Mercury retrograde dates in 2000
Mercury turns retrograde 3 times in 2000.
Mercury is the fastest planet and turns retrograde more often than any other, about three times a year. Each retrograde lasts between 20 and 24 days, and the start of one comes 108 to 125 days after the start of the last.
Mercury stays near the Sun in the sky, and its retrograde happens when it passes between the Earth and the Sun. In tradition Mercury stands for thinking, speech and travel, and astrologers who follow retrogrades read a Mercury retrograde as a time to revisit them. That is a tradition of interpretation, not a measured effect.
Stations in 2000
Turns retrograde
Monday 21 February 2000, 14:45
Pisces 17°
Turns direct
Tuesday 14 March 2000, 22:40
Pisces 2°
Turns retrograde
Friday 23 June 2000, 11:39
Cancer 19°
Turns direct
Monday 17 July 2000, 16:14
Cancer 10°
Turns retrograde
Wednesday 18 October 2000, 16:42
Scorpio 15°
Turns direct
Wednesday 8 November 2000, 04:24
Libra 29°
Stations are found by Astrely's own code from the planets' positions and are shown in Nicosia time. Mercury's stations are checked against NASA/JPL Horizons to within four minutes; the outer planets move so slowly around a station that their times are best read to the day. The method page has the details.
Astrology is a tradition of interpretation. What is written here is traditional, offered for reflection and entertainment, not advice and not a prediction.