♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 3♍︎40 – 23♍︎05Feb 4Jan 24Apr 14Apr 18⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎Feb 4 conjunction with the Sun15♒︎33 · hidden in the Sun’s glareNov 11 ♍︎ enters VirgoNov 18 shadow begins3♍︎40Dec 2 □︎ opening square with the Sun9♍︎59 · high at dawnJan 24 stations retrograde23♍︎05Mar 3 opposition13♍︎39 · up all nightApr 14 stations direct3♍︎40Jun 8 □︎ closing square with the Sun17♍︎42 · high at duskJun 19 shadow ends23♍︎05Jul 3 ♎︎ enters LibraApr 18 conjunction with the Sun28♈︎09 · 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. ♎︎→♍︎