On April 16 Mars goes retrograde at 8:54 Sagittarius
It stations to go direct on June 29 at 23:03 Scorpio
During this time Mars will appear to back up. While it does not actually “back up”–it appears to due to the positions of the Earth and Mars will be in their orbital alignments that causes the illusion of the retrograde. However the perspective of the Mars going backwards is how it appears to the actual observer on earth and thus appears to change position backing through the signs of Sag and Scorpio. This causes a different energy field between the two planets that must be considered carefully
Go to the BLOG button on this website and see my explanation of this phenomenon.