Mercury Retrograde 2088

Mercury is retrograde four times in 2088: from January 11 to January 31 in Aquarius and Capricorn; from May 5 to May 29 in Gemini and Taurus; from September 5 to September 28 in Libra and Virgo; from December 25 to January 14, 2089 in Capricorn. The next Mercury retrograde after 2088 begins on April 16, 2089 at 11°51' Taurus. Dates are in UTC.

For the retrograde that begins January 11, 2088, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 26, 2087 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 20, 2088. For the retrograde that begins May 5, 2088, the pre-retrograde shadow starts April 21, 2088 and the post-retrograde shadow ends June 14, 2088. For the retrograde that begins September 5, 2088, the pre-retrograde shadow starts August 16, 2088 and the post-retrograde shadow ends October 12, 2088. For the retrograde that begins December 25, 2088, the pre-retrograde shadow starts December 8, 2088 and the post-retrograde shadow ends February 2, 2089.

From January 11, 2088, Mercury turns retrograde at 7°15' Aquarius and turns direct at 21°13' Capricorn. From May 5, 2088, Mercury turns retrograde at 0°52' Gemini and turns direct at 21°55' Taurus. From September 5, 2088, Mercury turns retrograde at 5°38' Libra and turns direct at 21°06' Virgo. From December 25, 2088, Mercury turns retrograde at 21°19' Capricorn and turns direct at 5°03' Capricorn.

Mercury spends about 74 days of 2088 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.