Mars retrograde 1978

1 period, 60 days inside the year — 16.5% of 1978. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

80 days · retreats 19.29° · crosses the year boundary

12 December → 2 March 1978 in Leo

Stations retrograde 12 Dec 1977, 20:06 UTC at 11.88° Leo
Stations direct 2 Mar 1978, 09:22 UTC at 22.59° Cancer
Shadow opens 10 Oct 1977 (64 days before)
Shadow closes 8 May 1978 (68 days after)
Full window including shadows 211 days

Mars retrograde in Leo

Mars retrograde in Leo tests pride, ambition and creative drive. Plans for recognition stall, conflicts with authority figures flare, and people reconsider what they are fighting for. It suits reworking creative ambitions rather than forcing them.

…and back into Cancer

Mars retrograde in Cancer turns frustration inward and towards home. Family tensions surface, household projects stall and anger comes out indirectly. It suits addressing emotional grievances openly and repairing the home rather than starting new battles.

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Pisces season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Capricorn — 12 Dec to 31 Dec 1977 (19 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Cancer — 12 Dec to 9 Feb 1978 (59 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Cancer — 12 Dec to 20 Feb 1978 (69 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Virgo — 12 Dec to 9 Feb 1978 (59 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — 18 Jan to 2 Mar 1978 (43 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Scorpio — 19 Feb to 2 Mar 1978 (11 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1978

Previous

1977 Ended 9 February 1978 after 59 days, moving back 16.6° through the zodiac.

Next

1980 Begins 16 January 1980 and runs 81 days.

Gap across 1978

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.

Computed for 1978

Mars through the zodiac in 1978

Every sign Mars occupies during 1978, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Mars in Leo From 1 Jan – 26 Jan
Mars in Cancer 26 Jan – 9 Apr
Mars in Leo 9 Apr – 13 Jun
Mars in Virgo 13 Jun – 3 Aug
Mars in Libra 3 Aug – 19 Sep
Mars in Scorpio 19 Sep – 1 Nov
Mars in Sagittarius 1 Nov – 12 Dec
Mars in Capricorn 12 Dec – 31 Dec and beyond

8 segments in 1978. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1978 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1978

Jupiter in Cancer 22 Nov 1977 – 20 Feb 1978 · 90 days
Saturn in Virgo 11 Dec 1977 – 25 Apr 1978 · 135 days
Pluto in Libra 18 Jan 1978 – 24 Jun 1978 · 156 days
Uranus in Scorpio 19 Feb 1978 – 21 Jul 1978 · 152 days
Neptune in Sagittarius 20 Mar 1978 – 27 Aug 1978 · 160 days
Mercury in Aries 1 Apr 1978 – 25 Apr 1978 · 24 days
Mercury in Virgo 4 Aug 1978 – 28 Aug 1978 · 24 days
Venus in Scorpio 18 Oct 1978 – 28 Nov 1978 · 41 days
Jupiter in Leo 25 Nov 1978 – 9 Feb 1979 · 76 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 25 Nov 1978 – 15 Dec 1978 · 20 days
Saturn in Virgo 24 Dec 1978 – 9 Feb 1979 · 47 days
← 1977 Mars retrograde in 1977. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1979 → Mars retrograde in 1979.