Mars retrograde 1986

1 period, 64 days inside the year — 17.6% of 1986. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

64 days · retreats 11.69°

9 June → 12 August 1986 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 9 Jun 1986, 00:42 UTC at 23.3° Capricorn
Stations direct 12 Aug 1986, 08:35 UTC at 11.61° Capricorn
Shadow opens 21 Apr 1986 (48 days before)
Shadow closes 25 Sep 1986 (44 days after)
Full window including shadows 157 days

It begins in Gemini season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Sagittarius — 9 Jun to 7 Aug 1986 (59 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — 9 Jun to 12 Aug 1986 (64 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 9 Jun to 12 Aug 1986 (64 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Scorpio — 9 Jun to 15 Jul 1986 (36 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — 9 Jul to 3 Aug 1986 (24 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Pisces — 12 Jul to 12 Aug 1986 (31 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1986

Previous

1984 Ended 19 June 1984 after 75 days, moving back 16.66° through the zodiac.

Next

1988 Begins 26 August 1988 and runs 63 days.

Gap across 1986

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.

Computed for 1986

Mars through the zodiac in 1986

Every sign Mars occupies during 1986, 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 Scorpio From 1 Jan – 1 Feb
Mars in Sagittarius 1 Feb – 27 Mar
Mars in Capricorn 27 Mar – 8 Oct
Mars in Aquarius 8 Oct – 25 Nov
Mars in Pisces 25 Nov – 31 Dec and beyond

5 segments in 1986. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1986 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1986

Pluto in Scorpio 8 Feb 1986 – 15 Jul 1986 · 157 days
Mercury in Aries 7 Mar 1986 – 30 Mar 1986 · 23 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 19 Mar 1986 – 7 Aug 1986 · 141 days
Uranus in Sagittarius 27 Mar 1986 – 27 Aug 1986 · 153 days
Neptune in Capricorn 7 Apr 1986 – 14 Sep 1986 · 160 days
Mercury in Leo 9 Jul 1986 – 3 Aug 1986 · 24 days
Jupiter in Pisces 12 Jul 1986 – 8 Nov 1986 · 119 days
Venus in Scorpio 15 Oct 1986 – 26 Nov 1986 · 41 days
Mercury in Scorpio 2 Nov 1986 – 22 Nov 1986 · 20 days
← 1985 Mars retrograde in 1985. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1987 → Mars retrograde in 1987.