Mars retrograde 2003

1 period, 60 days inside the year — 16.4% of 2003. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

60 days · retreats 10.02°

29 July → 27 September 2003 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 29 Jul 2003, 08:36 UTC at 10.09° Pisces
Stations direct 27 Sep 2003, 07:02 UTC at 0.07° Pisces
Shadow opens 17 Jun 2003 (42 days before)
Shadow closes 8 Nov 2003 (42 days after)
Full window including shadows 144 days

It begins in Leo season and ends in Libra season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Pisces — 29 Jul to 27 Sep 2003 (60 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 29 Jul to 27 Sep 2003 (60 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Sagittarius — 29 Jul to 28 Aug 2003 (31 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — 28 Aug to 20 Sep 2003 (23 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2003

Previous

2001 Ended 19 July 2001 after 69 days, moving back 13.95° through the zodiac.

Next

2005 Begins 1 October 2005 and runs 69 days.

Gap across 2003

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.

2003 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2003

Saturn in Gemini 22 Nov 2002 – 22 Feb 2003 · 92 days
Jupiter in Leo 4 Dec 2002 – 4 Apr 2003 · 121 days
Mercury in Capricorn 2 Jan 2003 – 23 Jan 2003 · 20 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 22 Mar 2003 – 28 Aug 2003 · 159 days
Mercury in Taurus 26 Apr 2003 – 20 May 2003 · 24 days
Neptune in Aquarius 15 May 2003 – 22 Oct 2003 · 160 days
Uranus in Pisces 7 Jun 2003 – 8 Nov 2003 · 154 days
Mercury in Virgo 28 Aug 2003 – 20 Sep 2003 · 23 days
Saturn in Cancer 25 Oct 2003 – 9 Feb 2004 · 107 days
Mercury in Capricorn 17 Dec 2003 – 6 Jan 2004 · 20 days
← 2002 Mars retrograde in 2002. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2004 → Mars retrograde in 2004.