2027 Forecast

Mars retrograde 2025

Mars retrograde 2025: 1 period, 54 days inside the year — 14.8% of 2025. Mars turned direct at 2:00 AM UTC on February 24 at 17°01′ Cancer.

Turns direct
Feb 24 2:00 AM UTC
Retrograde in 2025
54 days 14.8% of the year
Sign
Leo retreats 19.16°

The other planets in 2025: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.

Mars Retrograde 2025 Dates: Until Feb 24

Mars’s path through 2025, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, Nov 30, 2024 – Dec 31, 2025
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, Nov 30, 2024 – Dec 31, 2025. Mars starts 2025 at 1°55′ Leo and ends it at 12°41′ Capricorn — 160.8° of net progress: 175.7° forward, 14.9° given back. The loop retraces 19.16° in 79 days, from 6°10′ Leo on Dec 6 back to 17°00′ Cancer on Feb 24 2025. Fastest day: Dec 29, 0.77° forward; fastest backward: Jan 12, 0.4°. Counting the shadows, 121 days of 2025 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 5, 2024 – Dec 6, 2024Post-retrograde shadow: Feb 24, 2025 – May 2, 2025Retrograde: Dec 6, 2024 – Feb 24, 2025CancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricorn2025Stations retrograde Dec 6, 2024, 11:33 PM UTC, 6°10′ LeoR Dec 6Stations direct Feb 24, 2025, 2:00 AM UTC, 17°01′ CancerD Feb 24DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, Nov 30, 2024 – Dec 31, 2025. Mars starts 2025 at 1°55′ Leo and ends it at 12°41′ Capricorn — 160.8° of net progress: 175.7° forward, 14.9° given back. The loop retraces 19.16° in 79 days, from 6°10′ Leo on Dec 6 back to 17°00′ Cancer on Feb 24 2025. Fastest day: Dec 29, 0.77° forward; fastest backward: Jan 12, 0.4°. Counting the shadows, 121 days of 2025 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 5, 2024 – Dec 6, 2024Post-retrograde shadow: Feb 24, 2025 – May 2, 2025Retrograde: Dec 6, 2024 – Feb 24, 2025CancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricorn2025Stations retrograde Dec 6, 2024, 11:33 PM UTC, 6°10′ LeoR Dec 6Stations direct Feb 24, 2025, 2:00 AM UTC, 17°01′ CancerD Feb 24DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 2025 at 1°55′ Leo and ends it at 12°41′ Capricorn — 160.8° of net progress: 175.7° forward, 14.9° given back. The loop retraces 19.16° in 79 days, from 6°10′ Leo on Dec 6 back to 17°00′ Cancer on Feb 24 2025. Fastest day: Dec 29, 0.77° forward; fastest backward: Jan 12, 0.4°. Counting the shadows, 121 days of 2025 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Mars retrograde 2025: exact times in your city

Mars turned direct at 2:00 AM UTC on February 24, 2025 at 17°01′ Cancer — 11:00 PM on February 23 in Santiago, 9:00 PM on February 23 in New York, 2:00 AM in London and 11:00 AM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct
UTC Mon, Feb 24 · 17°01′ Cancer
Honolulu United States 4:00 PM Sun, Feb 23 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 5:00 PM Sun, Feb 23 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 6:00 PM Sun, Feb 23 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 7:00 PM Sun, Feb 23 · UTC−7
Denver United States 7:00 PM Sun, Feb 23 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 8:00 PM Sun, Feb 23 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 8:00 PM Sun, Feb 23 · UTC−6
New York United States 9:00 PM Sun, Feb 23 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 9:00 PM Sun, Feb 23 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 9:00 PM Sun, Feb 23 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 9:00 PM Sun, Feb 23 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 10:00 PM Sun, Feb 23 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 11:00 PM Sun, Feb 23 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 11:00 PM Sun, Feb 23 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 11:00 PM Sun, Feb 23 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 2:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC
London United Kingdom 2:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 3:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+1
Paris France 3:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 3:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 4:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 4:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 4:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 5:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 5:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 5:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 5:30 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 6:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 7:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 7:30 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 7:45 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 8:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 9:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 9:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+7
Singapore 10:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+8
Beijing China 10:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 10:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 10:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 11:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 11:00 AM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 12:30 PM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+10:30
Brisbane Australia 12:00 PM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 1:00 PM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+11
Auckland New Zealand 3:00 PM Mon, Feb 24 · UTC+13

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Mars station 1900–2050: all within a minute. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

