3 windows · computed
Mercury retrograde 2028.
January 24 to February 14 in Aquarius; May 21 to June 14 in Gemini; September 19 to October 11 in Libra. Review windows, not curses: here is what each one asks.
Your chart
Where does each window land for you?
Compute your real chart free and see which house Mercury retraces each time, and whether it crosses your natal Mercury or Sun.
Window 1
January 24, 2028 to February 14, 2028
Station retrograde January 24, 2028, 11:04 UTC at 19.7° Aquarius; station direct February 14, 2028, 12:38 UTC at 4° Aquarius. Shadow from about two weeks before to two weeks after.
What the Aquarius retrograde reviews
In Aquarius, the review is of groups, technology, and the future: the network, the device, the idea ahead of its time. Reconnect and re-test.
Reread before you send, reread before you sign, and give any important message a day. Finish, revise and repair: the stalled project, the old draft, the conversation left half-done.
Window 2
May 21, 2028 to June 14, 2028
Station retrograde May 21, 2028, 08:39 UTC at 16.3° Gemini; station direct June 14, 2028, 06:07 UTC at 7.8° Gemini. Shadow from about two weeks before to two weeks after.
What the Gemini retrograde reviews
In Gemini, Mercury's own sign, the review is of communication itself: the messages, the facts, the conversations you summarized too fast. Reread before you send.
Reread before you send, reread before you sign, and give any important message a day. Finish, revise and repair: the stalled project, the old draft, the conversation left half-done.
Window 3
September 19, 2028 to October 11, 2028
Station retrograde September 19, 2028, 16:31 UTC at 18.6° Libra; station direct October 11, 2028, 10:29 UTC at 3.5° Libra. Shadow from about two weeks before to two weeks after.
What the Libra retrograde reviews
In Libra, the review is of agreements and partnerships: the contract, the terms, the balance nobody renegotiated. Reread the deal.
Reread before you send, reread before you sign, and give any important message a day. Finish, revise and repair: the stalled project, the old draft, the conversation left half-done.
The honest take
What Mercury retrograde is not
Superstition, separated from the chart
The real pattern, visible in anyone's life who tracks it, is not disaster but revision. Old contacts resurface. Plans get revised. The message you sent too fast gets misread. The deal signed in the window gets renegotiated. Treat it as an editing period and it pays; treat it as a reason not to live and it costs you three weeks, three times a year.
Common questions
Mercury retrograde 2028, answered
When is Mercury retrograde in 2028?
January 24, 2028 to February 14, 2028, from 19.7° Aquarius back to 4° Aquarius. May 21, 2028 to June 14, 2028, from 16.3° Gemini back to 7.8° Gemini. September 19, 2028 to October 11, 2028, from 18.6° Libra back to 3.5° Libra. Universal time; add about two weeks of shadow either side.
How many times is Mercury retrograde in 2028?
3 times. Three times most years, occasionally four, for about three weeks each time, plus a shadow period of about two weeks on either side. The exact dates for the next few years are on this page, computed from the ephemeris.
Is it bad to sign a contract during Mercury retrograde?
It is a bad time to sign something you have not read carefully, because the window favors misreadings and renegotiations. A contract you understand and have reviewed twice is fine. The rule is read twice, not never sign.
What is the Mercury retrograde shadow period?
The two or so weeks before the station, when Mercury first crosses the degrees it will later retrace, and the two weeks after the station direct, when it crosses them a third time. Things begun in the first shadow tend to be revised in the retrograde and settled in the second.
Other years
The whole calendar
Your turn
That's the sky. Yours is specific.
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