Upcoming, 21.8 days
Mercury retrograde, February 2027
Mercury stations retrograde on Tuesday 9 February 2027, 17:36 UTC at 5°59′ Pisces and turns direct on Wednesday 3 March 2027, 12:32 UTC at 20°55′ Aquarius, having slipped back from Pisces into Aquarius. The shadow period runs from 25 January 2027 to 23 March 2027.
Mercury begins a retrograde on 9 February 2027 at 17:36 UTC, when it stations at 5°59' Pisces. Over 21.8 days it appears to slip back across the border into Aquarius. It turns direct on 3 March 2027 at 12:32 UTC, at 20°55' Aquarius. The pre-retrograde shadow opens on 25 January 2027, and the post-retrograde shadow closes on 23 March 2027.
Astrologers link Mercury with speech, writing, travel and the daily movement of information. They read Pisces as intuitive and diffuse, and Aquarius as detached and inventive, with a focus on groups and networks. The tradition treats this retrograde as a period for reviewing ideas, plans and conversations rather than finalizing them, especially those involving friends or shared causes. A modest suggestion: reread important messages before sending them, and allow a little extra time for arrangements.
By sign
Which house it walks through
| Sun sign | House | Mercury's retrograde (Aquarius and Pisces) falls on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
| Taurus | tenth | career and public role | |
| Gemini | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Cancer | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Leo | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
| Virgo | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
| Libra | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
| Scorpio | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Sagittarius | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
| Capricorn | second | money, possessions, values | |
| Aquarius | first | self, body, how you come across | |
| Pisces | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
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 Pisces: add one house for the first part.