79 days · retreats 19.16° · crosses the year boundary

December 6, 2024 → February 24, 2025 in Leo

Stations retrograde Dec 6, 2024, 11:33 PM UTC at 6°10′ Leo
Stations direct Feb 24, 2025, 2:00 AM UTC at 17°01′ Cancer
Shadow opens Oct 5, 2024, 4:40 AM UTC (63 days before)
Shadow closes May 2, 2025, 6:07 AM UTC (67 days after)
Full window including shadows 209 days
The December loop up close, shadow to shadow
The December loop up close, shadow to shadow. Mars crosses the 19.16° between 17°01′ Cancer and 6°10′ Leo three times: forward in the pre-shadow (63 days), back while retrograde (79 days), forward again in the post-shadow (67 days). Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 5, 2024 – Dec 6, 2024Post-retrograde shadow: Feb 24, 2025 – May 2, 2025Retrograde: Dec 6, 2024 – Feb 24, 202510° Cancer20° Cancer0° Leo10° LeoStations retrograde Dec 6, 2024, 11:33 PM UTC, 6°10′ LeoR Dec 6 · 6°10′ LeoStations direct Feb 24, 2025, 2:00 AM UTC, 17°01′ CancerD Feb 24 · 17°01′ CancerSep 30Oct 28Nov 25Dec 23Jan 20Feb 17Mar 17Apr 14Source: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com The December loop up close, shadow to shadow. Mars crosses the 19.16° between 17°01′ Cancer and 6°10′ Leo three times: forward in the pre-shadow (63 days), back while retrograde (79 days), forward again in the post-shadow (67 days). Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 5, 2024 – Dec 6, 2024Post-retrograde shadow: Feb 24, 2025 – May 2, 2025Retrograde: Dec 6, 2024 – Feb 24, 202510° Cancer0° LeoStations retrograde Dec 6, 2024, 11:33 PM UTC, 6°10′ LeoR Dec 6 · 6°10′ LeoStations direct Feb 24, 2025, 2:00 AM UTC, 17°01′ CancerD Feb 24 · 17°01′ CancerSep 30Nov 25Jan 20Mar 17Source: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com

Mars crosses the 19.16° between 17°01′ Cancer and 6°10′ Leo three times: forward in the pre-shadow (63 days), back while retrograde (79 days), forward again in the post-shadow (67 days).

Mars retrograde in Leo

Mars retrograde in Leo tests pride, ambition and creative drive. Plans for recognition stall, conflicts with authority figures flare, and people reconsider what they are fighting for. It suits reworking creative ambitions rather than forcing them.

…and back into Cancer

Mars retrograde in Cancer turns frustration inward and toward home. Family tensions surface, household projects stall and anger comes out indirectly. It suits addressing emotional grievances openly and repairing the home rather than starting new battles.

It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in Pisces season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Sagittarius — Dec 6 to Dec 15, 2024 (9 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Gemini — Dec 6 to Feb 4, 2025 (59 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Taurus — Dec 6 to Jan 30, 2025 (55 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Pisces — Dec 6 to Dec 7, 2024 (1 day of overlap)

For the sign itself, see Leo and its daily horoscope.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2025

Previous

2023 Ended January 12, 2023 after 74 days, moving back 17.48° through the zodiac.

Next

2027 Begins January 10, 2027 and runs 81 days.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

Computed for 2025

Mars through the zodiac in 2025

Every sign Mars occupies during 2025, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Mars in Leo From Jan 1 – Jan 6
Mars in Cancer Jan 6 – Apr 18
Mars in Leo Apr 18 – Jun 17
Mars in Virgo Jun 17 – Aug 6
Mars in Libra Aug 6 – Sep 22
Mars in Scorpio Sep 22 – Nov 4
Mars in Sagittarius Nov 4 – Dec 15
Mars in Capricorn Dec 15 – Dec 31 and beyond

8 segments in 2025. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

2025 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2025

Uranus in Taurus Sep 1, 2024 – Jan 30, 2025 · 151 days
Jupiter in Gemini Oct 9, 2024 – Feb 4, 2025 · 118 days
Venus in Aries Mar 2, 2025 – Apr 13, 2025 · 42 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 15, 2025 – Apr 7, 2025 · 23 days
Pluto in Aquarius May 4, 2025 – Oct 14, 2025 · 162 days
Neptune in Aries Jul 4, 2025 – Dec 10, 2025 · 159 days
Saturn in Aries Jul 13, 2025 – Nov 28, 2025 · 138 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 18, 2025 – Aug 11, 2025 · 24 days
Uranus in Gemini Sep 6, 2025 – Feb 4, 2026 · 151 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 9, 2025 – Nov 29, 2025 · 20 days
Jupiter in Cancer Nov 11, 2025 – Mar 11, 2026 · 119 days
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