Mercury retrograde dates in 2010
Mercury turns retrograde 3 times in 2010 and is already retrograde on 1 January.
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 2010
Turns direct
Friday 15 January 2010, 18:50
Capricorn 5°
Turns retrograde
Sunday 18 April 2010, 07:01
Taurus 12°
Turns direct
Wednesday 12 May 2010, 01:31
Taurus 2°
Turns retrograde
Friday 20 August 2010, 23:03
Virgo 19°
Turns direct
Monday 13 September 2010, 02:08
Virgo 5°
Turns retrograde
Friday 10 December 2010, 14:05
Capricorn 5°
Turns direct
Thursday 30 December 2010, 09:23
Sagittarius 19°
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.