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Retrograde planets right now
Which planets are moving backwards today, when they turn direct and when the next retrogrades begin.
November 12, 2026. Retrograde now: Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
Moving backwards: 7 of 12 bodies, 3 of the five planets
Personal planets
- SunScorpio+1°00′ a day20°06′
- MoonSagittarius+11°54′ a day25°48′
- MercuryScorpiobackwards until 13 November5°09′retrograde
- VenusLibrabackwards until 14 November22°54′retrograde
- MarsLeo+0°28′ a day24°10′
Slow planets and points
- JupiterLeo+0°06′ a day25°33′
- SaturnAriesbackwards until 10 December8°38′retrograde
- UranusGemini−0°02′ a day4°13′retrograde
- NeptuneAriesbarely moving right now1°52′retrograde
- PlutoAquariusbarely moving right now3°14′
- North NodeAquarius−0°11′ a day25°29′retrograde
- ChironAries−0°03′ a day27°33′retrograde
The degree is where a body stands on the ecliptic at noon. ℞ means it is moving backwards through the zodiac.
Mercury
Retrograde
Venus
Retrograde
Mars
Direct
Jupiter
Direct
Saturn
Retrograde
Mercury
Current period —
Three weeks of Mercury moving backwards: messages go astray, meetings get muddled, agreements need confirming again.
Reread the message. Ask again what time the meeting is.
Venus
Current period —
Six weeks of Venus moving backwards: people you had parted from come back, and a big purchase stops pleasing you within days.
Finish the old conversation. Put the purchase off.
Mars
Next period —
Two months of Mars moving backwards: work stalls, and pushing harder produces irritation instead of results.
Finish what is started. Open nothing new for now.
Jupiter
Next period —
Four months of Jupiter moving backwards: the growth you counted on is postponed, and what you took on costs more than it looked.
Add up what the thing you already started costs.
Saturn
Current period —
Four and a half months of Saturn moving backwards: what you promised long ago and never did comes back, and your deadlines move.
Look again at one old obligation. Drop it if it is spent.
What retrograde means
A planet is retrograde when, seen from Earth, it appears to move backwards through the zodiac. Nothing happens to its orbit: Earth overtakes a slower outer planet, or Mercury or Venus overtakes us, and the line of sight swings back for a while. We call a planet retrograde on the days its speed along the zodiac is negative.
Mercury turns retrograde three or four times a year for about three weeks. Venus does it once every year and a half for about six weeks, Mars once every two years for two to two and a half months. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto spend four to five months of every year retrograde, so on most days at least one planet is. The Sun and the Moon are never retrograde.
What to do with it
A retrograde planet sends you back over ground already covered in its own subject. Mercury: messages, documents and tickets need a second check, and old conversations come up again. Venus: old feelings and old spending habits return, and it is a poor time for a new look or a big purchase. Mars: things stall, so finish what is already started. The slow planets work in the background and are felt mostly on the days they turn.
Questions about retrograde planets
The line at the top of this page lists every planet that is retrograde today. If Mercury is not in it, Mercury is direct. The calendar on this page shows when its next retrograde starts and ends.
Yes, with more care than usual: reread the document, confirm dates and addresses, keep copies, leave time for delays. The one thing the period is bad for is hurrying.
The day a planet seems to stop before changing direction. Its subject is loudest around that day, which is why the first and last days of a retrograde are felt more than the middle.
Eight, from Mercury to Pluto. The calendar draws the five that are followed through the year: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.