Mercury Retrograde 2042

Mercury is retrograde four times in 2042: from January 10 to January 30 in Aquarius and Capricorn; from May 5 to May 29 in Taurus; from September 5 to September 27 in Libra and Virgo; from December 25 to January 14, 2043 in Capricorn. The next Mercury retrograde after 2042 begins on April 16, 2043 at 10°45' Taurus. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins January 10, 2042, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 24, 2041 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 19, 2042. For the retrograde that begins May 5, 2042, the pre-retrograde shadow starts April 21, 2042 and the post-retrograde shadow ends June 13, 2042. For the retrograde that begins September 5, 2042, the pre-retrograde shadow starts August 16, 2042 and the post-retrograde shadow ends October 12, 2042. For the retrograde that begins December 25, 2042, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 7, 2042 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 2, 2043.

From January 10, 2042, Mercury turns retrograde at 6°12' Aquarius and turns direct at 20°09' Capricorn. From May 5, 2042, Mercury turns retrograde at 29°45' Taurus and turns direct at 20°46' Taurus. From September 5, 2042, Mercury turns retrograde at 4°33' Libra and turns direct at 20°03' Virgo. From December 25, 2042, Mercury turns retrograde at 20°16' Capricorn and turns direct at 4°00' Capricorn.

Mercury spends about 74 days of 2042 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.