Retrograde planets in 2027

10 retrograde periods of Mercury through Pluto touch 2027. Each lists the station retrograde, the station direct and their degrees.

What each retrograde means

Times in Eastern Time (ET)

Mercury

Pre-shadow begins
Jan 25, 2027, 1:58 PM
Stations retrograde
Feb 9, 2027, 12:35 PM · 5°58′ Pisces
Stations direct
Mar 3, 2027, 7:34 AM · 20°55′ Aquarius
Post-shadow ends
Mar 23, 2027, 11:00 AM
Pre-shadow begins
May 26, 2027, 2:04 AM
Stations retrograde
Jun 10, 2027, 2:18 PM · 6°21′ Cancer
Stations direct
Jul 4, 2027, 3:40 PM · 27°28′ Gemini
Post-shadow ends
Jul 19, 2027, 4:42 AM
Pre-shadow begins
Sep 17, 2027, 3:27 AM
Stations retrograde
Oct 7, 2027, 10:40 AM · 4°55′ Scorpio
Stations direct
Oct 28, 2027, 10:10 AM · 19°18′ Libra
Post-shadow ends
Nov 13, 2027, 4:55 AM

Venus

Venus is not retrograde in 2027. Its next retrograde begins on May 10, 2028.

Mars

Pre-shadow begins
Nov 5, 2026, 10:33 AM
Stations retrograde
Jan 10, 2027, 8:01 AM · 10°25′ Virgo
Stations direct
Apr 1, 2027, 10:10 AM · 20°55′ Leo
Post-shadow ends
Jun 7, 2027, 9:59 PM

Jupiter

Stations retrograde
Dec 12, 2026, 7:58 PM · 27°01′ Leo
Stations direct
Apr 12, 2027, 10:13 PM · 16°59′ Leo

Saturn

Stations retrograde
Aug 9, 2027, 1:52 PM · 27°52′ Aries
Stations direct
Dec 23, 2027, 9:49 PM · 21°01′ Aries

Uranus

in progress
Stations retrograde
Sep 10, 2026, 2:40 PM · 5°41′ Gemini
Stations direct
Feb 8, 2027, 7:23 AM · 1°40′ Gemini
Stations retrograde
Sep 15, 2027, 5:14 AM · 9°57′ Gemini
Stations direct
Feb 12, 2028, 6:40 PM · 5°55′ Gemini

Neptune

Stations retrograde
Jul 9, 2027, 6:49 PM · 6°39′ Aries
Stations direct
Dec 15, 2027, 4:42 AM · 3°51′ Aries

Pluto

Stations retrograde
May 8, 2027, 8:14 AM · 7°10′ Aquarius
Stations direct
Oct 17, 2027, 11:51 PM · 4°44′ Aquarius

Mercury retrograde dates

How these times are computed

Every time here comes from our own engine, built on astronomy-engine, an open-source ephemeris, and checked against independent references: the U.S. Naval Observatory's Moon phases, NASA's eclipse canon and Swiss Ephemeris outputs. The page is written in Eastern Time (ET); your browser shows the times in the zone you pick.

A station is the moment a planet seems to stand still before it appears to reverse. Retrograde motion is apparent: seen from Earth the planet looks as if it moves backward, while in its orbit it never does. For Mercury, Venus and Mars we also give the shadow: the pre-shadow begins when the planet first reaches the degree where it will later station direct, and the post-shadow ends when it returns to the degree where it stationed retrograde.

Astrology is a symbolic language, not a science: the positions are exact, and what they mean is interpretation.

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