♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 15♏︎05 – 1♐︎36Jun 6Apr 9Jun 23Jul 20⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Jun 6 conjunction with the Sun15♊︎51 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJan 7 ♏︎ enters ScorpioFeb 1 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square12♏︎18 · high at dawnFeb 7 shadow begins15♏︎05Mar 23 ♐︎ enters SagittariusApr 9 stations retrograde1♐︎36Apr 25 ♏︎ re-enters Scorpiomoving backwardMay 14 opposition24♏︎10 · up all nightJun 23 stations direct15♏︎05Aug 14 ♐︎ enters SagittariusAug 17 shadow ends1♐︎36Sep 3 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square10♐︎43 · high at duskOct 3 ♑︎ enters CapricornJul 20 conjunction with the Sun28♋︎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. ♐︎→♏︎