Retrograde calendar
Every retrograde in 2026
Three Mercury retrogrades, no Mars at all, and one Venus. Here's the whole year on one screen.
Dates in US Eastern time
The year at a glance
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Bright bars: the fast planets most people feel. Soft bars: the slow outer planets, which spend months of every year retrograde.
How busy 2026 gets
Busiest day: (100%). Longest quiet stretch: 97 days from .
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How it's measured ›Month by month
January
No planets change direction. A quiet month.
April
No planets change direction. A quiet month.
May
Pluto turns retrograde in AquariusSlows
June
August
No planets change direction. A quiet month.
September
Uranus turns retrograde in GeminiSlows
October
Pluto turns directEases