Mars moves half a degree per year.Įach of these planets can spend years of a person's life in retrograde motion (in the progressed chart) if they were retrograde at birth or in the days or weeks following birth. Nearby planets (Venus and Mercury) move at a similar rate to the sun, though their movement is less consistent due to retrograde periods. The distant planets (Neptune and Pluto) move very little in a progressed chart. It moves one degree per year and only goes through two to three signs in most people's lives. In contrast, it takes 30 years for the progressed sun to change signs. It takes approximately 2.3 (often rounded to 2.5) years for the progressed moon to change signs and around 27.5 years for it to go through all the signs.
It moves approximately one (1.09) degree(s) per month. The moon is the fastest-moving planetary body in the progressed chart (and one of the most useful). Because progressed charts are used to show gradual changes and evolution, they hold their meaning longer than a standard 'transit chart,' another important predictive astrology chart.
