♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 15♈︎13 – 28♈︎08Sep 2Sep 9Nov 14Oct 8⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Sep 2 conjunction with the Sun9♍︎42 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJun 6 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square16♓︎31 · high at dawnJun 28 ♈︎ enters AriesJul 25 shadow begins15♈︎13Sep 9 stations retrograde28♈︎08Oct 13 opposition21♈︎04 · up all nightNov 14 stations direct15♈︎13Jan 2 shadow ends28♈︎08Jan 6 ♉︎ enters TaurusFeb 1 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square12♉︎47 · high at duskOct 8 conjunction with the Sun15♎︎06 · 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. ♉︎