Upcoming
Mercury in Aquarius, 2028
Mercury enters Aquarius on Sunday 31 December 2028, 14:49 UTC, which is in your time zone. It leaves for Capricorn on Saturday 13 January 2029, 12:14 UTC, after 13 days. During this stay Mercury turns retrograde from 7 January 2029 to 27 January 2029.
Mercury's stay in Aquarius at the turn of the year is brief. It crosses from Capricorn on 31 December 2028 at 14:49 UTC, turns retrograde on 7 January 2029, and slips back into Capricorn on 13 January 2029 at 12:14 UTC, after 13 days. The retrograde continues until 27 January 2029, after Mercury has already left the sign. Aquarius is a fixed air sign ruled by Uranus.
Astrologers read Aquarius as the sign of ideas, friendships, communities and fresh perspectives, and Mercury here as a mind that likes to look ahead. Because the planet turns back so soon after arriving, the tradition treats this short visit as a sketch rather than a finished plan, with ideas that may need another pass. A modest suggestion is to write down intentions for the new year loosely, leaving room to revise them once the retrograde ends.
By sign
The house it occupies for you
| Sun sign | 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.