Upcoming, 23.7 days
Mercury retrograde, April 2030
Mercury stations retrograde on Saturday 13 April 2030, 02:33 UTC at 7°48′ Taurus and turns direct on Monday 6 May 2030, 20:15 UTC at 27°26′ Aries, having slipped back from Taurus into Aries. The shadow period runs from 30 March 2030 to 24 May 2030.
Mercury slows and stations retrograde at 7°48' Taurus on 13 April 2030 at 02:33 UTC, then backs into Aries and turns direct at 27°26' Aries on 6 May 2030 at 20:15 UTC. The retrograde lasts 23.7 days and covers both signs. Its pre-retrograde shadow starts on 30 March 2030, and the post-retrograde shadow ends on 24 May 2030.
The tradition treats Mercury retrograde as a time for review: rechecking plans, messages and arrangements rather than launching new ones. With the station in Taurus, astrologers read the themes as practical matters and steady values, while the stretch in Aries is taken to bring impatience and quick reactions to the surface. A modest suggestion is to reread important messages before sending them and to allow a little extra time for travel and appointments.
By sign
Which house it walks through
| Sun sign | House | Mercury's retrograde (Aries and Taurus) 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.
The retrograde starts one sign later, in Taurus: add one house for the first part.