Mercury retrograde dates in 2049
Mercury turns retrograde 4 times in 2049.
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 2049
Turns retrograde
Sunday 3 January 2049, 01:17
Capricorn 29°
Turns direct
Saturday 23 January 2049, 08:17
Capricorn 13°
Turns retrograde
Monday 26 April 2049, 21:23
Taurus 21°
Turns direct
Thursday 20 May 2049, 16:58
Taurus 12°
Turns retrograde
Saturday 28 August 2049, 22:23
Virgo 27°
Turns direct
Monday 20 September 2049, 17:11
Virgo 13°
Turns retrograde
Friday 17 December 2049, 23:00
Capricorn 13°
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.