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).
| Planet | Turns retrograde | Turns direct | From, to | Shadow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranus | Wed 24 Aug 2022, 13:53 | Sun 22 Jan, 22:58 | 18°55′ Taurus → 14°56′ Taurus | 7 May 2022 to 9 May |
| Mars | Sun 30 Oct 2022, 13:25 | Thu 12 Jan, 20:56 | 25°36′ Gemini → 8°07′ Gemini | 3 Sep 2022 to 16 Mar |
| Mercury | Thu 29 Dec 2022, 09:31 | Wed 18 Jan, 13:11 | 24°21′ Capricorn → 8°08′ Capricorn | 12 Dec 2022 to 7 Feb |
| Mercury | Fri 21 Apr, 08:34 | Mon 15 May, 03:16 | 15°37′ Taurus → 5°51′ Taurus | 7 Apr to 31 May |
| Pluto | Mon 1 May, 17:08 | Wed 11 Oct, 01:09 | 0°21′ Aquarius → 27°53′ Capricorn | 8 Jan to 1 Feb 2024 |
| Saturn | Sat 17 Jun, 17:27 | Sat 4 Nov, 07:02 | 7°12′ Pisces → 0°30′ Pisces | 11 Mar to 7 Feb 2024 |
| Neptune | Fri 30 Jun, 21:06 | Wed 6 Dec, 13:22 | 27°41′ Pisces → 24°53′ Pisces | 9 Mar to 26 Mar 2024 |
| Venus | Sun 23 Jul, 01:32 | Mon 4 Sep, 01:20 | 28°36′ Leo → 12°12′ Leo | 19 Jun to 7 Oct |
| Mercury | Wed 23 Aug, 19:59 | Fri 15 Sep, 20:21 | 21°51′ Virgo → 8°00′ Virgo | 4 Aug to 30 Sep |
| Uranus | Tue 29 Aug, 02:38 | Sat 27 Jan 2024, 07:35 | 23°04′ Taurus → 19°05′ Taurus | 12 May to 12 May 2024 |
| Jupiter | Mon 4 Sep, 14:10 | Sun 31 Dec, 02:40 | 15°34′ Taurus → 5°34′ Taurus | 11 Jun to 23 Mar 2024 |
| Mercury | Wed 13 Dec, 07:09 | Tue 2 Jan 2024, 03:07 | 8°29′ Capricorn → 22°10′ Sagittarius | 25 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.