♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 3♌︎09 – 22♌︎34Dec 9Dec 22Mar 12Feb 8⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Dec 9 conjunction with the Sun17♐︎43 · hidden in the Sun’s glareOct 12 ♌︎ enters LeoOct 19 shadow begins3♌︎09Oct 31 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square8♌︎59 · high at dawnDec 22 stations retrograde22♌︎34Jan 31 opposition12♌︎41 · up all nightMar 12 stations direct3♌︎09May 6 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square16♌︎47 · high at duskMay 19 shadow ends22♌︎34Jun 3 ♍︎ enters VirgoFeb 8 conjunction with the Sun19♒︎58 · 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. ♌︎