♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 11♈︎04 – 23♈︎43Aug 30Sep 6Nov 10Oct 6⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Aug 30 conjunction with the Sun6♍︎49 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJun 2 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square11♓︎25 · high at dawnJul 2 ♈︎ enters AriesJul 22 shadow begins11♈︎04Sep 6 stations retrograde23♈︎43Oct 10 opposition16♈︎48 · up all nightNov 10 stations direct11♈︎04Dec 29 shadow ends23♈︎43Jan 11 ♉︎ enters TaurusJan 29 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square9♉︎16 · high at duskOct 6 conjunction with the Sun12♎︎09 · 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. ♉︎→♈︎
  4. ♉︎