♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 4♉︎31 – 19♉︎27Sep 13Sep 29Dec 7Oct 21⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Sep 13 conjunction with the Sun20♍︎09 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJul 8 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square15♈︎48 · high at dawnAug 1 ♉︎ enters TaurusAug 9 shadow begins4♉︎31Sep 29 stations retrograde19♉︎27Nov 4 opposition11♉︎12 · up all nightDec 7 stations direct4♉︎31Jan 31 shadow ends19♉︎27Feb 17 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square27♉︎34 · high at duskFeb 22 ♊︎ enters GeminiOct 21 conjunction with the Sun26♎︎41 · 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. ♊︎→♉︎