Retrograde calendar

Every retrograde in 2027

Three Mercury retrogrades, one Mars, and no Venus at all. 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 2027 gets

Busiest day: (98%). Longest quiet stretch: 37 days from .

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How it's measured ›

Month by month

January
Mars turns retrograde in VirgoSlows
February
Uranus turns directEases
Mercury turns retrograde in PiscesSlows
March
Mercury turns directEases
April
Mars turns directEases
Jupiter turns directEases
May
Pluto turns retrograde in AquariusSlows
June
Mercury turns retrograde in CancerSlows
July
Mercury turns directEases
Neptune turns retrograde in AriesSlows
August
Saturn turns retrograde in AriesSlows
September
Uranus turns retrograde in GeminiSlows
October
Mercury turns retrograde in ScorpioSlows
Pluto turns directEases
Mercury turns directEases
November

No planets change direction. A quiet month.

December
Neptune turns directEases
Saturn turns directEases
No Venus retrograde in 2027The next one starts .