Mars is currently in retrograde, in Cancer located at 24 Can 08' 33"

Planetary Aspects

(out 5 Days)

Mars is currently Sextile Uranus

Mars is in Opposition Mercury

   Starts on Tuesday, 21 January, 2025
   Peaks on Thursday, 23 January, 2025, orb 3° 59' 55"
   Ends on Saturday, 25 January, 2025

Mars is Trine Venus

   Starts on Thursday, 23 January, 2025
   Peaks on Saturday, 25 January, 2025, orb 0° 23' 48"

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

21.01.2025 at 08:36:58 UTC

chart wheel
PlanetLongitude
The Sun01 Aqu 33' 09"
The Moon26 Lib 12' 08"
Mercury19 Cap 16' 03"
Venus18 Pis 14' 44"
Mars24 Can 08' 33" R
Jupiter11 Gem 36' 54" R
Saturn16 Pis 18' 58"
Uranus23 Tau 17' 58" R
Neptune27 Pis 41' 13"
Pluto01 Aqu 42' 39"

Solar Status

BZ Status:
Proton Density:density
Proton Speed:speed k/sec
KP Status:3.33
TypeJan 21Jan 22Jan 23
Active35%15%15%
Minor25%5%5%
Moderate1%1%1%
Strong1%1%1%
Kp Index Prediction
00-03UT4.001.331.67
03-06UT3.001.331.33
06-09UT2.001.671.33
09-12UT2.331.331.33
12-15UT2.331.331.33
15-18UT2.001.331.33
18-21UT2.671.671.67
21-00UT2.671.671.67
Solar Activity
Solar activity was at low levels. The majority of the C-class flares occurred from Region 3968 (S18W85, Cai/beta-delta). The largest was a C6.3 at 20/1315 UTC. Rapid growth was observed in Region 3968 as it began to transit the SW limb. Slight growth and consolidation was observed in Region 3961 (S09W08, Fkc/beta-gamma-delta). Region 3961 continued to be the largest region on the disk with a possible delta developing within its central spots. Slight growth was also observed in Regions 3964 (N06W75, Ekc/beta-gamma-delta) and 3969 (S06E45, Dri/beta-gamma). New Region 3971 (N12E03, Cri/beta) was numbered. The rest of the spotted regions were stable or in decay. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed.
Solar Wind
Negative polarity CH HSS influence prevailed through the period. Total field ranged from 1-9 nT with the Bz component variable between +/-9 nT. Solar wind speed increased from an average of 500 km/s to around 600-650 km/s. Phi angle was predominantly negative.
Energetic Particle
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux reached high levels with a peak flux of 1,180 pfu at 20/1330 UTC. The greater than 10 MeV proton flux was at background levels.