Miscellaneous Information About the Inner Planets

TIME IT TAKES TO CIRCLE AN ASTROLOGICAL CHART (360 DEGREES IN CIRCUMFERENCE), WHICH ALSO EQUALS THE PLANETS ORBIT AROUND THE SUN Sun: 365 Earth days and spends approx.. 30 days in each sign. Moon: 27 days and 7 hours and spends 2.3 to 2.5 days in each sign. Mercury: 88 Earth days- moves around the chart approx..4 times each year and spends about 7.5 days in each sign (not including retrograde periods). Venus: 225 Earth days and spends approx.. 18.7 days in each sign (not including retrograde periods). Mars: 687 Earth days or 1.9 years (almost two years) and spends approx.. 57.3 days in each sign (not including retrograde periods).

RETROGRADE PERIODS Sun: None. Moon: None. Mercury: Three times per year for 3 weeks per retrograde period. Venus: Retrogrades every 18 months for approx.. 40 days. Mars: 687 Earth days or 1.9 years (almost two years) and spends approx.. 57.3 days in each sign (not including retrograde periods).

NUMBER OF SATELLITES (MOONS AND ASTEROIDS) Sun: (blank). Moon: None, though she does go void as she moves from sign to sign. A void period can last from a few minutes to two days. Mercury: None. Venus: None. Mars: Two moons, Phobos and Deimos (diameter of fourteen miles and seven miles).

DEGREES THIS PLANET MOVES ON AVERAGE PER DAY