window including shadows 145 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1971

1969 Ended 8 July 1969 after 72 days, moving back 15.06° through the zodiac.

1973 Begins 19 September 1973 and runs 67 days.

Gap across 1971

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.

← 1970 Mars retrograde in 1970. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1972 → Mars retrograde in 1972.