Mars in Cancer: Meaning and Every Date, 2000 to 2035
The short answer
Mars makes 19 visits to Cancer between 2000 and 2035, 1,130 days in all. The first stretch runs 16 June 2000 to 1 August 2000 and the last 23 May 2034 to 8 July 2034.
What Mars in Cancer means
Mars describes your drive, and where you're willing to push. In Cancer, a water sign of the cardinal modality ruled by the Moon, that side of you runs on protection, memory, home and the people you count as family.
Cancer is the fall of Mars in traditional astrology, opposite its exaltation in Capricorn, a placement said to have to earn its footing.
Between 2000 and 2035, Mars is in Cancer 19 separate times, 1130 days in all, and turns retrograde there 2 times. Anyone born during one of the stretches listed below has Mars in Cancer in their birth chart.
Mars in Cancer at a glance
- Cancer is a water sign of the cardinal modality, ruled by the Moon.
- Dignity of Mars in Cancer (traditional table): fall.
- Visits between 2000 and 2035: 19, 1,130 days in all, with 2 retrograde spells.
- A visit to one sign lasts about 2 months on average (shortest about 38 days, longest about 8 months).
Every date Mars is in Cancer, 2000 to 2035
| Enters Cancer | Leaves Cancer | Days | Retrograde in Cancer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 June 2000 | 1 August 2000 | 46 | No |
| 28 May 2002 | 13 July 2002 | 46 | No |
| 7 May 2004 | 23 June 2004 | 48 | No |
| 14 April 2006 | 3 June 2006 | 51 | No |
| 28 September 2007 | 31 December 2007 | 94 | 15 November 2007 to 31 December 2007 |
| 4 March 2008 | 9 May 2008 | 66 | No |
| 25 August 2009 | 16 October 2009 | 52 | No |
| 3 August 2011 | 19 September 2011 | 47 | No |
| 13 July 2013 | 28 August 2013 | 46 | No |
| 24 June 2015 | 8 August 2015 | 45 | No |
| 4 June 2017 | 20 July 2017 | 46 | No |
| 16 May 2019 | 1 July 2019 | 47 | No |
| 23 April 2021 | 11 June 2021 | 49 | No |
| 25 March 2023 | 20 May 2023 | 56 | No |
| 4 September 2024 | 4 November 2024 | 60 | No |
| 6 January 2025 | 18 April 2025 | 102 | 6 January 2025 to 24 February 2025 |
| 11 August 2026 | 28 September 2026 | 48 | No |
| 20 July 2028 | 4 September 2028 | 46 | No |
| 1 July 2030 | 15 August 2030 | 45 | No |
| 11 June 2032 | 27 July 2032 | 46 | No |
| 23 May 2034 | 8 July 2034 | 46 | No |
Before 2000 and after 2035
Before 2000, Mars was last in Cancer 6 July 1998 to 20 August 1998. After 2035, Mars is next in Cancer 2 May 2036 to 18 June 2036.
Where these dates come from
Every date on this page is read from the site's ephemeris, the same one behind the daily horoscopes and birth charts. Positions are charted at 12:00 UTC each day from 1950 to 2045, and every five days further out for Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Each sign change is placed where the planet's path between two neighbouring days crosses the sign boundary, which lands within minutes of the true moment. Dates are UTC, so a change late in the day can fall on the next date in Australia or Asia. Retrograde spells run from the day the planet appears to stop and turn back to the day it turns forward again. Positions are geocentric, in the tropical zodiac.
Mars in the other signs and houses
Mars in Aries · Mars in Taurus · Mars in Gemini · Mars in Leo · Mars in Virgo · Mars in Libra · Mars in Scorpio · Mars in Sagittarius · Mars in Capricorn · Mars in Aquarius · Mars in Pisces
Mars by house: 1st house · 2nd house · 3rd house · 4th house · 5th house · 6th house · 7th house · 8th house · 9th house · 10th house · 11th house · 12th house
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