Upcoming, 23.3 days
Mercury retrograde, August 2030
Mercury stations retrograde on Friday 16 August 2030, 01:20 UTC at 14°30′ Virgo and turns direct on Sunday 8 September 2030, 09:28 UTC at 1°06′ Virgo. The shadow period runs from 27 July 2030 to 22 September 2030.
Entirely within Virgo, Mercury stations retrograde at 14°30' on 16 August 2030 at 01:20 UTC and turns direct at 1°06' on 8 September 2030 at 09:28 UTC, a span of 23.3 days. The shadow period stretches from 27 July 2030, when Mercury first reaches the degrees it will revisit, until 22 September 2030.
Virgo is one of the signs Mercury rules, so the tradition reads this retrograde as concentrated on its home ground: detail, routines, work methods and the small systems that keep a day running. Astrologers treat this as a good period for editing, sorting and correcting rather than starting fresh. A practical suggestion is to choose one routine or document that has grown untidy and put it in order, checking the details twice.
By sign
Which house it walks through
| Sun sign | House | Mercury's retrograde (Virgo) falls on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
| Taurus | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
| Gemini | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Cancer | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
| Leo | second | money, possessions, values | |
| Virgo | first | self, body, how you come across | |
| Libra | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
| Scorpio | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
| Sagittarius | tenth | career and public role | |
| Capricorn | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Aquarius | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Pisces | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
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.