Mars retrograde 2012

1 period, 81 days inside the year — 22.2% of 2012. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

81 days · retreats 19.41°

24 January → 14 April 2012 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 24 Jan 2012, 01:24 UTC at 22.92° Virgo
Stations direct 14 Apr 2012, 03:03 UTC at 3.51° Virgo
Shadow opens 18 Nov 2011 (66 days before)
Shadow closes 19 Jun 2012 (67 days after)
Full window including shadows 214 days

Mars retrograde in Virgo

Mars retrograde in Virgo hits work, health and daily routines. Efficiency drops, fitness plans falter and irritation over small details rises. It suits recovery, reorganising workloads and correcting habits rather than pushing harder.

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Aries season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Libra — 7 Feb to 14 Apr 2012 (67 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — 12 Mar to 4 Apr 2012 (23 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — 10 Apr to 14 Apr 2012 (4 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2012

Previous

2010 Ended 10 March 2010 after 80 days, moving back 19.4° through the zodiac.

Next

2014 Begins 1 March 2014 and runs 79 days.

Gap across 2012

4 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.

2012 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2012

Saturn in Libra 7 Feb 2012 – 25 Jun 2012 · 139 days
Mercury in Aries 12 Mar 2012 – 4 Apr 2012 · 23 days
Pluto in Capricorn 10 Apr 2012 – 18 Sep 2012 · 161 days
Venus in Gemini 15 May 2012 – 27 Jun 2012 · 43 days
Neptune in Pisces 4 Jun 2012 – 11 Nov 2012 · 160 days
Uranus in Aries 13 Jul 2012 – 13 Dec 2012 · 153 days
Mercury in Leo 15 Jul 2012 – 8 Aug 2012 · 24 days
Jupiter in Gemini 4 Oct 2012 – 30 Jan 2013 · 118 days
Mercury in Sagittarius 6 Nov 2012 – 26 Nov 2012 · 20 days
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