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Mercury retrograde
Mercury retrograde 2025
Mercury turns retrograde 3 times in 2025, in Aries, Leo, Sagittarius. The exact stations, degrees and shadow zones are below, computed from the ephemeris.
| 2025-03-15 → 2025-04-07 | Stations retrograde at 9°35′ Aries, turns direct at 26°50′ Pisces. 23 days. Shadow 2025-03-01 to 2025-04-26. |
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| 2025-07-18 → 2025-08-11 | Stations retrograde at 15°35′ Leo, turns direct at 4°15′ Leo. 24 days. Shadow 2025-06-30 to 2025-08-25. |
| 2025-11-09 → 2025-11-29 | Stations retrograde at 6°52′ Sagittarius, turns direct at 20°42′ Scorpio. 20 days. Shadow 2025-10-21 to 2025-12-17. |
Reading 2025'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.