Mercury retrograde 2001

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 2001. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

22 days · retreats 15.28°

4 February → 25 February 2001 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 4 Feb 2001, 01:52 UTC at 0.68° Pisces
Stations direct 25 Feb 2001, 15:43 UTC at 15.4° Aquarius
Shadow opens 19 Jan 2001 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 17 Mar 2001 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

Mercury retrograde in Pisces

In Pisces the retrograde blurs details and heightens intuition. Instructions are misread, dates are forgotten and communication relies on feeling rather than fact. It favours rest, creative reflection and double-checking anything that must be exact.

…and back into Aquarius

In Aquarius the retrograde falls on technology, groups and future plans. Software glitches, group chats full of misunderstandings and stalled community projects are typical. It suits updating systems, reconnecting with old friends and rethinking long-range ideas.

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Pisces season.

No other planet is retrograde during this period, which is unusual.

Read against Pisces, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

24 days · retreats 8.7°

4 June → 28 June 2001 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 4 Jun 2001, 05:27 UTC at 29.95° Gemini
Stations direct 28 Jun 2001, 05:42 UTC at 21.25° Gemini
Shadow opens 20 May 2001 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 12 Jul 2001 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 54 days

Mercury retrograde in Gemini

In Gemini, one of Mercury's own signs, the retrograde is at its most talkative and scattered: crossed wires, double-booked diaries, lost chargers and conversations that go round in circles. It rewards editing, rereading and catching up with people you lost touch with.

It begins in Gemini season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mars in Sagittarius — 4 Jun to 28 Jun 2001 (24 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — 4 Jun to 28 Jun 2001 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 4 Jun to 28 Jun 2001 (24 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Sagittarius — 4 Jun to 28 Jun 2001 (24 days of overlap)

Read against Gemini, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

21 days · retreats 15.49°

1 October → 23 October 2001 in Libra

Stations retrograde 1 Oct 2001, 19:19 UTC at 29.66° Libra
Stations direct 23 Oct 2001, 00:17 UTC at 14.18° Libra
Shadow opens 11 Sep 2001 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 7 Nov 2001 (16 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

Mercury retrograde in Libra

In Libra the retrograde centres on relationships, agreements and contracts. Negotiations stall or reopen, misunderstandings arise in partnerships, and people from the past reappear. It favours renegotiating terms and clarifying what was assumed rather than signing new deals.

It begins in Libra season and ends in Libra season, inside a single month of the Sun's year.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Gemini — 1 Oct to 23 Oct 2001 (21 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — 1 Oct to 23 Oct 2001 (21 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — 1 Oct to 17 Oct 2001 (16 days of overlap)

Read against Libra, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 2001

Previous

2000 Ended 8 November 2000 after 21 days, moving back 15.86° through the zodiac.

Next

2002 Begins 18 January 2002 and runs 21 days.

Gap across 2001

1.2 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

2001 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2001

Jupiter in Gemini 22 Nov 2000 – 25 Jan 2001 · 64 days
Saturn in Taurus 22 Nov 2000 – 24 Jan 2001 · 64 days
Venus in Aries 9 Mar 2001 – 20 Apr 2001 · 42 days
Pluto in Sagittarius 17 Mar 2001 – 23 Aug 2001 · 159 days
Neptune in Aquarius 10 May 2001 – 17 Oct 2001 · 160 days
Mars in Sagittarius 11 May 2001 – 19 Jul 2001 · 69 days
Uranus in Aquarius 29 May 2001 – 30 Oct 2001 · 154 days
Saturn in Gemini 26 Sep 2001 – 7 Feb 2002 · 134 days
Jupiter in Cancer 2 Nov 2001 – 9 Feb 2002 · 99 days
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