Upcoming, 23.8 days
Mercury retrograde, May 2029
Mercury stations retrograde on Tuesday 1 May 2029, 23:06 UTC at 26°40′ Taurus and turns direct on Friday 25 May 2029, 19:21 UTC at 17°34′ Taurus. The shadow period runs from 17 April 2029 to 10 June 2029.
Taurus hosts this Mercury retrograde from start to finish. The planet stations retrograde on 1 May 2029 at 26°40' Taurus and stations direct on 25 May 2029 at 17°34' Taurus, after 23.8 days of apparent backward motion. Including the shadow, the cycle runs from 17 April 2029 to 10 June 2029.
Taurus is traditionally the sign of value, possessions, the senses and patient building. Mercury, associated with thinking, speech and exchange, is taken here to emphasize practical decisions and the pace of plans. Astrologers read this retrograde as a time for slower, more deliberate thinking, revisiting how time and attention are spent and reconsidering what is worth keeping. One practical step is to tidy a single list or shared document, and to let decisions settle before acting on them.
By sign
Which house it walks through
| Sun sign | House | Mercury's retrograde (Taurus) falls on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | second | money, possessions, values | |
| Taurus | first | self, body, how you come across | |
| Gemini | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
| Cancer | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
| Leo | tenth | career and public role | |
| Virgo | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Libra | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Scorpio | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
| Sagittarius | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
| Capricorn | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
| Aquarius | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Pisces | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
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.