Mercury Retrograde 2022

Mercury is retrograde four times in 2022: from January 14 to February 4 in Aquarius and Capricorn; from May 10 to June 3 in Gemini and Taurus; from September 10 to October 2 in Libra and Virgo; from December 29 to January 18, 2023 in Capricorn. The next Mercury retrograde after 2022 begins on April 21, 2023 at 15°37' Taurus. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins January 14, 2022, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 29, 2021 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 24, 2022. For the retrograde that begins May 10, 2022, the pre-retrograde shadow starts April 26, 2022 and the post-retrograde shadow ends June 18, 2022. For the retrograde that begins September 10, 2022, the pre-retrograde shadow starts August 20, 2022 and the post-retrograde shadow ends October 17, 2022. For the retrograde that begins December 29, 2022, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 12, 2022 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 7, 2023.

From January 14, 2022, Mercury turns retrograde at 10°20' Aquarius and turns direct at 24°22' Capricorn. From May 10, 2022, Mercury turns retrograde at 4°51' Gemini and turns direct at 26°05' Taurus. From September 10, 2022, Mercury turns retrograde at 8°55' Libra and turns direct at 24°12' Virgo. From December 29, 2022, Mercury turns retrograde at 24°21' Capricorn and turns direct at 8°08' Capricorn.

Mercury spends about 69 days of 2022 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.