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Mars Retrograde 2025
Mars is retrograde 1 time in 2025, beginning 7 December 2024. Mars governs will, appetite and the capacity to push — how you start things and how you fight. Retrograde, that drive turns inward, and the tradition reads it as frustration: effort that does not convert, anger that has nowhere useful to go, momentum that stalls for no visible reason.
Right now
No — Mars is moving direct.
The next Mars retrograde begins 10 January 2027 in Virgo, 111 days from now, and ends 1 April 2027.
Every 2025 date
| Begins | Ends | Length | Signs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 December 2024 | 24 February 2025 | 79 days | Leo → Cancer |
7 December 2024 – 24 February 2025
Mars stations retrograde on 7 December 2024 at Leo, retreats into Cancer, and turns direct on 24 February 2025 — 79 days in total. Expect plans to move slower than the effort you are putting in, and resist compensating by pushing harder. Physical outlets matter more than usual. If you are furious about something old, that is the period doing its work.
What to actually do with it
Finding out what you actually want to fight for. Strategy beats assault here — the period rewards sharpening the plan over launching it.
It is not a ban on starting anything. It is a poor window for brute force and a good one for rethinking why the force was needed.
The mechanism
No planet actually reverses. Retrograde motion is a trick of perspective: Earth and the other planet orbit at different speeds, and when the geometry lines up the other body appears to slide backwards against the fixed stars — the same way a slower train seems to move backwards when yours overtakes it. Astrology reads meaning into that apparent reversal; the astronomy underneath is ordinary.
Related
The full picture for this planet sits on the Mars retrograde page, and what is retrograde right now covers every body at once. To see where Mars falls in your own chart, use the birth chart calculator.
Common questions
- When is Mars retrograde in 2025?
- 7 December 2024 to 24 February 2025 (Leo → Cancer)
- How many times is Mars retrograde in 2025?
- 1 time, totalling about 79 days.
- Does Mars actually move backwards?
- No planet actually reverses. Retrograde motion is a trick of perspective: Earth and the other planet orbit at different speeds, and when the geometry lines up the other body appears to slide backwards against the fixed stars — the same way a slower train seems to move backwards when yours overtakes it. Astrology reads meaning into that apparent reversal; the astronomy underneath is ordinary.