Past, 24.1 days
Mercury retrograde, July 2025
Mercury stations retrograde on Friday 18 July 2025, 04:45 UTC at 15°35′ Leo and turns direct on Monday 11 August 2025, 07:30 UTC at 4°15′ Leo. The shadow period runs from 30 June 2025 to 25 August 2025.
Mercury appears to slow, stop and move backward through Leo in 2025. It stations retrograde on 18 July 2025 at 15°35' Leo and turns direct on 11 August 2025 at 4°15' Leo, a period of 24.1 days spent entirely within one sign. The reversal is apparent, a matter of viewing angle from a moving Earth. The surrounding shadow period runs from 30 June to 25 August 2025.
Astrologers read Leo as the sign of self-expression, creativity, play and the wish to be seen. The tradition treats Mercury retrograde as a season for review rather than launch: rereading, revising and returning to unfinished conversations. In Leo, that review is often tied to creative work and to how one presents oneself. A modest suggestion: return to a project you set aside and check the details before sharing it.
By sign
Which house it walks through
| Sun sign | House | Mercury's retrograde (Leo) falls on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
| Taurus | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Gemini | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
| Cancer | second | money, possessions, values | |
| Leo | first | self, body, how you come across | |
| Virgo | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
| Libra | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
| Scorpio | tenth | career and public role | |
| Sagittarius | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Capricorn | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Aquarius | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
| Pisces | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
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.