♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 11♐︎06 – 25♐︎16Jun 29May 8Jul 17Aug 8⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Jun 29 conjunction with the Sun6♋︎56 · hidden in the Sun’s glareFeb 18 ♐︎ enters SagittariusFeb 20 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square0♐︎44 · high at dawnMar 14 shadow begins11♐︎06May 8 stations retrograde25♐︎16Jun 10 opposition18♐︎53 · up all nightJul 17 stations direct11♐︎06Sep 4 shadow ends25♐︎16Sep 13 ♑︎ enters CapricornOct 10 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square16♑︎11 · high at duskAug 8 conjunction with the Sun15♌︎12 · 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. ♑︎