Mercury retrograde 2017

4 periods, 74 days inside the year — 20.4% of 2017. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

20 days · retreats 16.29° · crosses the year boundary

19 December → 8 January 2017 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 19 Dec 2016, 10:49 UTC at 14.9° Capricorn

Stations direct 8 Jan 2017, 09:38 UTC at 28.61° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 2 Dec 2016 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 27 Jan 2017 (19 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 10.59°

9 April → 3 May 2017 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 9 Apr 2017, 23:18 UTC at 4.61° Taurus

Stations direct 3 May 2017, 16:24 UTC at 24.02° Aries

Shadow opens 27 Mar 2017 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 21 May 2017 (17 days after)

Full window including shadows 55 days

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

23 days · retreats 13.22°

13 August → 5 September 2017 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 13 Aug 2017, 01:01 UTC at 11.4° Virgo

Stations direct 5 Sep 2017, 11:18 UTC at 28.18° Leo

Shadow opens 24 Jul 2017 (19 days before)

Shadow closes 19 Sep 2017 (14 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.3°

3 December → 23 December 2017 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 3 Dec 2017, 07:26 UTC at 29.05° Sagittarius

Stations direct 23 Dec 2017, 01:50 UTC at 12.75° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 15 Nov 2017 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 10 Jan 2018 (19 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 2017

2016 Ended 8 January 2017 after 20 days, moving back 16.29° through the zodiac.

2018 Begins 23 March 2018 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 2017

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.

← 2016 Mercury retrograde in 2016. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2018 → Mercury retrograde in 2018.