♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 8♋︎40 – 27♋︎37Nov 8Nov 28Feb 15Dec 27⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Nov 8 conjunction with the Sun15♏︎30 · hidden in the Sun’s glareSep 12 ♋︎ enters CancerSep 28 shadow begins8♋︎40Oct 5 □︎ opening square with the Sun12♋︎03 · high at dawnNov 28 stations retrograde27♋︎37Jan 7 opposition17♋︎39 · up all nightFeb 15 stations direct8♋︎40Apr 13 □︎ closing square with the Sun23♋︎18 · high at duskApr 22 shadow ends27♋︎37Apr 27 ♌︎ enters LeoDec 27 conjunction with the Sun5♑︎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. ♌︎→♋︎
  5. ♌︎→♋︎