Past, 23.2 days
Mercury retrograde, March 2025
Mercury stations retrograde on Saturday 15 March 2025, 06:46 UTC at 9°35′ Aries and turns direct on Monday 7 April 2025, 11:08 UTC at 26°50′ Pisces, having slipped back from Aries into Pisces. The shadow period runs from 1 March 2025 to 26 April 2025.
Mercury's first retrograde of 2025 begins in Aries and ends in Pisces. The planet stations retrograde on 15 March 2025 at 9°35' Aries, appears to drift backward across the boundary between the two signs, and stations direct on 7 April 2025 at 26°50' Pisces. The retrograde lasts 23.2 days. Counting the shadow, Mercury revisits this stretch of sky from 1 March to 26 April 2025.
The tradition treats Aries as the sign of beginnings, initiative and quick decisions, and Pisces as the sign of imagination, endings and quiet reflection. Astrologers read a Mercury retrograde moving between them as an invitation to slow plans made in haste and to listen for what was left unsaid. A practical suggestion: before starting something new, finish or review one thing already under way.
By sign
Which house it walks through
| Sun sign | House | Mercury's retrograde (Pisces and Aries) falls on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
| Taurus | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
| Gemini | tenth | career and public role | |
| Cancer | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Leo | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Virgo | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
| Libra | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
| Scorpio | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
| Sagittarius | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Capricorn | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
| Aquarius | second | money, possessions, values | |
| Pisces | first | self, body, how you come across | |
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 Aries: add one house for the first part.