Mercury Retrograde Dates for 2022

January 13 to February 3 

May 10 to June 2

September 9 to October 1

December 28 to January 18 (2023)

The planet mercury goes retrograde 3-4 times a year in Astrology. This retrograde concept becomes a debate between Astrologers & Astronomers, Astrology predates Astronomy, in ancient Greek, they didn’t have the Technology & Telescopes & Astronomical Wisdom that we have today. So it appeared to Astrologers that the planet Mercury was moving backwards.  Mercury’s retrograde motion can be understood by knowing that all of the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun at different distances and speeds that we call cycles. I am sure you learned about this in school.  The earth also orbits the Sun. We can observe planets moving across our sky, following their own paths & cycles.  It may appear, from our Earthly perspective,  that a planet has switched directions & is now moving in reverse. This is actually an illusion caused by our position on Earth in relation to that  planet, since a planet in orbit always travels in a set direction and doesn’t exactly reverse course just for our point of view. 

However, 1,000s of Astrologers have researched this Mercury retrograde phenomenon since the 1930’s. This is probably the most investigated Astrological occurrence.  Astrologers have found influences that occur when the planet Mercury moves away from our position in Orbit. This is not at all intended to make you feel fearful about Mercury Retrogrades.  This is to Teach you how to align with the energy of a Retrograde.

Planet Mercury rules over communication including Writing,Texting, Email, CONTRACTS,  Publishing & Filming. Mercury also rules over travel, technology and the sign of Gemini.  Whenever Mercury is Retrograde we can have Communication Breakdowns with others. Perhaps,  what we say is not always being understood as what we meant by it. It can be best to put things in writing at this time. Relationships can be strained by miscommunications.