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Mercury retrograde dates in 2006

Mercury turns retrograde 3 times in 2006.

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 2006

  • Turns retrograde

    Thursday 2 March 2006, 22:29

    Pisces 26°

  • Turns direct

    Saturday 25 March 2006, 15:42

    Pisces 13°

  • Turns retrograde

    Tuesday 4 July 2006, 22:29

    Leo 1°

  • Turns direct

    Saturday 29 July 2006, 03:41

    Cancer 21°

  • Turns retrograde

    Saturday 28 October 2006, 22:16

    Scorpio 25°

  • Turns direct

    Saturday 18 November 2006, 02:22

    Scorpio 9°

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.