♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 29♈︎11 – 13♉︎22Sep 10Sep 22Nov 29Oct 16⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Sep 10 conjunction with the Sun17♍︎47 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJun 17 ♈︎ enters AriesJun 27 □︎ opening square with the Sun6♈︎30 · high at dawnAug 5 shadow begins29♈︎11Aug 6 ♉︎ enters TaurusSep 22 stations retrograde13♉︎22Oct 28 opposition5♉︎33 · up all nightNov 18 ♈︎ re-enters Ariesmoving backwardNov 29 stations direct29♈︎11Dec 10 ♉︎ enters TaurusJan 21 shadow ends13♉︎22Feb 12 □︎ closing square with the Sun23♉︎48 · high at duskFeb 23 ♊︎ enters GeminiOct 16 conjunction with the Sun23♎︎48 · 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. ♉︎