♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 20♌︎55 – 10♍︎25Jan 9Jan 10Apr 1Mar 21⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉nowJan 9 conjunction with the Sun19♑︎13 · hidden in the Sun’s glareSep 28 ♌︎ enters LeoNov 5 shadow begins20♌︎55Nov 19 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square27♌︎24 · high at dawnNov 25 ♍︎ enters VirgoJan 10 stations retrograde10♍︎25Feb 19 opposition0♍︎46 · up all nightFeb 21 ♌︎ re-enters Leomoving backwardApr 1 stations direct20♌︎55May 14 ♍︎ enters VirgoMay 25 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square4♍︎31 · high at duskJun 8 shadow ends10♍︎25Jul 15 ♎︎ enters LibraMar 21 conjunction with the Sun1♈︎01 · 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. ♍︎