Mars is currently in Virgo located at 07 Vir 47' 54"

Planetary Aspects

(out 5 Days)

Mars is currently Sextile The Sun

   Ends on Thursday, 03 July, 2025

Upcoming Retrogrades

PlanetStationary (retrograde)Stationary (direct)In Sign
mars2027-01-10 13:00:00 UTC2027-04-01 14:09:00 UTCVirgo

RetrogradeMars is another one that is understood pretty well by way of a scientific fact. Though we often talk about you know, colonies on Mars and such, these have not ended well, usually. Humanity’s been trying to get up close and personal with the red planet since about 1960 or so and often, these things fail before they even get started. In fact, in 1999, the most infamous $193 million failure was due to some confusion when well, some were using the superior metric system and others were not. Since the turn of the century, however, only 1 of 12 missions has failed but historically: there’s been about a 50/50 change something’s going to go totally sideways. Kinda what you get for naming the moons Deimos and Phobos, really- panic and fear don’t usually make for great insights.

In astrology, Mars is all things manly. Sort of. Stereotypically manly, really. Aggression, anger, war, those are all things that Mars covers. Mars rules Aries in modern astrology, and in traditional astrology, it rules Scorpio. It isn’t just those overtly aggressive things, though- and that’s why pointing out it also ruled Scorpio at one point is good. Aggression takes many forms. That said, Mars is not bad. Also representing action, desire, energy and survival- well, those things are pretty important.

When it needs someone to step up and get things done- well, that’s Mars. Confidence, personal power, sexual energy and desire- those are also Mars types of things. Starting to get why that whole comparison at the start about mission failure and moons called panic and fear might be pretty apt? Wars started that way tend to be pretty much crap, too.

Mars also rules a more instinctive sort of drive- which can often create a bit of a competitive side and can be a pretty great thing when it comes to needing to take steps towards something.

The Retrograde

Don’t reach for the horny goat weed just yet, Mars Retrograde is not going to cosmically kill your libido. It is also, unfortunately, not going to just stall out acts of aggression and war.

This cycle happens about every 25 months and will last for 80 long days- and though you might feel like kicking some serious butt: you might want to slow your roll. Quite a few of the things associated with Mars retrograde are said to make it seem as though desire is just overcoming you- or like you’re just good and mad, not going to take it anymore.

As with other retrograde cycles- it might not be an incorrect feeling but, right feeling, wrong time. Or just wrong feeling, wrong time but in either case: you might want to consider all the facts and keep considering them for a while. Things that happen may have you really smarting from the butt kicking- but, it might be a good idea to just calm down and think for a while so you don’t make a big mistake.

This is actually one of those retrogrades though, that when it is over: if you have taken those steps and you’re ready to move, you should. So if you really need a reason to act on the things you’ve been thinking about- use the retrograde to think some more, then tell everyone “Look, man, Mars station direct today, I don’t know what to tell ya.” when it’s over.

Planetary Positions

01.07.2025 at 01:13:51 UTC

chart wheel
PlanetLongitude
The Sun09 Can 29' 02"
The Moon19 Vir 45' 49"
Mercury05 Leo 09' 44"
Venus26 Tau 03' 22"
Mars07 Vir 47' 54"
Jupiter04 Can 49' 40"
Saturn01 Ari 48' 40"
Uranus29 Tau 42' 36"
Neptune02 Ari 10' 18"
Pluto03 Aqu 08' 24" R

Solar Status

BZ Status:-2
Proton Density:1.33
Proton Speed:523.0 k/sec
KP Status:2.67
TypeJul 1Jul 2Jul 3
Active35%20%25%
Minor10%35%40%
Moderate1%25%15%
Strong1%10%5%
Kp Index Prediction
00-03UT2.675.004.67
03-06UT3.005.334.33
06-09UT2.334.673.33
09-12UT2.004.002.67
12-15UT1.673.002.33
15-18UT2.002.672.67
18-21UT3.333.673.00
21-00UT3.674.673.67
Solar Activity
Solar activity was at low levels. Regions 4122 (N12W11, Dso/beta) and 4128 (S04E26, Dao/beta) began the period producing low level C-class flares as the latter exhibited decay in its leading spots. Newly numbered 4130 (S12E68, Axx/alpha) produced multiple low level C-class flares during the second half of the period as it rotated into view onto the eastern limb. Region 4129 (N02E38, Cri/beta-gamma) developed rapidly and was thus numbered, but was overall relatively quiet. New spots were noted just southeast of AR 4128, but appeared to be in rapid decay. Additionally, new spots were observed near S17E71, but remain unnumbered at this time as we await additional imagery to perform proper analysis and classification. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available coronagraph imagery.
Solar Wind
Solar wind parameters reflected weakening negative polarity CH HSS influence. Total IMF strength ranged 3-7 nT and the Bz component was +/-6 nT. Solar wind speeds varied from ~430 km/s to near 500 km/s. Phi was predominantly negative while undertaking several brief excursions into the positive solar sector.
Energetic Particle
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux reached high levels with a peak flux of 8,730 pfu observed at 30/1625 UTC. The greater than 10 MeV proton flux was at background levels.