Mars retrograde 1990

1 period, 72 days inside the year — 19.8% of 1990. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

73 days · retreats 16.81° · crosses the year boundary

20 October → 1 January 1991 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 20 Oct 1990, 20:20 UTC at 14.68° Gemini
Stations direct 1 Jan 1991, 13:21 UTC at 27.87° Taurus
Shadow opens 27 Aug 1990 (55 days before)
Shadow closes 2 Mar 1991 (60 days after)
Full window including shadows 188 days

Mars retrograde in Gemini

Mars retrograde in Gemini scatters energy and sharpens arguments. Projects stall because attention is split, debates go in circles and travel plans are disrupted. It suits finishing half-done tasks and choosing which battles actually matter.

It begins in Libra season and ends in Capricorn season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Leo — 30 Nov to 1 Jan 1991 (32 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Capricorn — 14 Dec to 1 Jan 1991 (18 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1990

Previous

1988 Ended 28 October 1988 after 63 days, moving back 11.59° through the zodiac.

Next

1991 Begins 22 November 1990 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 1990

2.1 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.

1990 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1990

Jupiter in Cancer 22 Nov 1989 – 24 Feb 1990 · 95 days
Venus in Aquarius 29 Dec 1989 – 8 Feb 1990 · 41 days
Mercury in Capricorn 30 Dec 1989 – 20 Jan 1990 · 20 days
Pluto in Scorpio 18 Feb 1990 – 25 Jul 1990 · 157 days
Uranus in Capricorn 13 Apr 1990 – 14 Sep 1990 · 154 days
Neptune in Capricorn 16 Apr 1990 – 23 Sep 1990 · 160 days
Mercury in Taurus 23 Apr 1990 – 17 May 1990 · 24 days
Saturn in Capricorn 4 May 1990 – 23 Sep 1990 · 141 days
Mercury in Virgo 25 Aug 1990 – 17 Sep 1990 · 23 days
Jupiter in Leo 30 Nov 1990 – 9 Feb 1991 · 72 days
Mercury in Capricorn 14 Dec 1990 – 3 Jan 1991 · 20 days
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