Mercury retrograde, computed.
Mercury stations retrograde three or four times a year: for about three weeks the planet appears to back up through the zodiac before stationing direct again. The dates below are not copied from a listicle — they are zero crossings of Mercury's longitude rate, computed by the same VSOP87 ephemeris pipeline that casts every chart on this site.
A station is a shallow turning point, so the exact minute matters less than the day: treat each timestamp as accurate to within a few hours, and the retrograde arc — the degrees Mercury re-walks — as exact.
Next up: Mercury stations retrograde at 20°59′ Scorpio on October 24, 2026 at 07:13 UTC, direct again November 13, 2026 at 15:56 UTC.
Every computed instant, 2026–2027
Common questions.
When is the next Mercury retrograde?
Mercury stations retrograde at 20°59′ Scorpio on October 24, 2026 at 07:13 UTC, direct again November 13, 2026 at 15:56 UTC.
How are these dates computed?
Each row is a root-found instant from the VSOP87 ephemeris pipeline behind every chart on this site: conjunctions and oppositions of the luminaries for lunations, zero crossings of longitude rate for stations, and longitude crossings for shadow periods. Nothing is reprinted from a third-party almanac.
Where does it land in your chart?
A calendar tells you when. Where it lands depends on your own chart: the free cast returns your Big 3 — Sun, Moon, and Rising in under a minute, no signup — and the paid readings map your natal chart in full, house cusps included.