Mercury Retrograde

April 17-18, 2010
Mercury Retrograde Starts:
12:06 am EDT (Apr 18)
9:06 pm PDT (Apr 17)
at 12:37 Taurus

May 11, 2010
Mercury Retrograde Ends:
6:37 pm EDT
3:27 pm PDT
at 02:40 Taurus

This Mercury Retrograde occurs in an earth sign, and should provide a good opportunity to implement change that is effective.

Mercury will be retrograde in:

* Capricorn from December 26, 2009 through January 15, 2010
* Taurus from April 18, 2010 through May 12, 2010
* Virgo from August 21, 2010 through September 13, 2010
* Capricorn/Sagittarius from December 10, 2010 through December 30, 2010
* Aries from March 31, 2011 to April 23, 2011
* Virgo/Leo from August 3, 2011 to August 27, 2011
* Sagittarius from November 24, 2011 to December 14, 2011

Mercury turned retrograde @ 23deg. Aquarius on 1/28/2008 @ 3:31 PM EST. Mercury entered Aquarius on 01/07/02008 @ 11:46AM EST where it will remain throughout the retrograde and conjunct Neptune three times in Aquarius(1/22/2008, 2/2/2008, and 3/9/2008.) Mercury will turn Direct on 2/18/2008.

This aspect calls for examination of our perceptions and separation of fantasy from reality, with Aquarian focus on the big picture.

Mercury's last retrograde of 2007, started on October 11 or 12 depending on your time zone), 2007 and lasted until November 1, 2007.

Mercury turned retrograde @ 9deg. Scorpio on 10/12/07 @ 12:00AM EDT. Mercury entered Scorpio on 9/27/07 @ 1:18PM EDT where it remained until 10/23/07 when it retrograded back into Libra. Mercury re-entered Scorpio on 11/11/07 where it remained until 12/1/07. Mercury turned Direct on 11/1/07.

For the first holiday season in several years, Mercury Retrograde didn't extend through the busy shipping and shopping season!

Back up your data and expect little glitches in communication--Mercury was Retrograde from February 13, 200711:38 PM Eastern time when Mercury was at 10:13 degrees Pisces, and sent Mercury back through Aquarius (beginning February 26) where it was when it turned direct at (25:24 degrees) direct at 11:44 PM Eastern on March 7, 2007.

Mercury's most recent retrograde started on June 15, 2007, Mercury turned direct on July 9, 2007.
Currently, Mercury is in Scorpio, a fixed, water sign. Mercury will be in Scorpio from 10/2/06 until 12/7/06 and will turn Retrograde (Rx) on October 28, 2006 when it reaches 25 Scorpio.



From PlanetWeather.net, Dorothy Ohi discusses recognizing the influence of this transit. She writes:

"Are you feeling yourself entering the underworld of your psyche yet? Mercury in Scorpio demands that we come to terms with the unconscious parts of ourselves so that we can have a better grip on the events and relationships of our lives - without passing the blame or projecting our "stuff" onto others. Scorpio is about possessiveness and also about ownership - of proceeding along the path of life knowing who we are and who and what we are not."