Venus retrograde 1903

1 period, 42 days inside the year — 11.6% of 1903. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

42 days · retreats 16.07°

27 August → 9 October 1903 in Libra

Stations retrograde 27 Aug 1903, 16:43 UTC at 3.07° Libra

Stations direct 9 Oct 1903, 04:04 UTC at 17° Virgo

Shadow opens 25 Jul 1903 (33 days before)

Shadow closes 10 Nov 1903 (33 days after)

Full window including shadows 108 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1903

1902 Ended 7 March 1902 after 41 days, moving back 15.83° through the zodiac.

1905 Begins 6 April 1905 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1903

3.1 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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