Mercury retrograde dates in 2022
Mercury turns retrograde 4 times in 2022.
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 2022
Turns retrograde
Friday 14 January 2022, 13:43
Aquarius 10°
Turns direct
Friday 4 February 2022, 06:11
Capricorn 24°
Turns retrograde
Tuesday 10 May 2022, 14:54
Gemini 4°
Turns direct
Friday 3 June 2022, 10:54
Taurus 26°
Turns retrograde
Saturday 10 September 2022, 06:36
Libra 8°
Turns direct
Sunday 2 October 2022, 12:12
Virgo 24°
Turns retrograde
Thursday 29 December 2022, 11:33
Capricorn 24°
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.