Mercury Retrograde October 2026
Mercury stations retrograde at 20°59′ Scorpio on October 24, 2026 at 07:13 UTC, direct again November 13, 2026 at 15:56 UTC.
Exact instant: October 24, 2026 at 07:13 UTC — Mercury at 20°59′ Scorpio; direct again at 5°02′ Scorpio on November 13, 2026 at 15:56 UTC. Computed by the observatory's VSOP87 pipeline, not reprinted.
Mercury stations retrograde at 20°59′ Scorpio on October 24, 2026 — the year's final Mercury retrograde — and backs down to 5°02′ Scorpio before stationing direct at 15:56 UTC on November 13. The whole arc stays inside Scorpio: a three-week review of investigations, shared accounts, and the conversations people would rather not have twice.
The station instants are computed from Mercury's longitude rate crossing zero, and a station is a shallow turn: treat the dates as exact and the clock times as good to a few hours. The retrograde runs concurrently with Venus retrograde until both resolve within a day of each other — November 13 and 14 — which is unusually synchronized and makes early November the review period's densest stretch.
The standard Mercury-retrograde hygiene applies with a Scorpio accent: back up the sensitive files, re-read the fine print on anything shared — passwords, estates, splits — and hold irreversible sends until the direct station. Planets between 5° and 21° Scorpio, Taurus, Leo, or Aquarius get the retrograde walked across them three times.
The sky at that instant
All ten bodies at 07:13 UTC on October 24, 2026, computed by the observatory engine — the same table /sky-now renders live.
Common questions.
When exactly is the mercury retrograde october 2026?
Mercury stations retrograde at 20°59′ Scorpio on October 24, 2026 at 07:13 UTC, direct again November 13, 2026 at 15:56 UTC.
When does Mercury go direct?
Mercury stations direct at 5°02′ Scorpio on November 13, 2026 at 15:56 UTC.
How were these times computed?
Every instant on this page is a root of the same VSOP87 ephemeris pipeline that casts charts on this site — the engine solves for the exact geometry (conjunction, opposition, station, or cusp crossing) rather than reprinting an almanac. Lunations are good to a few minutes; stations are shallow turns, so treat their clock times as accurate to a few hours.
What does it mean for my own chart?
Sky events land differently in every chart because houses depend on your exact birth time and place. The free cast returns your Big 3 — Sun, Moon, and Rising — instantly; the paid readings map your natal chart placement by placement, including the house cusps that 20°59′ Scorpio would fall against.
Where does it land in your chart?
Where 20°59′ Scorpio lands depends on your house cusps, and those need your exact birth time and place. The free cast returns your Big 3 — Sun, Moon, and Rising in under a minute, no signup; the paid readings map your natal chart in full, placement by placement.