2026 Planetary retrogrades

(in Pacific time )

Mercury:

February 25th at 10:48 pm: Mercury stations retrograde at 22° of Pisces

March 20th at 12:32 pm: Mercury stations direct at 8° of Pisces

Shadow period: February 11th at 2:13 pm to April 9th at 4:36 am

June 29th at 10:35 am: Mercury stations retrograde at 26° of Cancer

July 23rd at 3:57 pm: Mercury stations direct at 16° of Cancer

Shadow period: June 12th at 5:54 pm to August 6th at 8:31 pm

October 24th at 12:12 am: Mercury stations retrograde at 20° of Scorpio

November 13th at 7:53 am: Mercury stations direct at 5° of Scorpio

Shadow period: October 4th at 2:12 am to November 29th at 10:14 pm

Venus:

October 3rd at 12:15 am: Venus stations retrograde at 8° of Scorpio

November 13th at 4:27 pm: Venus stations direct at 22° of Libra

Shadow period: August 31st at 7:21 am to December 15th at 10:30 am

Mars:

Mars will be direct for all of 2026, but because it will retrograde in January of 2027, it will be in its retrograde shadow period for the last two months of 2026.

January 10th (2027) at 4:59 am: Mars stations retrograde at 10° 25’ 44” of Virgo

April 1st (2027) at 7:08 am: Mars stations direct at 20° 55’ 36” of Leo

Shadow period: November 5th 2026 at 7:33 am to June 7th, 2027 at 6:57 pm

Jupiter:

March 10th at 8:29 pm: Jupiter stations direct at 15° of Cancer

December 12th at 4:56 pm: Jupiter stations retrograde at 27° of Leo

Saturn:

July 26th at 12:56 pm: Saturn stations retrograde at 14° of Aries

December 10th at 3:31 pm: Saturn stations direct at 7° of Aries

Uranus:

February 3rd at 6:33 pm: Uranus stations direct at 27° of Taurus

September 10th at 11:27 am: Uranus stations retrograde at 5° of Gemini

Neptune:

July 7th: Neptune stations retrograde at 4° of Aries

December 12th at 2:17 pm: Neptune stations direct at 1° of Aries

Pluto:

May 6th at 8:34 am: Pluto stations retrograde at 5° of Aquarius

October 15th at 7:40 pm: Pluto stations direct at 3° of Aquarius