Mercury Retrograde 2012

Mercury is retrograde three times in 2012: from March 12 to April 4 in Aries and Pisces; from July 15 to August 8 in Leo; from November 6 to November 26 in Sagittarius and Scorpio. The next Mercury retrograde after 2012 begins on February 23, 2013 at 19°52' Pisces. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins March 12, 2012, the pre-retrograde shadow starts February 27, 2012 and the post-retrograde shadow ends April 23, 2012. For the retrograde that begins July 15, 2012, the pre-retrograde shadow starts June 27, 2012 and the post-retrograde shadow ends August 22, 2012. For the retrograde that begins November 6, 2012, the pre-retrograde shadow starts October 18, 2012 and the post-retrograde shadow ends December 14, 2012.

From March 12, 2012, Mercury turns retrograde at 6°49' Aries and turns direct at 23°50' Pisces. From July 15, 2012, Mercury turns retrograde at 12°32' Leo and turns direct at 1°25' Leo. From November 6, 2012, Mercury turns retrograde at 4°18' Sagittarius and turns direct at 18°10' Scorpio.

Mercury spends about 67 days of 2012 retrograde.

Mercury retrograde is traditionally associated with reviewing plans, conversations, contracts, devices, and travel arrangements. Astrologers read it as a time to review rather than launch.

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.