♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 11♉︎55 – 27♉︎16Sep 18Oct 4Dec 13Oct 25⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Sep 18 conjunction with the Sun25♍︎55 · hidden in the Sun’s glareJul 17 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square25♈︎34 · high at dawnJul 24 ♉︎ enters TaurusAug 14 shadow begins11♉︎55Oct 4 stations retrograde27♉︎16Nov 10 opposition18♉︎48 · up all nightDec 13 stations direct11♉︎55Feb 7 shadow ends27♉︎16Feb 13 ♊︎ enters GeminiFeb 22 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square4♊︎06 · high at duskOct 25 conjunction with the Sun2♏︎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. ♉︎