♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 1♏︎09 – 18♏︎28May 22Mar 25Jun 10Jul 8⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉May 22 conjunction with the Sun0♊︎39 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJan 20 ♏︎ enters ScorpioJan 21 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square0♏︎51 · high at dawnJan 22 shadow begins1♏︎09Mar 25 stations retrograde18♏︎28May 1 opposition10♏︎37 · up all nightJun 10 stations direct1♏︎09Aug 7 shadow ends18♏︎28Aug 16 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square23♏︎24 · high at duskAug 27 ♐︎ enters SagittariusJul 8 conjunction with the Sun16♋︎23 · 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. ♐︎→♏︎