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Mars retrograde 2012

Mars retrograde 2012: 1 period, 81 days inside the year — 22.2% of 2012. Mars turned retrograde at 12:54 AM UTC on January 24 at 23°05′ Virgo and turned direct at 3:53 AM UTC on April 14 at 3°40′ Virgo.

Turns retrograde
Jan 24 12:54 AM UTC
Turns direct
Apr 14 3:53 AM UTC
Retrograde in 2012
81 days 22.2% of the year
Sign
Virgo retreats 19.41°
Mars Retrograde 2012 Dates: Jan 24 – Apr 14

Mars’s path through 2012, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2012
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2012. Mars starts 2012 at 20°06′ Virgo and ends it at 4°40′ Aquarius — 134.6° of net progress: 154° forward, 19.4° given back. The loop retraces 19.41° in 81 days, from 23°05′ Virgo on Jan 24 back to 3°40′ Virgo on Apr 14. Fastest day: Dec 22, 0.79° forward; fastest backward: Mar 5, 0.4°. Counting the shadows, 171 days of 2012 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 18, 2011 – Jan 24, 2012Post-retrograde shadow: Apr 14, 2012 – Jun 19, 2012Retrograde: Jan 24, 2012 – Apr 14, 2012VirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusStations retrograde Jan 24, 2012, 12:54 AM UTC, 23°05′ VirgoR Jan 24Stations direct Apr 14, 2012, 3:53 AM UTC, 3°40′ VirgoD Apr 14JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2012. Mars starts 2012 at 20°06′ Virgo and ends it at 4°40′ Aquarius — 134.6° of net progress: 154° forward, 19.4° given back. The loop retraces 19.41° in 81 days, from 23°05′ Virgo on Jan 24 back to 3°40′ Virgo on Apr 14. Fastest day: Dec 22, 0.79° forward; fastest backward: Mar 5, 0.4°. Counting the shadows, 171 days of 2012 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 18, 2011 – Jan 24, 2012Post-retrograde shadow: Apr 14, 2012 – Jun 19, 2012Retrograde: Jan 24, 2012 – Apr 14, 2012VirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusStations retrograde Jan 24, 2012, 12:54 AM UTC, 23°05′ VirgoR Jan 24Stations direct Apr 14, 2012, 3:53 AM UTC, 3°40′ VirgoD Apr 14JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 2012 at 20°06′ Virgo and ends it at 4°40′ Aquarius — 134.6° of net progress: 154° forward, 19.4° given back. The loop retraces 19.41° in 81 days, from 23°05′ Virgo on Jan 24 back to 3°40′ Virgo on Apr 14. Fastest day: Dec 22, 0.79° forward; fastest backward: Mar 5, 0.4°. Counting the shadows, 171 days of 2012 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Mars retrograde 2012: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 12:54 AM UTC on January 24, 2012 at 23°05′ Virgo — 9:54 PM on January 23 in Santiago, 7:54 PM on January 23 in New York, 12:54 AM in London and 9:54 AM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Tue, Jan 24 · 23°05′ Virgo Sat, Apr 14 · 3°40′ Virgo
Honolulu United States 2:54 PM Mon, Jan 23 · UTC−10 5:53 PM Fri, Apr 13 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 3:54 PM Mon, Jan 23 · UTC−9 7:53 PM Fri, Apr 13 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 4:54 PM Mon, Jan 23 · UTC−8 8:53 PM Fri, Apr 13 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 5:54 PM Mon, Jan 23 · UTC−7 8:53 PM Fri, Apr 13 · UTC−7
Denver United States 5:54 PM Mon, Jan 23 · UTC−7 9:53 PM Fri, Apr 13 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 6:54 PM Mon, Jan 23 · UTC−6 10:53 PM Fri, Apr 13 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 6:54 PM Mon, Jan 23 · UTC−6 10:53 PM Fri, Apr 13 · UTC−5
New York United States 7:54 PM Mon, Jan 23 · UTC−5 11:53 PM Fri, Apr 13 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 7:54 PM Mon, Jan 23 · UTC−5 11:53 PM Fri, Apr 13 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 7:54 PM Mon, Jan 23 · UTC−5 10:53 PM Fri, Apr 13 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 7:54 PM Mon, Jan 23 · UTC−5 10:53 PM Fri, Apr 13 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 8:24 PM Mon, Jan 23 · UTC−4:30 11:23 PM Fri, Apr 13 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 9:54 PM Mon, Jan 23 · UTC−3 12:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 9:54 PM Mon, Jan 23 · UTC−3 12:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 10:54 PM Mon, Jan 23 · UTC−2 12:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 12:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC 3:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC
London United Kingdom 12:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC 4:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 1:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+1 4:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+1
Paris France 1:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+1 5:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 1:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+1 5:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 2:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+2 5:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 2:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+2 5:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 2:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+2 6:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 2:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+2 6:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 4:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+4 7:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 3:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+3 6:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 4:24 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+3:30 8:23 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+4:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 4:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+4 7:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 5:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+5 8:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 6:24 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+5:30 9:23 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 6:39 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+5:45 9:38 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 6:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+6 9:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 7:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+7 10:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 7:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+7 10:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+7
Singapore 8:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+8 11:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+8
Beijing China 8:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+8 11:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 8:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+8 11:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 8:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+8 11:53 AM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 9:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+9 12:53 PM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 9:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+9 12:53 PM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 11:24 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+10:30 1:23 PM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 10:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+10 1:53 PM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 11:54 AM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+11 1:53 PM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 1:54 PM Tue, Jan 24 · UTC+13 3:53 PM Sat, Apr 14 · UTC+12

