{"id":47046,"date":"2018-05-14T19:55:05","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T00:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=47046"},"modified":"2025-03-06T07:48:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T12:48:46","slug":"2018-mercury-retrograde-dates-what-does-it-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/2018-mercury-retrograde-dates-what-does-it-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Mercury Retrograde Dates – what does it mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"retrograde-means\"<\/a>The 2018 Mercury retrogrades<\/a> are all in fire signs this year. The retrograde in Aries may prompt childish behavior in those who don’t get their way, while Leo’s retrograde could lead to inflated egos and snobbery, even among the most humble. Mercury’s time spent in Sag will likely see spells of bad luck and grand, long-term plans going awry. The remedy? Take things slow. Act carefully and conscientiously.<\/p>\n

When Mercury goes retrograde, that’s the time to slow down to notice changes you’d like to make, but you’ll wait to correct them after<\/em> Mercury has gone direct.\u00a0 During the retrograde, your time is best spent looking back in review – not looking forward. Astrologers say do not apply for a loan during this time, or interview for a new job.\u00a0 Do not take a first date seriously. Do not begin a new partnership.\u00a0 Hold off on romance.\u00a0 Mates from the past may reappear, or perhaps just past relationship baggage will cloud your thought processes – and the new relationship.\u00a0 Retrograde isn’t the time to break up or otherwise decide on a new direction in relationships. If you have to have “the talk,” hold off until Mercury goes direct. \u00a0 Even if things have taken a turn for the worst, when Mercury goes direct, you could pick up where you left off.\u00a0 That can be the good news and<\/em> the bad news. Either way, it gives you the chance to make a clean break and smooth over the messy outburst neither of you intended 3 weeks ago. A retrograde is not the time to set a date or finalize any important plans, as they’ll likely end up needing redoing.\u00a0 If you enter into contracts, make sure you read the fine print. This will save you much time and money later.<\/p>\n

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Mercury direct, however, is the time for new beginnings, setting the record straight, for making plans and commitments.\u00a0 It’s the time for clearing up any disputes you’ve had the past few weeks.\u00a0 It’s time for getting everything out in the open and making plans for the future.\u00a0 It’s a time to take steps toward financial self-sufficiency and to deal realistically with your debt.<\/p>\n

Things will begin to straighten out as Mercury passes the point where it first turned retrograde, and you can pick back up where you left off before it went retrograde.\u00a0Save the contract signing, the break up or engagement plans until after that, and this is also the time to repair any mis-takes of the retrograde period.<\/p>\n

How totally cool that even the planets give us do-overs.<\/p>\n

Retrogrades as a Metaphor for Consciousness Evolution:
\nAstrologer Martin Schulma<\/a>n, author of the Karmic Astrology series, writes in Retrogrades and Reincarnation, “More often than not, planets appear in retrograde motion when they are in opposition to the sun. \u00a0Thus, they often symbolize a vortex in consciousness which might be called the not-Sun<\/em> of reality. \u00a0The reader is cautioned not to attempt to experience the retrograde vibration on intuitive or psychic levels because the effect of so many retrograde placements can easily put an individual out of harmony with his own vibration. \u00a0It is therefore suggested that, except for your own chart, this information be read with enough personal detachment so that you are not pulled into the full vortex of the retrograde vibration.”<\/p>\n

2018 Mercury retrograde dates<\/span><\/p>\n

2018<\/span>
\nDecember 23, 2017 to\u00a0January 10, 2018\u00a0 in fire-sign Sagittarius
\nMarch 22 \u2013 April 15, 2018 in fire-sign Aries
\nJuly 26 \u2013 August 18, 2018 in fire-sign Leo water-sign Scorpio
\nNovember 16 \u2013 December 6 in fire sign Sagittarius, ends water sign Scorpio<\/p>\n

2019<\/span>
\nMarch 5 \u2013 28, 2019 in water-sign Pisces
\nJuly 7 \u2013 31, 2019 starts in fire-sign Leo, ends in water-sign Cancer
\nOctober 31 \u2013 November 20, 2019 in water-sign Scorpio<\/p>\n

2020<\/span>
\nFebruary 18 \u2013 March 9, 2020 in water-sign Pisces, ends in air-sign Aquarius
\nJune 17 \u2013 July 12, 2020 in water-sign Cancer
\nOctober 13 \u2013 November 3, 2020 in water-sign Scorpio, ends in air-sign Libra<\/p>\n

2021<\/span>
\nJanuary 30 \u2013 February 20 in air-sign Aquarius
\nMay 29 \u2013 June 22 in air-sign Gemini
\nSeptember 27 \u2013 October 18 in air-sign Libra<\/p>\n

2022<\/span>
\nJanuary 14 \u2013 February 3 starts in air sign Aquarius, ends in earth-sign Capricorn
\nMay 10 \u2013 June 2 starts in air sign Gemini, ends in earth-sign Taurus
\nSeptember 9 \u2013 October 2 starts in air-sign Libra, ends in earth-sign Virgo December 29 \u2013 January 18 in earth-sign Capricorn<\/p>\n

2023<\/span>
\nSee above, Dec 29, 2022 \u2013 Jan 18, 2023- goes direct in earth sign Capricorn
\nApril 21 \u2013 May 14 in earth sign Taurus
\nAugust 23 \u2013 September 15 in earth sign Virgo
\nDecember 13, 2023 \u2013 January 1, 2024 in fire-sign Sagittarius<\/p>\n

2024<\/span>
\nJanuary 1, 2024 goes direct in fire-sign Sagittarius
\nApril 1- April 25 in fire-sign Aries
\nAugust 4 \u2013 August 28 in earth-sign and ends in fire-sign Leo
\nNovember 25 \u2013 December 15 in fire-sign Sagittarius<\/p>\n

RELATED: Mercury Retrograde thru the signs<\/a>
\nMercury Retrograde thru the Houses<\/a>
\nMercury Retrograde DeMystified<\/a><\/p>\n

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