Mars retrograde 1988

1 period, 63 days inside the year — 17.1% of 1988. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

63 days · retreats 11.59°

26 August → 28 October 1988 in Aries

Stations retrograde 26 Aug 1988, 14:10 UTC at 11.65° Aries
Stations direct 28 Oct 1988, 06:06 UTC at 0.06° Aries
Shadow opens 13 Jul 1988 (44 days before)
Shadow closes 13 Dec 1988 (46 days after)
Full window including shadows 153 days

It begins in Virgo season and ends in Scorpio season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Capricorn — 26 Aug to 30 Aug 1988 (4 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Capricorn — 26 Aug to 5 Sep 1988 (10 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — 26 Aug to 18 Sep 1988 (23 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Gemini — 24 Sep to 28 Oct 1988 (34 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — 28 Sep to 20 Oct 1988 (21 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1988

Previous

1986 Ended 12 August 1986 after 64 days, moving back 11.69° through the zodiac.

Next

1990 Begins 20 October 1990 and runs 73 days.

Gap across 1988

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.

1988 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1988

Mercury in Aquarius 2 Feb 1988 – 23 Feb 1988 · 21 days
Pluto in Scorpio 14 Feb 1988 – 20 Jul 1988 · 157 days
Uranus in Capricorn 4 Apr 1988 – 5 Sep 1988 · 154 days
Saturn in Capricorn 10 Apr 1988 – 30 Aug 1988 · 141 days
Neptune in Capricorn 11 Apr 1988 – 18 Sep 1988 · 160 days
Venus in Cancer 22 May 1988 – 4 Jul 1988 · 43 days
Mercury in Gemini 31 May 1988 – 24 Jun 1988 · 24 days
Jupiter in Gemini 24 Sep 1988 – 20 Jan 1989 · 118 days
Mercury in Libra 28 Sep 1988 – 20 Oct 1988 · 21 days
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