Mars retrograde 1973

1 period, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1973. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

67 days · retreats 13.96°

19 September → 25 November 1973 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 19 Sep 1973, 22:24 UTC at 9.63° Taurus

Stations direct 25 Nov 1973, 23:23 UTC at 25.67° Aries

Shadow opens 2 Aug 1973 (48 days before)

Shadow closes 17 Jan 1974 (53 days after)

Full window including shadows 168 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1973

1971 Ended 9 September 1971 after 60 days, moving back 10.07° through the zodiac.

1975 Begins 6 November 1975 and runs 75 days.

Gap across 1973

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.

← 1972 Mars retrograde in 1972. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1974 → Mars retrograde in 1974.