♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 14♊︎43 – 2♋︎39Oct 14Nov 6Jan 20Nov 25⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Oct 14 conjunction with the Sun20♎︎48 · hidden in the Sun’s glareAug 14 ♊︎ enters GeminiSep 6 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square12♊︎55 · high at dawnSep 9 shadow begins14♊︎43Oct 17 ♋︎ enters CancerNov 6 stations retrograde2♋︎39Nov 25 ♊︎ re-enters Geminimoving backwardDec 15 opposition22♊︎58 · up all nightJan 20 stations direct14♊︎43Mar 18 ♋︎ enters CancerMar 22 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square1♋︎33 · high at duskMar 24 shadow ends2♋︎39May 16 ♌︎ enters LeoNov 25 conjunction with the Sun2♐︎54 · 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. ♋︎→♊︎
  5. ♋︎