Mars retrograde 1993

1 period, 45 days inside the year — 12.4% of 1993. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

78 days · retreats 18.95° · crosses the year boundary

28 November → 15 February 1993 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 28 Nov 1992, 23:58 UTC at 27.7° Cancer
Stations direct 15 Feb 1993, 06:24 UTC at 8.75° Cancer
Shadow opens 28 Sep 1992 (62 days before)
Shadow closes 22 Apr 1993 (67 days after)
Full window including shadows 207 days

Mars retrograde in Cancer

Mars retrograde in Cancer turns frustration inward and towards home. Family tensions surface, household projects stall and anger comes out indirectly. It suits addressing emotional grievances openly and repairing the home rather than starting new battles.

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Sagittarius — 28 Nov to 1 Dec 1992 (2 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Libra — 28 Jan to 15 Feb 1993 (17 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1993

Previous

1992 Ended 9 February 1993 after 73 days, moving back 18.77° through the zodiac.

Next

1995 Begins 2 January 1995 and runs 81 days.

Gap across 1993

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.

1993 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1993

Jupiter in Libra 28 Jan 1993 – 31 May 1993 · 123 days
Pluto in Scorpio 26 Feb 1993 – 2 Aug 1993 · 157 days
Mercury in Pisces 27 Feb 1993 – 22 Mar 1993 · 23 days
Venus in Aries 11 Mar 1993 – 22 Apr 1993 · 42 days
Neptune in Capricorn 22 Apr 1993 – 30 Sep 1993 · 160 days
Uranus in Capricorn 26 Apr 1993 – 27 Sep 1993 · 154 days
Saturn in Pisces 10 Jun 1993 – 28 Oct 1993 · 140 days
Mercury in Cancer 1 Jul 1993 – 25 Jul 1993 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio 25 Oct 1993 – 15 Nov 1993 · 20 days
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