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Mars station 1900–2050: all within a minute. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

81 days · retreats 19.41°

January 24 → April 14, 2012 in Virgo

Stations retrograde Jan 24, 2012, 12:54 AM UTC at 23°05′ Virgo
Stations direct Apr 14, 2012, 3:53 AM UTC at 3°40′ Virgo
Shadow opens Nov 18, 2011, 3:34 PM UTC (66 days before)
Shadow closes Jun 19, 2012, 7:57 PM UTC (67 days after)
Full window including shadows 214 days
The January loop up close, shadow to shadow
The January loop up close, shadow to shadow. Mars crosses the 19.41° between 3°40′ Virgo and 23°05′ Virgo three times: forward in the pre-shadow (66 days), back while retrograde (81 days), forward again in the post-shadow (67 days). Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 18, 2011 – Jan 24, 2012Post-retrograde shadow: Apr 14, 2012 – Jun 19, 2012Retrograde: Jan 24, 2012 – Apr 14, 20120° Virgo10° Virgo20° Virgo0° LibraStations retrograde Jan 24, 2012, 12:54 AM UTC, 23°05′ VirgoR Jan 24 · 23°05′ VirgoStations direct Apr 14, 2012, 3:53 AM UTC, 3°40′ VirgoD Apr 14 · 3°40′ VirgoNov 14Dec 12Jan 9Feb 6Mar 5Apr 2Apr 30May 28Jun 25Source: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com The January loop up close, shadow to shadow. Mars crosses the 19.41° between 3°40′ Virgo and 23°05′ Virgo three times: forward in the pre-shadow (66 days), back while retrograde (81 days), forward again in the post-shadow (67 days). Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 18, 2011 – Jan 24, 2012Post-retrograde shadow: Apr 14, 2012 – Jun 19, 2012Retrograde: Jan 24, 2012 – Apr 14, 201220° Virgo0° LibraStations retrograde Jan 24, 2012, 12:54 AM UTC, 23°05′ VirgoR Jan 24 · 23°05′ VirgoStations direct Apr 14, 2012, 3:53 AM UTC, 3°40′ VirgoD Apr 14 · 3°40′ VirgoNov 14Jan 9Mar 5Apr 30Source: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com

Mars crosses the 19.41° between 3°40′ Virgo and 23°05′ Virgo three times: forward in the pre-shadow (66 days), back while retrograde (81 days), forward again in the post-shadow (67 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, reorganizing 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 — Feb 7 to Apr 14, 2012 (67 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — Mar 12 to Apr 4, 2012 (23 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — Apr 10 to Apr 14, 2012 (3 days of overlap)

For the sign itself, see Virgo and its daily horoscope.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2012

Previous

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

Next

2014 Begins March 1, 2014 and runs 79 days.

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.

Computed for 2012

Mars through the zodiac in 2012

Every sign Mars occupies during 2012, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Mars in Virgo From Jan 1 – Jul 3
Mars in Libra Jul 3 – Aug 23
Mars in Scorpio Aug 23 – Oct 7
Mars in Sagittarius Oct 7 – Nov 17
Mars in Capricorn Nov 17 – Dec 26
Mars in Aquarius Dec 26 – Dec 31 and beyond

6 segments in 2012. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

2012 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2012

Saturn in Libra Feb 7, 2012 – Jun 25, 2012 · 139 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 12, 2012 – Apr 4, 2012 · 23 days
Pluto in Capricorn Apr 10, 2012 – Sep 18, 2012 · 161 days
Venus in Gemini May 15, 2012 – Jun 27, 2012 · 43 days
Neptune in Pisces Jun 4, 2012 – Nov 11, 2012 · 159 days
Uranus in Aries Jul 13, 2012 – Dec 13, 2012 · 153 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 15, 2012 – Aug 8, 2012 · 24 days
Jupiter in Gemini Oct 4, 2012 – Jan 30, 2013 · 118 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 6, 2012 – Nov 26, 2012 · 20 days
← 2011 Mars retrograde in 2011. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2013 → Mars retrograde in 2013.

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