Retrograde planets in 2030

12 retrograde periods of Mercury through Pluto touch 2030. Each lists the station retrograde, the station direct and their degrees.

What each retrograde means

Times in Eastern Time (ET)

Mercury

Pre-shadow begins
Dec 4, 2029, 6:15 PM
Stations retrograde
Dec 22, 2029, 12:50 AM · 17°42′ Capricorn
Stations direct
Jan 11, 2030, 12:43 AM · 1°26′ Capricorn
Post-shadow ends
Jan 30, 2030, 10:51 AM
Pre-shadow begins
Mar 30, 2030, 3:48 AM
Stations retrograde
Apr 12, 2030, 10:27 PM · 7°47′ Taurus
Stations direct
May 6, 2030, 4:17 PM · 27°26′ Aries
Post-shadow ends
May 23, 2030, 8:40 PM
Pre-shadow begins
Jul 27, 2030, 8:48 AM
Stations retrograde
Aug 15, 2030, 9:23 PM · 14°29′ Virgo
Stations direct
Sep 8, 2030, 5:22 AM · 1°06′ Virgo
Post-shadow ends
Sep 22, 2030, 10:57 AM
Pre-shadow begins
Nov 17, 2030, 6:55 PM
Stations retrograde
Dec 5, 2030, 9:45 PM · 1°51′ Capricorn
Stations direct
Dec 25, 2030, 4:16 PM · 15°33′ Sagittarius
Post-shadow ends
Jan 13, 2031, 9:44 AM

Venus

Pre-shadow begins
Nov 15, 2029, 4:33 AM
Stations retrograde
Dec 16, 2029, 6:49 PM · 24°01′ Capricorn
Stations direct
Jan 26, 2030, 4:33 PM · 8°37′ Capricorn
Post-shadow ends
Feb 27, 2030, 9:19 AM

Mars

Mars is not retrograde in 2030. Its next retrograde begins on Mar 28, 2031.

Jupiter

Stations retrograde
Mar 13, 2030, 10:36 AM · 27°37′ Scorpio
Stations direct
Jul 14, 2030, 9:25 PM · 17°45′ Scorpio

Saturn

Stations retrograde
Sep 6, 2029, 4:32 AM · 25°01′ Taurus
Stations direct
Jan 18, 2030, 10:50 PM · 18°05′ Taurus
Stations retrograde
Sep 20, 2030, 5:37 PM · 8°56′ Gemini
Stations direct
Feb 1, 2031, 9:21 PM · 1°59′ Gemini

Uranus

Stations retrograde
Sep 23, 2029, 12:16 PM · 18°33′ Gemini
Stations direct
Feb 20, 2030, 6:23 PM · 14°30′ Gemini
Stations retrograde
Sep 28, 2030, 4:21 AM · 22°53′ Gemini
Stations direct
Feb 25, 2031, 6:37 AM · 18°50′ Gemini

Neptune

Stations retrograde
Jul 16, 2030, 12:52 PM · 13°23′ Aries
Stations direct
Dec 21, 2030, 3:58 PM · 10°34′ Aries

Pluto

Stations retrograde
May 12, 2030, 7:10 PM · 12°03′ Aquarius
Stations direct
Oct 22, 2030, 11:06 PM · 9°39′ 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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