Mars retrograde 1994

No retrograde period falls inside 1994. That is not an omission — the loop lands either side of the year boundary.

Why a year can have none

A retrograde recurs every 779.94 days — the synodic period of Mars. Because that does not divide evenly into 365.25 days, the loops drift through the calendar. For the slower planets a single loop can start in one year and finish in the next, leaving a calendar year with nothing inside it.

Check 1993 and 1995 — the period you are looking for will be in one of them.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1994

Previous

1993 Ended 15 February 1993 after 78 days, moving back 18.95° through the zodiac.

Next

1995 Begins 2 January 1995 and runs 81 days.

Gap across 1994

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.

1994 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1994

Mercury in Pisces 11 Feb 1994 – 5 Mar 1994 · 22 days
Jupiter in Scorpio 28 Feb 1994 – 2 Jul 1994 · 124 days
Pluto in Scorpio 1 Mar 1994 – 5 Aug 1994 · 157 days
Neptune in Capricorn 25 Apr 1994 – 2 Oct 1994 · 160 days
Uranus in Capricorn 30 Apr 1994 – 1 Oct 1994 · 154 days
Mercury in Cancer 12 Jun 1994 – 6 Jul 1994 · 24 days
Saturn in Pisces 22 Jun 1994 – 9 Nov 1994 · 139 days
Mercury in Scorpio 9 Oct 1994 – 30 Oct 1994 · 21 days
Venus in Scorpio 13 Oct 1994 – 23 Nov 1994 · 41 days
← 1993 Mars retrograde in 1993. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1995 → Mars retrograde in 1995.