Retrograde calendar 2026
In 2026 Mercury is retrograde three times: 26 Feb to 20 Mar (in Pisces), 29 Jun to 23 Jul (in Cancer) and 24 Oct to 13 Nov (in Scorpio).
Retrograde right now: Pluto until 16 Oct, Neptune until 12 Dec, Saturn until 10 Dec, Uranus until 8 Feb.
| Planet | Turns retrograde | Turns direct | From, to | Shadow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranus | Sat 6 Sep 2025, 04:51 | Wed 4 Feb, 02:33 | 1°27′ Gemini → 27°27′ Taurus | 20 May 2025 to 21 May |
| Jupiter | Tue 11 Nov 2025, 16:41 | Wed 11 Mar, 03:29 | 25°09′ Cancer → 15°05′ Cancer | 17 Aug 2025 to 6 Jun |
| Mercury | Thu 26 Feb, 06:48 | Fri 20 Mar, 19:32 | 22°34′ Pisces → 8°29′ Pisces | 11 Feb to 9 Apr |
| Pluto | Wed 6 May, 15:34 | Fri 16 Oct, 02:40 | 5°30′ Aquarius → 3°04′ Aquarius | 12 Jan to 7 Feb 2027 |
| Mercury | Mon 29 Jun, 17:35 | Thu 23 Jul, 22:57 | 26°15′ Cancer → 16°19′ Cancer | 13 Jun to 7 Aug |
| Neptune | Tue 7 Jul, 10:54 | Sat 12 Dec, 22:17 | 4°25′ Aries → 1°36′ Aries | 16 Mar to 2 Apr 2027 |
| Saturn | Sun 26 Jul, 19:56 | Thu 10 Dec, 23:31 | 14°45′ Aries → 7°55′ Aries | 20 Apr to 15 Mar 2027 |
| Uranus | Thu 10 Sep, 18:27 | Mon 8 Feb 2027, 12:29 | 5°42′ Gemini → 1°40′ Gemini | 25 May to 26 May 2027 |
| Venus | Sat 3 Oct, 07:15 | Sat 14 Nov, 00:27 | 8°29′ Scorpio → 22°51′ Libra | 31 Aug to 15 Dec |
| Mercury | Sat 24 Oct, 07:12 | Fri 13 Nov, 15:53 | 20°58′ Scorpio → 5°01′ Scorpio | 4 Oct to 30 Nov |
| Jupiter | Sun 13 Dec, 00:56 | Tue 13 Apr 2027, 02:11 | 27°01′ Leo → 17°00′ Leo | 17 Sep to 11 Jul 2027 |
Tropical zodiac · geocentric, apparent positions · stations from the Swiss Ephemeris, checked against NASA JPL DE440 · times in UTC
Go deeper: stations, shadows and why sites disagree by a day
Retrograde. Seen from Earth, a planet sometimes appears to stop and move backwards through the zodiac. Nothing reverses in space: Earth is overtaking the planet, or being overtaken by it. The moments it stops are its stations; the time given is when its speed along the zodiac passes through zero.
Shadow. Before a retrograde, the planet crosses the degree where it will later turn direct; after it, it passes the degree where it turned retrograde. Between those two crossings it goes over the same stretch of sky three times. That span is the shadow.
A day’s difference. A station at 23:30 in London falls on the next day in Berlin. Calendars printed for one time zone are a day off for others; this page uses yours. Slow planets also barely move near a station, so sources that round differently can disagree by an hour for Jupiter to Pluto.