♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 25♋︎09 – 14♌︎28Nov 28Dec 14Mar 4Jan 23⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Nov 28 conjunction with the Sun6♐︎19 · hidden in the Sun’s glareAug 29 ♋︎ enters CancerOct 12 shadow begins25♋︎09Oct 22 ♌︎ enters LeoOct 23 □︎ opening square with the Sun0♌︎25 · high at dawnDec 14 stations retrograde14♌︎28Jan 24 opposition4♌︎32 · up all nightFeb 5 ♋︎ re-enters Cancermoving backwardMar 4 stations direct25♋︎09Apr 3 ♌︎ enters LeoApr 28 □︎ closing square with the Sun9♌︎01 · high at duskMay 11 shadow ends14♌︎28Jun 10 ♍︎ enters VirgoJan 23 conjunction with the Sun4♒︎06 · 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. ♌︎