Mars retrograde 2022

1 period, 62 days inside the year — 17.1% of 2022. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

74 days · retreats 17.49° · crosses the year boundary

30 October → 12 January 2023 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 30 Oct 2022, 14:20 UTC at 25.3° Gemini

Stations direct 12 Jan 2023, 20:25 UTC at 7.81° Gemini

Shadow opens 3 Sep 2022 (57 days before)

Shadow closes 16 Mar 2023 (62 days after)

Full window including shadows 193 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2022

2020 Ended 13 November 2020 after 65 days, moving back 12.9° through the zodiac.

2023 Begins 22 November 2022 and runs 52 days.

Gap across 2022

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.

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