♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 8♊︎07 – 25♊︎36Oct 8Oct 30Jan 12Nov 18⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎Oct 8 conjunction with the Sun15♎︎06 · hidden in the Sun’s glareAug 20 ♊︎ enters GeminiAug 27 □︎ opening square with the Sun3♊︎56 · high at dawnSep 3 shadow begins8♊︎07Oct 30 stations retrograde25♊︎36Dec 8 opposition16♊︎05 · up all nightJan 12 stations direct8♊︎07Mar 16 shadow ends25♊︎36Mar 16 □︎ closing square with the Sun25♊︎53 · high at duskMar 25 ♋︎ enters CancerNov 18 conjunction with the Sun25♏︎37 · 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. ♋︎→♊︎