♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 29♊︎59 – 18♋︎39Oct 30Nov 20Feb 6Dec 14⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Oct 30 conjunction with the Sun5♏︎53 · hidden in the Sun’s glareSep 21 ♋︎ enters CancerSep 21 shadow begins29♊︎59Sep 25 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square1♋︎59 · high at dawnNov 20 stations retrograde18♋︎39Dec 30 opposition8♋︎44 · up all nightFeb 6 stations direct29♊︎59Apr 5 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square15♋︎16 · high at duskApr 12 shadow ends18♋︎39May 6 ♌︎ enters LeoDec 14 conjunction with the Sun22♐︎34 · 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. ♌︎→♋︎