♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 13♌︎09 – 2♍︎40Dec 27Jan 2Mar 24Mar 4⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Dec 27 conjunction with the Sun5♑︎23 · hidden in the Sun’s glareOct 4 ♌︎ enters LeoOct 29 shadow begins13♌︎09Nov 12 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square19♌︎31 · high at dawnDec 12 ♍︎ enters VirgoJan 2 stations retrograde2♍︎40Jan 22 ♌︎ re-enters Leomoving backwardFeb 12 opposition22♌︎54 · up all nightMar 24 stations direct13♌︎09May 18 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square26♌︎40 · high at duskMay 25 ♍︎ enters VirgoMay 31 shadow ends2♍︎40Jul 21 ♎︎ enters LibraMar 4 conjunction with the Sun14♓︎18 · 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. ♍︎→♌︎