Mercury retrograde dates in 2003
Mercury turns retrograde 4 times in 2003.
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 2003
Turns retrograde
Thursday 2 January 2003, 20:20
Capricorn 28°
Turns direct
Thursday 23 January 2003, 03:05
Capricorn 12°
Turns retrograde
Saturday 26 April 2003, 15:00
Taurus 20°
Turns direct
Tuesday 20 May 2003, 10:35
Taurus 11°
Turns retrograde
Thursday 28 August 2003, 16:42
Virgo 26°
Turns direct
Saturday 20 September 2003, 11:54
Virgo 12°
Turns retrograde
Wednesday 17 December 2003, 18:02
Capricorn 12°
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.