Mercury retrograde dates in 2011
Mercury turns retrograde 3 times in 2011.
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 2011
Turns retrograde
Wednesday 30 March 2011, 23:48
Aries 24°
Turns direct
Saturday 23 April 2011, 13:02
Aries 12°
Turns retrograde
Wednesday 3 August 2011, 06:53
Virgo 1°
Turns direct
Saturday 27 August 2011, 00:59
Leo 18°
Turns retrograde
Thursday 24 November 2011, 09:16
Sagittarius 20°
Turns direct
Wednesday 14 December 2011, 03:44
Sagittarius 3°
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.