♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 20♊︎59 – 9♋︎17Oct 21Nov 12Jan 27Dec 3⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Oct 21 conjunction with the Sun26♎︎41 · hidden in the Sun’s glareAug 9 ♊︎ enters GeminiSep 13 shadow begins20♊︎59Sep 14 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square21♊︎07 · high at dawnOct 3 ♋︎ enters CancerNov 12 stations retrograde9♋︎17Dec 20 ♊︎ re-enters Geminimoving backwardDec 21 opposition29♊︎28 · up all nightJan 27 stations direct20♊︎59Mar 10 ♋︎ enters CancerMar 28 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square7♋︎02 · high at duskApr 2 shadow ends9♋︎17May 13 ♌︎ enters LeoDec 3 conjunction with the Sun10♐︎39 · 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. ♋︎