Mercury is currently in retrograde, in Leo located at 10 Leo 08' 17"

Planetary Aspects

(out 5 Days)

Mercury is currently in Conjunction The Sun

   Ends on Sunday, 03 August, 2025

Upcoming Retrogrades

PlanetStationary (retrograde)Stationary (direct)In Sign
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
mercury2027-06-10 18:16:00 UTC2027-07-04 19:40:00 UTCCancer

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

30.07.2025 at 11:17:56 UTC

chart wheel
PlanetLongitude
The Sun07 Leo 33' 35"
The Moon14 Lib 59' 59"
Mercury10 Leo 08' 16" R
Venus29 Gem 11' 53"
Mars25 Vir 21' 37"
Jupiter11 Can 23' 05"
Saturn01 Ari 41' 04" R
Uranus00 Gem 52' 34"
Neptune02 Ari 00' 13" R
Pluto02 Aqu 28' 03" R

Solar Status

BZ Status:-2
Proton Density:0.26
Proton Speed:421.4 k/sec
KP Status:1.33
TypeJul 30Jul 31Aug 1
Active35%35%20%
Minor20%15%5%
Moderate5%1%1%
Strong1%1%1%
Kp Index Prediction
00-03UT2.003.672.33
03-06UT1.673.002.67
06-09UT2.332.672.33
09-12UT2.002.002.00
12-15UT2.002.332.00
15-18UT2.672.331.67
18-21UT3.672.672.00
21-00UT4.002.672.33
Solar Activity
Solar activity was at low levels. Region 4153 (S30W34, Eso/beta) remained the largest group on the visible disk, but remained relatively quiet. Region 4155 (S09W10, Dri/beta) exhibited growth as it gained additional spots and developed rudimentary penumbra on both its poles. AR 4155 was the culprit of minor flare activity, producing a C3.1 flare at 29/0511 UTC. Region 4161 (S13E54, Eso/beta) exhibited decay in its intermediate spots and Region 4164 (S21E38, Axx/alpha) was numbered this period, but was otherwise unremarkable. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available coronagraph imagery.
Solar Wind
The solar wind parameters reflected a slightly disturbed regime. Total field was slightly enhanced ranging from 1-7 nT. The Bz component underwent a few southward deflections reaching -5 nT, but was otherwise benign. Solar wind speeds exhibited a declining trend falling from near 400 km/s to near 375 km/s. Phi was predominantly in a negative solar sector.
Energetic Particle
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux returned to moderate levels. The greater than 10 MeV proton flux was steady at background levels throughout the period.