Past, retrograde re-entry
Mars in Cancer, 2025
Mars enters Cancer on Monday 6 January 2025, 10:44 UTC, which is in your time zone, moving backwards. It leaves for Leo on Friday 18 April 2025, 04:21 UTC, after 102 days. During this stay Mars turns retrograde from 6 December 2024 to 24 February 2025.
Mars re-enters Cancer from Leo at 10:44 UTC on 6 January 2025, moving backward in its retrograde phase. That retrograde began on 6 December 2024 and ends on 24 February 2025, after which Mars moves forward through Cancer and leaves for Leo on 18 April 2025. In total it spends 102 days in the sign on this pass.
Cancer is the cardinal water sign ruled by the Moon, linked with home, family, memory and protection. The tradition considers Mars uncomfortable here, a placement where drive tends to come out indirectly or through feeling. A retrograde Mars is usually read as a time for revisiting old disputes and unfinished efforts rather than starting new ones. A modest suggestion is to deal with one lingering household task or conversation calmly, without forcing a result.
By sign
The house it occupies for you
| Sun sign | House | Mars in Cancer falls on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Taurus | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
| Gemini | second | money, possessions, values | |
| Cancer | first | self, body, how you come across | |
| Leo | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
| Virgo | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
| Libra | tenth | career and public role | |
| Scorpio | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Sagittarius | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Capricorn | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
| Aquarius | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
| Pisces | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
Whole-sign houses counted from the Sun sign, the convention behind every Sun-sign horoscope. Your rising sign gives a more personal count: draw your chart.