Retrograde

Retrograde is a planet’s apparent backward motion through the zodiac as seen from Earth. The planet does not reverse its orbit; relative motion makes it seem to slow, pause at a station, and retrace part of its path before another station.

From the computed sky

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See today’s sky

Retrograde puts a planet back over ground it just crossed — the draft reopened, with an old sentence asking for another look.

You’re exploring the glossary. The example follows the real sky.