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Mercury in Capricorn, 2028
Mercury enters Capricorn on Sunday 10 December 2028, 09:12 UTC, which is in your time zone. It leaves for Aquarius on Sunday 31 December 2028, 14:49 UTC, after 21 days.
Arriving from Sagittarius, Mercury reaches Capricorn on 10 December 2028 at 09:12 UTC. It spends 21 days in the sign without a retrograde and crosses into Aquarius on 31 December 2028 at 14:49 UTC, the last day of the year. Capricorn is a cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn.
The tradition treats Mercury in Capricorn as practical, structured and sparing with words. Capricorn's themes include responsibility, long-term goals, work and reputation, so astrologers read this period as suited to planning, reviewing commitments and saying plainly what can and cannot be done. The same seriousness is said to make thinking rigid at times. A practical step for the closing weeks of the year is to look over what was finished and what was not, then write a short, realistic list for the months ahead.
By sign
The house it occupies for you
| Sun sign | House | Mercury in Capricorn falls on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | tenth | career and public role | |
| Taurus | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Gemini | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Cancer | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
| Leo | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
| Virgo | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
| Libra | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Scorpio | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
| Sagittarius | second | money, possessions, values | |
| Capricorn | first | self, body, how you come across | |
| Aquarius | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
| Pisces | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
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.