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Mercury retrograde
Mercury retrograde 2024
Mercury turns retrograde 3 times in 2024, in Aries, Sagittarius, Virgo. The exact stations, degrees and shadow zones are below, computed from the ephemeris.
| 2024-04-01 → 2024-04-25 | Stations retrograde at 27°13′ Aries, turns direct at 15°59′ Aries. 24 days. Shadow 2024-03-19 to 2024-05-13. |
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| 2024-08-05 → 2024-08-28 | Stations retrograde at 4°06′ Virgo, turns direct at 21°25′ Leo. 24 days. Shadow 2024-07-17 to 2024-09-11. |
| 2024-11-26 → 2024-12-15 | Stations retrograde at 22°40′ Sagittarius, turns direct at 6°24′ Sagittarius. 20 days. Shadow 2024-11-07 to 2025-01-03. |
Reading 2024's retrogrades in your chart
The degrees above are what matter. Cast your chart and find where they fall: that house is the area being re-covered, three times over. A natal planet within a couple of degrees of a station gets the retrograde's full attention — Mercury will pass it going forward, backward, and forward again.