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Retrograde calendar 2023

In 2023 Mercury is retrograde four times: 29 Dec 2022 to 18 Jan (in Capricorn), 21 Apr to 15 May (in Taurus), 23 Aug to 15 Sep (in Virgo) and 13 Dec to 2 Jan 2024 (Capricorn back into Sagittarius).

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec☿︎ Mercury♀︎ Venus♂︎ Mars♃︎ Jupiter♄︎ Saturn♅︎ Uranus♆︎ Neptune♇︎ Pluto
retrograde shadow, before and after
Retrograde periods overlapping 2023
PlanetTurns retrogradeTurns directFrom, toShadow
UranusWed 24 Aug 2022, 13:53Sun 22 Jan, 22:5818°55′ Taurus → 14°56′ Taurus7 May 2022 to 9 May
MarsSun 30 Oct 2022, 13:25Thu 12 Jan, 20:5625°36′ Gemini → 8°07′ Gemini3 Sep 2022 to 16 Mar
MercuryThu 29 Dec 2022, 09:31Wed 18 Jan, 13:1124°21′ Capricorn → 8°08′ Capricorn12 Dec 2022 to 7 Feb
MercuryFri 21 Apr, 08:34Mon 15 May, 03:1615°37′ Taurus → 5°51′ Taurus7 Apr to 31 May
PlutoMon 1 May, 17:08Wed 11 Oct, 01:090°21′ Aquarius → 27°53′ Capricorn8 Jan to 1 Feb 2024
SaturnSat 17 Jun, 17:27Sat 4 Nov, 07:027°12′ Pisces → 0°30′ Pisces11 Mar to 7 Feb 2024
NeptuneFri 30 Jun, 21:06Wed 6 Dec, 13:2227°41′ Pisces → 24°53′ Pisces9 Mar to 26 Mar 2024
VenusSun 23 Jul, 01:32Mon 4 Sep, 01:2028°36′ Leo → 12°12′ Leo19 Jun to 7 Oct
MercuryWed 23 Aug, 19:59Fri 15 Sep, 20:2121°51′ Virgo → 8°00′ Virgo4 Aug to 30 Sep
UranusTue 29 Aug, 02:38Sat 27 Jan 2024, 07:3523°04′ Taurus → 19°05′ Taurus12 May to 12 May 2024
JupiterMon 4 Sep, 14:10Sun 31 Dec, 02:4015°34′ Taurus → 5°34′ Taurus11 Jun to 23 Mar 2024
MercuryWed 13 Dec, 07:09Tue 2 Jan 2024, 03:078°29′ Capricorn → 22°10′ Sagittarius25 Nov to 21 Jan 2024

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.