Upcoming, retrograde re-entry
Mercury in Aries, 2030
Mercury enters Aries on Sunday 28 April 2030, 13:44 UTC, which is in your time zone, moving backwards. It leaves for Taurus on Wednesday 15 May 2030, 01:30 UTC, after 16 days. During this stay Mercury turns retrograde from 13 April 2030 to 6 May 2030.
Mercury slips backward out of Taurus and re-enters Aries on 28 April 2030 at 13:44 UTC. The planet has been retrograde since 13 April 2030 and turns direct while in Aries on 6 May 2030. It then moves forward again and returns to Taurus on 15 May 2030 at 01:30 UTC, after 16 days in Aries. Aries is a cardinal fire sign ruled by Mars.
The tradition treats a retrograde return like this as a second pass over familiar ground. Mercury in Aries is read as fast, frank and decisive, and astrologers suggest that during the retrograde stretch those qualities turn toward revisiting: reopening hasty decisions, finishing conversations that ended abruptly, rethinking first drafts. Once Mercury is direct, the same directness is said to help things move again. A modest practice is to keep a short list of loose ends and work through them one at a time.
By sign
The house it occupies for you
| Sun sign | House | Mercury in Aries falls on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | first | self, body, how you come across | |
| Taurus | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
| Gemini | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
| Cancer | tenth | career and public role | |
| Leo | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Virgo | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Libra | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
| Scorpio | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
| Sagittarius | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
| Capricorn | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Aquarius | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
| Pisces | second | money, possessions, values | |
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.