Mercury retrograde dates in 2013
Mercury turns retrograde 3 times in 2013.
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 2013
Turns retrograde
Saturday 23 February 2013, 11:38
Pisces 19°
Turns direct
Sunday 17 March 2013, 22:03
Pisces 5°
Turns retrograde
Wednesday 26 June 2013, 16:11
Cancer 23°
Turns direct
Saturday 20 July 2013, 21:17
Cancer 13°
Turns retrograde
Monday 21 October 2013, 13:30
Scorpio 18°
Turns direct
Sunday 10 November 2013, 23:09
Scorpio 2°
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.