Mercury retrograde 2046

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 2046. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

22 days · retreats 14.38°

21 February → 16 March 2046 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 21 Feb 2046, 18:01 UTC at 17.6° Pisces
Stations direct 16 Mar 2046, 02:06 UTC at 3.22° Pisces
Shadow opens 7 Feb 2046 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 4 Apr 2046 (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.

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

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Virgo — 21 Feb to 16 Mar 2046 (22 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Scorpio — 11 Mar to 16 Mar 2046 (5 days of overlap)

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

24 days · retreats 9.6°

24 June → 18 July 2046 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 24 Jun 2046, 14:59 UTC at 20.45° Cancer
Stations direct 18 Jul 2046, 19:33 UTC at 10.85° Cancer
Shadow opens 8 Jun 2046 (16 days before)
Shadow closes 2 Aug 2046 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

Mercury retrograde in Cancer

In Cancer the retrograde turns towards home, family and memory. Old family conversations resurface, house moves hit snags, and people revisit the past more than usual. It suits sorting photographs, repairing the home and having the talk you postponed with a relative.

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

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Sagittarius — 24 Jun to 18 Jul 2046 (24 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Pisces — 24 Jun to 18 Jul 2046 (24 days of overlap)

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

21 days · retreats 15.87°

19 October → 9 November 2046 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 19 Oct 2046, 18:52 UTC at 16.21° Scorpio
Stations direct 9 Nov 2046, 07:20 UTC at 0.34° Scorpio
Shadow opens 29 Sep 2046 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 25 Nov 2046 (16 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

Mercury retrograde in Scorpio

In Scorpio the retrograde goes digging. Secrets surface, shared finances need re-examining, and conversations turn intense. It suits research, therapy and honest reckonings, and it punishes suspicion that runs ahead of the facts.

It begins in Libra season and ends in Scorpio season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Aries — 19 Oct to 9 Nov 2046 (21 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Taurus — 19 Oct to 9 Nov 2046 (21 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Pisces — 19 Oct to 9 Nov 2046 (21 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 2046

Previous

2045 Ended 25 November 2045 after 20 days, moving back 16.11° through the zodiac.

Next

2047 Begins 5 February 2047 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 2046

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.

Computed for 2046

Mercury through the zodiac in 2046

Every sign Mercury occupies during 2046, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Mercury in Capricorn From 1 Jan – 18 Jan
Mercury in Aquarius 18 Jan – 5 Feb
Mercury in Pisces 5 Feb – 13 Apr
Mercury in Aries 13 Apr – 1 May
Mercury in Taurus 1 May – 15 May
Mercury in Gemini 15 May – 31 May
Mercury in Cancer 31 May – 8 Aug
Mercury in Leo 8 Aug – 23 Aug
Mercury in Virgo 23 Aug – 8 Sep
Mercury in Libra 8 Sep – 29 Sep
Mercury in Scorpio 29 Sep – 4 Dec
Mercury in Sagittarius 4 Dec – 24 Dec
Mercury in Capricorn 24 Dec – 31 Dec and beyond

13 segments in 2046. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

2046 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2046

Neptune in Taurus 22 Nov 2045 – 24 Jan 2046 · 63 days
Uranus in Virgo 6 Dec 2045 – 4 May 2046 · 149 days
Venus in Capricorn 12 Dec 2045 – 21 Jan 2046 · 41 days
Mars in Scorpio 11 Mar 2046 – 28 May 2046 · 78 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 1 Apr 2046 – 20 Aug 2046 · 141 days
Pluto in Pisces 4 Jun 2046 – 16 Nov 2046 · 164 days
Jupiter in Aries 8 Aug 2046 – 4 Dec 2046 · 118 days
Neptune in Taurus 22 Aug 2046 – 26 Jan 2047 · 157 days
Uranus in Virgo 11 Dec 2046 – 9 Feb 2047 · 61 days
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