Mercury retrograde dates in 2024
Mercury turns retrograde 3 times in 2024 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 2024
Turns direct
Tuesday 2 January 2024, 05:07
Sagittarius 22°
Turns retrograde
Tuesday 2 April 2024, 01:13
Aries 27°
Turns direct
Thursday 25 April 2024, 15:52
Aries 15°
Turns retrograde
Monday 5 August 2024, 08:00
Virgo 4°
Turns direct
Thursday 29 August 2024, 00:09
Leo 21°
Turns retrograde
Tuesday 26 November 2024, 04:40
Sagittarius 22°
Turns direct
Sunday 15 December 2024, 22:58
Sagittarius 6°
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.