2017 Mercury Retrograde Calendar

When Mercury is retrograde, we tend to notice more issues in the areas of communication, in the way we interact with others and in our surroundings and neighborhood. It may also show up in our travel, the way we get around and in our interaction with our siblings.

Please note that this calendar begins on a Monday

2017 begins in the middle of a Mercury Retrograde cycle that started with Mercury entering the Pre-Shadow in December 1, 2016, followed with the Mercury Retrograde station at 10:55 am Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on Dec 19. Note that UTC used to be referred to as Greenwich Mean Time.

Mercury goes direct in Sagittarius (28º 51") on January 8, 2017 at 9:43 am UTC*, and 4:43 am Eastern Time, 1:43 am Pacific Time.

Mercury leaves Post Shadow on January 27 at approximately 5:00 pm UTC*.

The first full Mercury Retrograde cycle of 2017 begins with the Pre-Shadow on March 27 at 4:48 am UTC*.

Mercury Retrograde Station occurs at 11:14 pm UTC*, on April 9, in Taurus (4º 51")

Mercury goes direct on May 3 at 4:22 pm UTC*, in Aries (24º 16")

Mercury leaves the Post-Shadow on May 21 at 12:58 am UTC*.

Because Mercury rules Virgo, the retrograde in August should prove interesting! The cycle begins with Pre-Shadow at 3:13 pm UTC* on July 24.

Mercury Retrograde station occurs at 1:00 am UTC*, on August 13, in Virgo (11º38"). Note that in North America, the station occurs on the evening of August 12.

Mercury Direct station occurs at 11:29 am Greenwich time on September 5 in Leo (28º25"), leaving the Post-Shadow at 3:59 pm UTC* on September 19.

Mercury rules Gemini, so its retrograde in Sagittarius, which acts as Gemini's shadow. should also prove interesting! The cycle begins with the Pre-Shadow at 1:49 am UTC* on November 15.

Mercury Retrograde station occurs at 7:34 am UTC* on December 3 in Sagittarius (29º18"). For those living on the West coast time zone in the US, it will occur at 11:34 pm on December 2.

Mercury goes direct at 1:51 am UTC* on December 23 in Sagittarius (13º00"). Note that in North America, this would be during the evening of the previous day, December 22. The Post-Shadow ends on January 10, 2018 at 4:31 pm UTC*.

Please note that all times are approximate. The actual times are defined by the observer location and vary due to parallax.

* Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) replaced Greenwich Mean Time in 1961. They are often used interchangeably.

► The Full description of each cycle is found here