Mars retrograde 2010

1 period, 69 days inside the year — 18.8% of 2010. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

80 days · retreats 19.4° · crosses the year boundary

20 December → 10 March 2010 in Leo

Stations retrograde 20 Dec 2009, 14:06 UTC at 19.55° Leo
Stations direct 10 Mar 2010, 16:16 UTC at 0.15° Leo
Shadow opens 17 Oct 2009 (64 days before)
Shadow closes 17 May 2010 (68 days after)
Full window including shadows 212 days

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 Pisces 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 10 Mar 2010 (56 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 2010

Previous

2009 Ended 9 February 2010 after 51 days, moving back 14.17° through the zodiac.

Next

2012 Begins 24 January 2012 and runs 81 days.

Gap across 2010

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.

2010 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2010

Mercury in Capricorn 26 Dec 2009 – 15 Jan 2010 · 20 days
Saturn in Libra 13 Jan 2010 – 30 May 2010 · 137 days
Pluto in Capricorn 6 Apr 2010 – 14 Sep 2010 · 160 days
Mercury in Taurus 18 Apr 2010 – 11 May 2010 · 24 days
Neptune in Aquarius 31 May 2010 – 7 Nov 2010 · 160 days
Uranus in Aries 5 Jul 2010 – 6 Dec 2010 · 154 days
Jupiter in Aries 23 Jul 2010 – 18 Nov 2010 · 118 days
Mercury in Virgo 20 Aug 2010 – 12 Sep 2010 · 23 days
Venus in Scorpio 8 Oct 2010 – 18 Nov 2010 · 42 days
Mercury in Capricorn 10 Dec 2010 – 30 Dec 2010 · 20 days
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