Mercury retrograde 2025

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 2025. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 12.76°

15 March → 7 April 2025 in Aries

Stations retrograde 15 Mar 2025, 06:50 UTC at 9.24° Aries
Stations direct 7 Apr 2025, 10:59 UTC at 26.48° Pisces
Shadow opens 1 Mar 2025 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 26 Apr 2025 (19 days after)
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Read against Aries, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

24 days · retreats 11.33°

18 July → 11 August 2025 in Leo

Stations retrograde 18 Jul 2025, 04:41 UTC at 15.22° Leo
Stations direct 11 Aug 2025, 07:17 UTC at 3.89° Leo
Shadow opens 30 Jun 2025 (18 days before)
Shadow closes 25 Aug 2025 (14 days after)
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Read against Leo, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

20 days · retreats 16.16°

9 November → 29 November 2025 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 9 Nov 2025, 18:56 UTC at 6.5° Sagittarius
Stations direct 29 Nov 2025, 17:34 UTC at 20.34° Scorpio
Shadow opens 21 Oct 2025 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 17 Dec 2025 (17 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 2025

Previous

2024 Ended 15 December 2024 after 20 days, moving back 16.28° through the zodiac.

Next

2026 Begins 26 February 2026 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 2025

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.

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