Mars retrograde 2005

1 period, 69 days inside the year — 19% of 2005. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

69 days · retreats 15.14°

1 October → 10 December 2005 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 1 Oct 2005, 22:57 UTC at 23.32° Taurus
Stations direct 10 Dec 2005, 05:56 UTC at 8.18° Taurus
Shadow opens 12 Aug 2005 (51 days before)
Shadow closes 4 Feb 2006 (56 days after)
Full window including shadows 176 days

It begins in Libra season and ends in Sagittarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Pisces — 1 Oct to 15 Nov 2005 (45 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 1 Oct to 26 Oct 2005 (25 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Sagittarius — 14 Nov to 4 Dec 2005 (20 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Leo — 22 Nov to 10 Dec 2005 (18 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2005

Previous

2003 Ended 27 September 2003 after 60 days, moving back 10.02° through the zodiac.

Next

2007 Begins 15 November 2007 and runs 77 days.

Gap across 2005

4.1 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.

2005 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2005

Saturn in Cancer 22 Nov 2004 – 21 Mar 2005 · 120 days
Jupiter in Libra 2 Feb 2005 – 5 Jun 2005 · 123 days
Mercury in Aries 20 Mar 2005 – 12 Apr 2005 · 23 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 26 Mar 2005 – 2 Sep 2005 · 159 days
Neptune in Aquarius 19 May 2005 – 26 Oct 2005 · 160 days
Uranus in Pisces 14 Jun 2005 – 15 Nov 2005 · 154 days
Mercury in Leo 23 Jul 2005 – 16 Aug 2005 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 14 Nov 2005 – 4 Dec 2005 · 20 days
Saturn in Leo 22 Nov 2005 – 9 Feb 2006 · 80 days
Venus in Aquarius 24 Dec 2005 – 3 Feb 2006 · 41 days
← 2004 Mars retrograde in 2004. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2006 → Mars retrograde in 2006.