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Mercury retrograde dates in 2018

Mercury turns retrograde 3 times in 2018.

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 2018

  • Turns retrograde

    Friday 23 March 2018, 02:21

    Aries 16°

  • Turns direct

    Sunday 15 April 2018, 12:18

    Aries 4°

  • Turns retrograde

    Thursday 26 July 2018, 07:59

    Leo 23°

  • Turns direct

    Sunday 19 August 2018, 07:22

    Leo 11°

  • Turns retrograde

    Saturday 17 November 2018, 03:30

    Sagittarius 13°

  • Turns direct

    Thursday 6 December 2018, 23:23

    Scorpio 27°

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.