Upcoming, retrograde re-entry

Mercury in Aquarius, 2027

Mercury enters Aquarius on Thursday 18 February 2027, 12:16 UTC, which is 18 February 2027, 12:16 UTC in your time zone, moving backwards. It leaves for Pisces on Thursday 18 March 2027, 10:02 UTC, after 28 days. During this stay Mercury turns retrograde from 9 February 2027 to 3 March 2027.

Here Mercury returns to Aquarius rather than arriving fresh: retrograde since 9 February 2027, it backs out of Pisces and re-enters Aquarius on 18 February 2027 at 12:16 UTC. The retrograde ends on 3 March 2027 while Mercury is still in Aquarius, and the planet then moves forward again until it crosses into Pisces on 18 March 2027 at 10:02 UTC, after 28 days in the sign. Aquarius is a fixed air sign, ruled by Uranus.

Astrologers read a retrograde Mercury as a period for review, and in Aquarius the review is taken to concern ideas, group plans and the networks one belongs to. The tradition associates this passage with second thoughts, revisited conversations and old contacts reappearing. A practical suggestion: reread messages before sending them, and return to an unfinished group project before starting another.

By sign

The house it occupies for you

	House	Mercury in Aquarius falls on
Aries	eleventh	friends, groups, plans
Taurus	tenth	career and public role
Gemini	ninth	travel, study, beliefs
Cancer	eighth	shared money, intimacy, endings
Leo	seventh	partners and one-to-one relationships
Virgo	sixth	daily work, routines, health
Libra	fifth	romance, play, children, creative work
Scorpio	fourth	home, family, roots
Sagittarius	third	conversations, siblings, short trips
Capricorn	second	money, possessions, values
Aquarius	first	self, body, how you come across
Pisces	twelfth	rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes

Whole-sign houses counted from the Sun sign, the convention behind every Sun-sign horoscope. Your rising sign gives a more personal count: draw your chart.