Mars retrograde 1980

1 period, 81 days inside the year — 22.1% of 1980. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

81 days · retreats 19.48°

16 January → 6 April 1980 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 16 Jan 1980, 06:22 UTC at 15.63° Virgo
Stations direct 6 Apr 1980, 07:56 UTC at 26.15° Leo
Shadow opens 11 Nov 1979 (66 days before)
Shadow closes 12 Jun 1980 (67 days after)
Full window including shadows 214 days

Mars retrograde in Virgo

Mars retrograde in Virgo hits work, health and daily routines. Efficiency drops, fitness plans falter and irritation over small details rises. It suits recovery, reorganising workloads and correcting habits rather than pushing harder.

…and back into 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.

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Aries season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Virgo — 16 Jan to 9 Feb 1980 (25 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Virgo — 16 Jan to 6 Apr 1980 (81 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — 24 Jan to 6 Apr 1980 (73 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Pisces — 26 Feb to 19 Mar 1980 (23 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Scorpio — 29 Feb to 6 Apr 1980 (37 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — 24 Mar to 6 Apr 1980 (13 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1980

Previous

1978 Ended 2 March 1978 after 80 days, moving back 19.29° through the zodiac.

Next

1982 Begins 20 February 1982 and runs 80 days.

Gap across 1980

4 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 1980

Mars through the zodiac in 1980

Every sign Mars occupies during 1980, 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 Virgo From 1 Jan – 12 Mar
Mars in Leo 12 Mar – 3 May
Mars in Virgo 3 May – 10 Jul
Mars in Libra 10 Jul – 28 Aug
Mars in Scorpio 28 Aug – 11 Oct
Mars in Sagittarius 11 Oct – 21 Nov
Mars in Capricorn 21 Nov – 30 Dec
Mars in Aquarius 30 Dec – 31 Dec and beyond

8 segments in 1980. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1980 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1980

Jupiter in Virgo 26 Dec 1979 – 26 Apr 1980 · 122 days
Saturn in Virgo 6 Jan 1980 – 22 May 1980 · 137 days
Pluto in Libra 24 Jan 1980 – 28 Jun 1980 · 156 days
Mercury in Pisces 26 Feb 1980 – 19 Mar 1980 · 23 days
Uranus in Scorpio 29 Feb 1980 – 30 Jul 1980 · 152 days
Neptune in Sagittarius 24 Mar 1980 – 31 Aug 1980 · 160 days
Venus in Cancer 24 May 1980 – 6 Jul 1980 · 43 days
Mercury in Cancer 28 Jun 1980 – 22 Jul 1980 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio 23 Oct 1980 – 12 Nov 1980 · 20 days
← 1979 Mars retrograde in 1979. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1981 → Mars retrograde in 1981.