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Mercury retrograde
Mercury retrograde 2030
Mercury turns retrograde 3 times in 2030, in Capricorn, Taurus, Virgo. The exact stations, degrees and shadow zones are below, computed from the ephemeris.
| 2030-04-13 → 2030-05-06 | Stations retrograde at 7°48′ Taurus, turns direct at 27°26′ Aries. 24 days. Shadow 2030-03-30 to 2030-05-24. |
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| 2030-08-16 → 2030-09-08 | Stations retrograde at 14°30′ Virgo, turns direct at 1°06′ Virgo. 23 days. Shadow 2030-07-27 to 2030-09-22. |
| 2030-12-06 → 2030-12-25 | Stations retrograde at 1°52′ Capricorn, turns direct at 15°33′ Sagittarius. 20 days. Shadow 2030-11-17 to 2031-01-13. |
Reading 2030'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.