♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 8♏︎19 – 25♏︎06May 30Apr 2Jun 17Jul 15⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉May 30 conjunction with the Sun8♊︎50 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJan 13 ♏︎ enters ScorpioJan 26 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square6♏︎21 · high at dawnJan 31 shadow begins8♏︎19Apr 2 stations retrograde25♏︎06May 8 opposition17♏︎32 · up all nightJun 17 stations direct8♏︎19Aug 12 shadow ends25♏︎06Aug 21 ♐︎ enters SagittariusAug 26 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square2♐︎43 · high at duskJul 15 conjunction with the Sun22♋︎24 · the next cycle begins
  1. ♍︎→♌︎
  2. ♎︎→♍︎
  3. ♏︎
  4. ♑︎
  5. ♈︎→♓︎

Every 32 years, Mars turns retrograde again near the same spot: 8–18° further along the zodiac, and about eleven days later in the year.

  1. ♏︎
  2. ♐︎→♏︎
  3. ♐︎