♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 17♊︎53 – 5♋︎54Oct 16Nov 8Jan 23Nov 28⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎Oct 16 conjunction with the Sun23♎︎48 · hidden in the Sun’s glareAug 11 ♊︎ enters GeminiSep 9 □︎ opening square with the Sun16♊︎35 · high at dawnSep 11 shadow begins17♊︎53Oct 8 ♋︎ enters CancerNov 8 stations retrograde5♋︎54Dec 8 ♊︎ re-enters Geminimoving backwardDec 17 opposition26♊︎11 · up all nightJan 23 stations direct17♊︎53Mar 14 ♋︎ enters CancerMar 25 □︎ closing square with the Sun4♋︎32 · high at duskMar 28 shadow ends5♋︎54May 14 ♌︎ enters LeoNov 28 conjunction with the Sun6♐︎19 · 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. ♋︎→♊︎