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Mercury in Capricorn, 2029
Mercury enters Capricorn on Monday 3 December 2029, 22:47 UTC, which is in your time zone. It leaves for Aquarius on Friday 8 February 2030, 14:03 UTC, after 67 days. During this stay Mercury turns retrograde from 22 December 2029 to 11 January 2030.
Mercury moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn on 3 December 2029 at 22:47 UTC and remains in this cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, for an unusually long 67 days. The reason is a retrograde: Mercury appears to move backward from 22 December 2029 to 11 January 2030, before going on to Aquarius on 8 February 2030 at 14:03 UTC.
The tradition associates Capricorn with structure, duty, ambition and patience, and reads Mercury here as careful, sober thinking aimed at results. A long stay that includes a retrograde is read as an extended season of planning, with the backward phase treated as a time to review, correct and reconsider rather than begin. One practical suggestion from this reading: put year-end plans on paper early, then use the slower weeks to revise them.
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.