# What Sign Is Mercury in Right Now? Is Mercury Retrograde? > Mercury is in Scorpio right now, at 0°56' Scorpio as of October 1, 2026 at 04:43 UTC. Mercury entered Scorpio on September 30, 2026 at 7:44 AM ET (11:44 UTC) and stays until December 6, 2026 at 3:33 AM ET (08:33 UTC), when it moves into Sagittarius. Mercury is direct, not retrograde. Computed October 1, 2026 at 04:43 UTC. Canonical page: https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/mercury | Body | Sign | Position | Motion | In sign since | Next sign change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Mercury | Scorpio | 0°56'20" Scorpio | direct | 2026-09-30 | 2026-12-06 08:33 UTC into Sagittarius | ## Retrograde No. Mercury is direct as of October 1, 2026 at 04:43 UTC. Its next retrograde begins on October 24, 2026 at 3:11 AM ET (07:11 UTC) at 20°58' Scorpio and ends on November 13, 2026. | Planet | Stations retrograde | Stations direct | Signs | Shadow | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Mercury | 2025-03-15 06:49 UTC at 9°35' Aries | 2025-04-07 11:07 UTC at 26°49' Pisces | Aries, Pisces | 2025-03-01 to 2025-04-26 | | Mercury | 2025-07-18 04:38 UTC at 15°34' Leo | 2025-08-11 07:31 UTC at 4°14' Leo | Leo | 2025-06-30 to 2025-08-25 | | Mercury | 2025-11-09 18:56 UTC at 6°51' Sagittarius | 2025-11-29 17:43 UTC at 20°42' Scorpio | Sagittarius, Scorpio | 2025-10-21 to 2025-12-17 | | Mercury | 2026-02-26 06:47 UTC at 22°33' Pisces | 2026-03-20 19:37 UTC at 8°29' Pisces | Pisces | 2026-02-11 to 2026-04-09 | | Mercury | 2026-06-29 17:37 UTC at 26°15' Cancer | 2026-07-23 22:55 UTC at 16°19' Cancer | Cancer | 2026-06-13 to 2026-08-07 | | Mercury | 2026-10-24 07:11 UTC at 20°58' Scorpio | 2026-11-13 15:55 UTC at 5°02' Scorpio | Scorpio | 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-30 | | Mercury | 2027-02-09 17:35 UTC at 5°58' Pisces | 2027-03-03 12:37 UTC at 20°55' Aquarius | Pisces, Aquarius | 2027-01-25 to 2027-03-23 | | Mercury | 2027-06-10 18:20 UTC at 6°21' Cancer | 2027-07-04 19:39 UTC at 27°28' Gemini | Cancer, Gemini | 2027-05-26 to 2027-07-19 | | Mercury | 2027-10-07 14:36 UTC at 4°55' Scorpio | 2027-10-28 14:12 UTC at 19°18' Libra | Scorpio, Libra | 2027-09-17 to 2027-11-13 | ## Sign Changes | Date (UTC) | Enters | Leaves | Retrograde | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-01-01 21:11 UTC | Capricorn | Sagittarius | no | | 2026-01-20 16:41 UTC | Aquarius | Capricorn | no | | 2026-02-06 22:47 UTC | Pisces | Aquarius | no | | 2026-04-15 03:21 UTC | Aries | Pisces | no | | 2026-05-03 02:57 UTC | Taurus | Aries | no | | 2026-05-17 10:26 UTC | Gemini | Taurus | no | | 2026-06-01 11:55 UTC | Cancer | Gemini | no | | 2026-08-09 16:28 UTC | Leo | Cancer | no | | 2026-08-25 11:04 UTC | Virgo | Leo | no | | 2026-09-10 16:21 UTC | Libra | Virgo | no | | 2026-09-30 11:44 UTC | Scorpio | Libra | no | | 2026-12-06 08:33 UTC | Sagittarius | Scorpio | no | | 2026-12-25 18:22 UTC | Capricorn | Sagittarius | no | | 2027-01-13 06:06 UTC | Aquarius | Capricorn | no | | 2027-02-01 01:26 UTC | Pisces | Aquarius | no | | 2027-02-18 12:17 UTC | Aquarius | Pisces | yes | | 2027-03-18 10:02 UTC | Pisces | Aquarius | no | | 2027-04-08 23:20 UTC | Aries | Pisces | no | | 2027-04-24 22:18 UTC | Taurus | Aries | no | | 2027-05-09 01:58 UTC | Gemini | Taurus | no | | 2027-05-28 17:07 UTC | Cancer | Gemini | no | | 2027-06-26 07:23 UTC | Gemini | Cancer | yes | | 2027-07-12 13:45 UTC | Cancer | Gemini | no | | 2027-08-02 10:52 UTC | Leo | Cancer | no | | 2027-08-17 04:43 UTC | Virgo | Leo | no | | 2027-09-03 11:36 UTC | Libra | Virgo | no | | 2027-09-27 09:08 UTC | Scorpio | Libra | no | | 2027-10-16 07:38 UTC | Libra | Scorpio | yes | | 2027-11-10 00:26 UTC | Scorpio | Libra | no | | 2027-11-29 10:23 UTC | Sagittarius | Scorpio | no | | 2027-12-18 11:58 UTC | Capricorn | Sagittarius | no | ## Aspects in the Next 30 Days | Date (UTC) | Event | Detail | | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-10-02 09:15 UTC | Mercury square Mars | Exact square | | 2026-10-02 20:43 UTC | Mercury square Pluto | Exact square | | 2026-10-07 00:05 UTC | Mercury conjunct Venus | Exact conjunction | | 2026-10-30 17:21 UTC | Mercury square Mars | Exact square | ## Questions ### What Sign Is Mercury in Right Now? Mercury is in Scorpio right now, at 0°56' Scorpio as of October 1, 2026 at 04:43 UTC. Mercury entered Scorpio on September 30, 2026 at 7:44 AM ET (11:44 UTC) and stays until December 6, 2026 at 3:33 AM ET (08:33 UTC), when it moves into Sagittarius. Mercury is direct, not retrograde. ### Is Mercury Retrograde Right Now? No. Mercury is direct as of October 1, 2026 at 04:43 UTC. Its next retrograde begins on October 24, 2026 at 3:11 AM ET (07:11 UTC) at 20°58' Scorpio and ends on November 13, 2026. ### When Is the Next Mercury Retrograde? The next Mercury retrograde begins on October 24, 2026 at 3:11 AM ET (07:11 UTC) at 20°58' Scorpio and ends on November 13, 2026 at 10:55 AM ET (15:55 UTC) at 5°02' Scorpio. The shadow period runs from October 4, 2026 to November 30, 2026. ### What Does Mercury in Scorpio Mean? Mercury represents thinking, speech, writing, learning, short trips, and everyday logistics. In Scorpio, those themes take on a intense, private, probing, and all-or-nothing quality. Mercury's sign shapes how people talk, decide, and process information. A retrograde is traditionally a time to review, revise, and double-check rather than launch. ### How Long Does Mercury Stay in Each Sign? Mercury usually spends 14 to 30 days in a sign, but a retrograde can hold it in one sign for more than two months. It turns retrograde three or occasionally four times a year, for about three weeks each time, and it is never more than 28 degrees from the Sun. ### Why Do Some Sites List a Different Date for This Sign Change? Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser. ## Method Positions are geocentric and tropical: apparent longitudes on the true ecliptic and equinox of date, corrected for light time and aberration. They are computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library (VSOP87 planetary theory) and agree with the Swiss Ephemeris to within about one arcminute. The North Node is the mean node. Times are given in UTC and US Eastern time. Source: [Selfgazer](https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/mercury). Free to cite with a link to the source page.