Dates: December 19, 2021 until January 29, 2022
Venus enters retrograde motion in Capricorn as the Sagittarius season draws to a close.
If you and a romantic or platonic partner are having some difficulty communicating, take advantage of the situation to concentrate on your needs. If the holidays weren’t enough of a cause to unwind, Venus retrograde certainly will.
Additionally, it’s a moment to pay attention to crucial aspects of our lives. We’re going to “truly be reconsidering our commitment to our legacies in relationships, value, and money,” psychic Liz Simmons
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Mercury retrograde occurs May 30 to June 23
Retrogrades of the inner planets, such as those of Venus, Mars, and Mercury, are crucial times to slow down and practice retrospective mindfulness. If we don’t alter the way we look at the world, the retrograde cycle of these particular planets may be difficult for us since we are so accustomed to being in “go, go, go mode,” according to Gailing. “It’s crucial to follow the planets’ lead and return to previously traveled ground in order to make the most of these times and avoid potential stress. When Mercury is in retrograde, you review your communications and interactions in order to reframe them. It’s best to hold off on starting anything new during this time. That being said, keep in mind that you’re still in beta-test status if you do need to launch something. As the planets move into direct motion, gather information and feedback you may utilize to strengthen your design.”
How long will Mars be in reverse?
Approximately every two years, Mars goes retrograde for a few months. Mars will turn retrograde around the end of 2022.
Is Mars currently in retrograde motion?
Mars Retrograde: What Is It? In the sky, Mars occasionally looks to be going backward “Truly, no planet actually moves backward in its orbit around the Sun, so the essential word here is appears. They don’t even slow down, in fact. Because the Earth orbits the Sun at a different rate than the other planets, retrograde-station-direct cycles are essentially illusions that arise from our vantage point on Earth. Mars goes retrograde every two to three years for about 58 to 81 days.
Note: “Retrograde is spelled Rx. You’ll see dates that alternate between “Mars Rx” (the date Mars turns retrograde) and “Mars Direct” in the tables below (the date when Mars turns direct after a retrograde period).
In other words, from the Mars Rx date to the Mars Direct date, Mars is in retrograde motion.
- The position of Mars when it turns retrograde is indicated by the degree and sign adjacent to the Mars Rx date.
- The position of Mars at the time it stops moving backwards and turns direct is indicated by the degree and sign of the Mars Direct date.
The table’s aforementioned sample reads as follows: Mars will turn retrograde on October 30, 2022, at 9:25 AM, when it is near 25 degrees Gemini 37. Mars’ retrograde motion lasts until January 12, 2023, at which point it will turn direct at 3:56 PM, at an angle of 8 degrees Gemini. In other words, from October 30, 2022, to January 12, 2023, Mars will be retrograde in Gemini. Keep in mind that retrograde times are never exact and vary slightly between software packages.
What is now 2021 retrograde?
Again, Mercury is in retrograde. In astrology, Mercury is the planet that primarily governs communication. Mercury entered retrograde motion on September 27, 2021, and it will remain in that state through October 18, 2021. Mercury looks to be moving backward from west to east while it is in retrograde.
What transpires when Mars is in reverse?
Comparable to race vehicles on an oval circuit are the two planets. Earth is in the inside lane and travels more quickly than Mars; in fact, it completes two laps of the track in roughly the same amount of time as Mars does one.
Earth catches up to Mars and passes it once every 26 months. This year, as we pass by the red planet, it will appear to us as though Mars is rising and falling. The illusion will eventually vanish as we continue along our curved orbit and view the planet from a different angle, allowing us to once more see Mars moving straight ahead.
Retrograde motion is the term for this seemingly irregular motion. Jupiter and the other planets that orbit the sun further away also experience the illusion.
The orbits that Earth and Mars follow don’t precisely lay on the same plane, which just adds to the strangeness of the situation. It appears as though the two planets are traveling down distinct tracks that are just slightly off-center from one another. This results in yet another odd illusion.
Imagine you could mark the location of Mars on a sky map every night as it moves forward, goes into retrograde, and then resumes its forward motion. You can either draw an open zigzag or a loop by connecting the dots. Depending on where Earth and Mars are in their skewed racetrack orbits, a certain pattern will emerge.
What months is Mars moving backwards?
Let’s apply that to Mars right now. Mars appears to alter its course in the sky every two years and spend a few months moving backward. Beginning on June 28, 2018, Mars’ retrograde motion appeared to move from west to east in our sky until August 28 before resuming its usual course.
However, Earth is acting differently over those two months, not Mars.
Are Mars and Aquarius both retrograde?
NOTICEThere are NO Mars retrograde periods in 2021. After this Mars Retrograde in 2020, the next one occurs in the sign of Gemini from October 30 to January 12, 2023.
Which retrograde do we currently have?
January 14February 3, 2022, is the first retrograde period. May 10June 3, 2022, is the second retrograde period. September 9October 2, 2022, is the third retrograde period. December 29 until January 18, 2023, is the fourth retrograde.
Why does Mars turn backward?
Due to the way Earth and Mars circle the Sun, there are occasions when Mars appears to be moving backward in relation to the “fixed stars” for a brief period of time. Images from http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/allabout/nightsky/nightsky04.html by NASA/JPL-Caltech are shown below.
You would typically notice that Mars is a little more east each night compared to the constellations if you looked up at the sky at the same time. However, when watched simultaneously, Mars appears to shift from east to west for a few months every two years on average (retrograde motion). The trend seen in 2003 is seen above.
This is Mars’ apparent route during the approximately two-month long retrograde motion it displayed in 2005.
The word “planet,” which comes from the Greek word for “wanderer,” was used to describe this enigmatic backward or retrograde motion by the early observers. It is obvious that the Earth will occasionally “catch up” to its more distant neighbor given our present understanding of how the Earth orbits the Sun in a year while Mars has a siderial period of 1.88 Earth years. In contrast to its more usual eastward march across the sky, Mars will appear to move backward as the Earth advances in its orbit.
It takes 2.135 Earth orbits for the Earth and Mars to cross a line through the Sun once (this is referred to as being in “opposition”). An observer on Earth can see Mars’ retrograde motion for a brief period of time, which includes the moment of opposition. The synodic period is the interval between oppositions.
