Retrograde calendar 2027
In 2027 Mercury is retrograde three times: 9 Feb to 3 Mar (Pisces back into Aquarius), 10 Jun to 4 Jul (Cancer back into Gemini) and 7 Oct to 28 Oct (Scorpio back into Libra).
Retrograde right now: Uranus until 8 Feb.
| Planet | Turns retrograde | Turns direct | From, to | Shadow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranus | Thu 10 Sep 2026, 18:27 | Mon 8 Feb, 12:29 | 5°42′ Gemini → 1°40′ Gemini | 25 May 2026 to 26 May |
| Jupiter | Sun 13 Dec 2026, 00:56 | Tue 13 Apr, 02:11 | 27°01′ Leo → 17°00′ Leo | 17 Sep 2026 to 11 Jul |
| Mars | Sun 10 Jan, 12:59 | Thu 1 Apr, 14:08 | 10°25′ Virgo → 20°55′ Leo | 5 Nov 2026 to 8 Jun |
| Mercury | Tue 9 Feb, 17:36 | Wed 3 Mar, 12:32 | 5°58′ Pisces → 20°55′ Aquarius | 25 Jan to 23 Mar |
| Pluto | Sat 8 May, 12:54 | Mon 18 Oct, 03:52 | 7°10′ Aquarius → 4°45′ Aquarius | 13 Jan to 9 Feb 2028 |
| Mercury | Thu 10 Jun, 18:15 | Sun 4 Jul, 19:39 | 6°21′ Cancer → 27°28′ Gemini | 26 May to 19 Jul |
| Neptune | Fri 9 Jul, 22:41 | Wed 15 Dec, 09:06 | 6°39′ Aries → 3°51′ Aries | 18 Mar to 4 Apr 2028 |
| Saturn | Mon 9 Aug, 18:05 | Fri 24 Dec, 02:47 | 27°52′ Aries → 21°01′ Aries | 4 May to 27 Mar 2028 |
| Uranus | Wed 15 Sep, 09:09 | Sat 12 Feb 2028, 23:49 | 9°57′ Gemini → 5°55′ Gemini | 30 May to 29 May 2028 |
| Mercury | Thu 7 Oct, 14:37 | Thu 28 Oct, 14:10 | 4°55′ Scorpio → 19°18′ Libra | 17 Sep to 13 Nov |
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.