Mars retrograde 2009

1 period, 11 days inside the year — 3.1% of 2009. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

51 days · retreats 14.17° · crosses the year boundary

20 December → 9 February 2010 in Leo

Stations retrograde 20 Dec 2009, 14:06 UTC at 19.55° Leo
Stations direct 9 Feb 2010, 23:59 UTC at 5.38° Leo
Shadow opens 28 Oct 2009 (53 days before)

Mars retrograde in Leo

Mars retrograde in Leo tests pride, ambition and creative drive. Plans for recognition stall, conflicts with authority figures flare, and people reconsider what they are fighting for. It suits reworking creative ambitions rather than forcing them.

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Capricorn — 26 Dec to 15 Jan 2010 (20 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Libra — 13 Jan to 9 Feb 2010 (28 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2009

Previous

2008 Ended 30 January 2008 after 70 days, moving back 18.07° through the zodiac.

Next

2010 Begins 20 December 2009 and runs 80 days.

Gap across 2009

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.

2009 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2009

Saturn in Virgo 31 Dec 2008 – 16 May 2009 · 136 days
Mercury in Aquarius 11 Jan 2009 – 1 Feb 2009 · 21 days
Venus in Aries 6 Mar 2009 – 17 Apr 2009 · 42 days
Pluto in Capricorn 4 Apr 2009 – 11 Sep 2009 · 160 days
Mercury in Gemini 7 May 2009 – 31 May 2009 · 24 days
Neptune in Aquarius 28 May 2009 – 4 Nov 2009 · 160 days
Jupiter in Aquarius 15 Jun 2009 – 13 Oct 2009 · 120 days
Uranus in Pisces 1 Jul 2009 – 1 Dec 2009 · 154 days
Mercury in Libra 7 Sep 2009 – 29 Sep 2009 · 22 days
Mercury in Capricorn 26 Dec 2009 – 15 Jan 2010 · 20 days
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