♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 4♊︎51 – 22♊︎13Oct 6Oct 28Jan 10Nov 14⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Oct 6 conjunction with the Sun12♎︎09 · hidden in the Sun’s glareAug 24 ♊︎ enters GeminiAug 24 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square0♊︎02 · high at dawnSep 1 shadow begins4♊︎51Oct 28 stations retrograde22♊︎13Dec 5 opposition12♊︎45 · up all nightJan 10 stations direct4♊︎51Mar 12 shadow ends22♊︎13Mar 13 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square22♊︎51 · high at duskMar 28 ♋︎ enters CancerNov 14 conjunction with the Sun22♏︎19 · 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. ♋︎→♊︎