Mars retrograde 1991

1 period, 1 days inside the year — 0.2% of 1991. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

41 days · retreats 9.8° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 1 January 1991 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1990, 00:00 UTC at 7.67° Gemini
Stations direct 1 Jan 1991, 13:21 UTC at 27.87° Taurus
Shadow opens 27 Aug 1990 (87 days before)
Shadow closes 14 Feb 1991 (44 days after)
Full window including shadows 171 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 Scorpio 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 1991

Previous

1990 Ended 1 January 1991 after 73 days, moving back 16.81° through the zodiac.

Next

1992 Begins 28 November 1992 and runs 73 days.

Gap across 1991

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.

1991 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1991

Jupiter in Leo 30 Nov 1990 – 30 Mar 1991 · 120 days
Mercury in Capricorn 14 Dec 1990 – 3 Jan 1991 · 20 days
Pluto in Scorpio 21 Feb 1991 – 28 Jul 1991 · 157 days
Mercury in Aries 4 Apr 1991 – 28 Apr 1991 · 24 days
Uranus in Capricorn 18 Apr 1991 – 19 Sep 1991 · 154 days
Neptune in Capricorn 18 Apr 1991 – 26 Sep 1991 · 160 days
Saturn in Aquarius 17 May 1991 – 5 Oct 1991 · 141 days
Venus in Virgo 1 Aug 1991 – 13 Sep 1991 · 43 days
Mercury in Virgo 7 Aug 1991 – 31 Aug 1991 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 28 Nov 1991 – 18 Dec 1991 · 20 days
Jupiter in Virgo 30 Dec 1991 – 9 Feb 1992 · 41 days
← 1990 Mars retrograde in 1990. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1992 → Mars retrograde in 1992.