Mercury’s retrograde date 2025-2026
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Retrograde: March 14, 2025, 11:46 PM PDT, 09°AR35′
Direct: April 7, 2025, 04:07:35 AM PDT, 26° PI49’D
Retrograde: July 17, 2025, 09:45 PM PDT, 15°LE34’R
Direct: August 11, 2025 00:30 AM PDT, 04°LE14’D
Retrograde: November 9, 2025 11:02 AM PST, 06°SG51’R
Direct: November 29, 2025, 09:38 AM PST, 20°SC42’D
Retrograde: February 25, 2026, 10:48 PM PST, 22°PI33’r
Direct: March 20, 2026, 12:33 PM PDT, 08°PI29’D
Retrograde: June 29, 2026, 10:36 AM PDT, 26°CN15’R
Direct: July 23, 2026, 03:58 PM PDT, 16°CN18’D
Retrograde: October 24, 2026, 00:13 AM PDT, 20°SC58’R
Direct: November 13, 2026, 07:54 AM PST, 05°SC02’D
Mercury retrogrades approximately three times a year, each time retrogrades for three weeks. Mercury is the planet that dominates communication, technology, transportation and learning. Its retrograde period is anything that is considered prone to misfortune or unpredictability in these areas of life. Not the best time to buy a new mechanical Gizmos, especially a car, computer or phone; sign a contract or reach an agreement; or start a new study course.
Make your work inverse behavior
Since planets do not seem to operate as expected when retrograde, astrologers tend to issue a terrible warning that they do not repair computers when mercury is retrograde and that they do not buy houses when Venus is retrograde. There are some things about these warnings, but such declarations always make me feel rebellious, at least it is fair to ask “Why?” After all, it is impractical to retrograde nine mercury for several weeks each year in communication/technology lock-in mode. Actually, what I often find is that Mercury (he is a prankster) often likes to push this issue. Before Mercury retrogrades, the car breaks, your computer will give you a blue screen to die, or you accidentally put your phone in the aquarium.
OK, what are you going to do? If you live twenty miles from work and public transportation, you will make a living as a website designer, you don’t have landlines – obviously, you have to play ball with Mercury.
So what does this mean when mercury or actually any planet is retrograde? This means yAll the facts you may not have made an informed decision About matters related to the planet. This is what astrologers urge customers not to make major, non-transferable decisions, such as getting married or renting a car in retrograde directions, rather than renting a car when mercury is retrograde, or buying a car when mercury is reversed, or reversing India when the reversal is naturally going to regress. Often, retrograde is not the right time to start things. Instead, they are the time to complete the problem solving. The popular idea is that anything that starts with a fresh start is going on during the re-popular period – rethinking, reissuing, fixing, refreshing, and most importantly reflecting.
Excerpt from “Practical Guide”, April Elliott Kent
Watch this short YouTube video on Mercury retrograde!
