♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 4♏︎26 – 21♏︎38May 25Mar 29Jun 13Jul 11⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉May 25 conjunction with the Sun4♊︎18 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJan 15 ♏︎ enters ScorpioJan 24 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square3♏︎47 · high at dawnJan 25 shadow begins4♏︎26Mar 29 stations retrograde21♏︎38May 4 opposition13♏︎50 · up all nightJun 13 stations direct4♏︎26Aug 10 shadow ends21♏︎38Aug 20 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square27♏︎08 · high at duskAug 25 ♐︎ enters SagittariusJul 11 conjunction with the Sun19♋︎29 · 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. ♐︎→♏︎