Mercury is currently in retrograde, in Pisces located at 26 Pis 53' 24"

Planetary Aspects

(out 5 Days)

Mercury is currently in Conjunction Venus

Mercury is currently Trine Mars

Mercury is currently in Conjunction Saturn

Mercury is currently Sextile Uranus

Mercury is currently in Conjunction Neptune

Upcoming Retrogrades

PlanetStationary (retrograde)Stationary (direct)In Sign
mercury2025-07-18 04:45:00 UTC2025-08-11 07:30:00 UTCLeo
mercury2025-11-09 19:02:00 UTC2025-11-29 17:39:00 UTCSagittarius
mercury2026-02-26 06:49:00 UTC2026-03-20 19:33:00 UTCPisces
mercury2026-06-29 17:36:00 UTC2026-07-23 22:58:00 UTCCancer
mercury2026-10-24 07:13:00 UTC2026-11-13 15:54:00 UTCScorpio
mercury2027-02-09 17:37:00 UTC2027-03-03 12:32:00 UTCPisces

Even people who aren’t even remotely familiar with astrology have heard of this one.  Mercury is also Hermes, considered the emissary of the Gods but also, something of a trickster. Ruling Virgo and Gemini, this planetary influence usually denotes something of an adaptable nature but also, a very curious, very chatty sort of feel.

Mercury is also a quick little booger. Because this is one of the inner planets, it moves around the sun much more quickly than other planets - which is, incidentally, why you’ll hear about Mercury's retrograde cycles much more frequently. They happen more frequently! (But wait, there’s more!) The best way to think about what Mercury does in astrology is that it rules your mind and your mouth but also, the way you move: communication, technology, travel, speech and thinking - and everything that ties in there.

The Retrograde

Mercury retrograde is a well known, regular cycle that happens three to four times every year and it lasts around 24 days. You’d think the frequency would kind of hint that maybe the things that occur during it can be prevented with a little foresight - and yet, though most people associate technological breakdowns and communications issues with this cycle, the truth is this is also one of those times an ex might pop up either in your thoughts or in reality. You know that’s a bad idea even without astrological influence, but there you have it. Instead of reaching out, just write this one off to Mercury Retrograde and you’ll be good to go!

This particular retrograde cycle has been known about for a long time. Between the mid-18th and early 19th centuries, the only people who really cared a whole lot about Mercury in Retrograde were farmers. This is because it was usually associated more frequently with heavy rains and bad things happening in that respect, but not very much. If you really want somebody to blame for the rise in this particular scapegoat: blame Baltimore. I blame Baltimore for a lot of things but it was really their horoscopes where you begin to see the big thrust of this as the reason everyone’s life goes to shit or they’re more or less having a time of it. It was April of 1979 when the Baltimore Sun let everyone know, “Hey, this is why this crap keeps happening!” and it just took off from there. As mentioned elsewhere on this site, of course, if you look at the developing technologies and their use gaining popularity - it would make sense that, well, here you have a ready made gremlin that impacts all those things. There are also quite a few people who blame Taylor Swift for this bigger recent uptick in it in terms of pop culture because well, Tay Tay did an interview where she talked about it. With that, hundreds of thousands of teen girls suddenly had a great intangible boogieman beyond their control to blame their bullshit on three or four times a year. It might kind-of explain those breakup songs, if you ask me, but, well, there you go.

Regardless, it’s become so popular, I am not sure I really need to tell you - but if you wanted to really milk it for all its worth, basically don’t do anything that requires communicating, sealing the deal, travel or otherwise during this cycle. I’m sure that’s going to be acceptable when you call into work. Or, you could take the more rational approach and recognize that if you do notice a lot of things really wonking up, maybe those things could stand being corrected inasmuch as you can from your end of things. Is it happening that often because of the speed in which Mercury moves around the Sun or, is it more like problems that go unresolved tend to pop up again and again?

I don’t know. It’s all a mystery of the cosmos!

Planetary Positions

06.04.2025 at 06:45:46 UTC

chart wheel
PlanetLongitude
The Sun16 Ari 43' 16"
The Moon01 Leo 11' 03"
Mercury26 Pis 53' 24" R
Venus25 Pis 33' 06" R
Mars25 Can 24' 32"
Jupiter16 Gem 49' 22"
Saturn25 Pis 07' 05"
Uranus25 Tau 00' 21"
Neptune00 Ari 15' 07"
Pluto03 Aqu 37' 46"

Solar Status

BZ Status:1
Proton Density:0.55
Proton Speed:599.4 k/sec
KP Status:3.33
TypeApr 6Apr 7Apr 8
Active35%35%35%
Minor25%20%20%
Moderate10%5%5%
Strong1%1%1%
Kp Index Prediction
00-03UT5.672.333.33
03-06UT4.002.673.67
06-09UT3.332.003.00
09-12UT3.002.002.67
12-15UT2.332.332.33
15-18UT2.333.002.33
18-21UT2.003.332.00
21-00UT1.673.671.67
Solar Activity
Solar activity reached moderate levels following an isolated M1.0 flare, the largest flare of the period, from Region 4048 (S16W15, Fkc/beta-gamma) at 05/2005 UTC. This region added several low-level C-class flares as well. Regions 4043 (N15, L=001) and 4051 (S08W70, Cao/beta) were the only other two regions that contributed to the flare activity, both adding low-level C-class flares. Region 4050 (N31W37, Dao/beta) and newly numbered Regions 4054 (S13E10, Cao/beta) and 4055 (N09E34, Cro/beta) all observed growth during the period. The remaining regions were either stable or exhibited slight decay during the period.
Solar Wind
Solar wind parameters remained enhanced due to negative polarity CH HSS influences. Total field gradually decreased slightly from 13 nT to approximately 8 nT. The Bz component initially ranged from +10 nT to -11 nT, but ended mostly negative, averaging near -5 nT. Solar wind speed data was highly contaminated as density levels dropped to near zero. Overall trends indicated that speeds were likely between 500-600 km/s, possibly reaching an isolated peak over 700 km/s. Phi angle was in a negative orientation throughout the majority of the period.
Energetic Particle
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux reached high levels, seeing a peak value of 2350 pfu. The greater than 10 MeV proton flux was at background levels.