Retrogrades 2027: Every Planet's Retrograde Dates

Retrogrades 2027 involve every planet except Venus. Mercury turns retrograde three times, Mars once, and the five slow planets from Jupiter to Pluto each spend several months moving backwards through the sky. Below is a table of every station in 2027, with exact times in UTC and the sign and degree, followed by a plain-English guide to what each retrograde is about.

All dates were calculated from each planet's geocentric position in the tropical zodiac, with the moment of each station found to the minute, and checked against published ephemerides. Different sources can differ by a few minutes and sometimes by a day because of time zones, so treat the UTC time as the reference.

Retrograde dates in 2027 at a glance

A planet is retrograde between its station retrograde and its station direct. Some retrogrades begin in 2026 and end in 2027, or begin in 2027 and end in 2028. The table lists every retrograde that touches 2027.

Two further stations fall in early 2027 for retrogrades that began the previous year:

• Saturn stations direct on 10 December 2026 at 7°55′ Aries (its 2026 retrograde ended before the new year).
• Uranus stations direct on 8 February 2027, 12:23 UTC, at 1°40′ Gemini. Its retrograde began on 10 September 2026 at 5°41′ Gemini.

Retrograde by retrograde, in date order

Jupiter: until 13 April 2027

Jupiter has been retrograde since 13 December 2026 and turns direct on 13 April 2027 (02:13 UTC) at 16°59′ Leo. It stays in Leo throughout and doesn't change sign until it moves into Virgo on 26 July 2027. Jupiter is the planet of growth, belief and opportunity, and its retrogrades are traditionally a time to review, consolidate and refine plans rather than expand them. If you're curious about how Jupiter relates to your age, see our guide to the Jupiter return.

Mars: 10 January to 1 April

Mars retrogrades roughly every two years, for around two and a half months. It stations retrograde at 10°25′ Virgo on 10 January 2027 (13:01 UTC), moves back into Leo on 21 February (14:15 UTC) and stations direct at 20°55′ Leo on 1 April (14:10 UTC). It re-enters Virgo, moving forward, on 14 May. Mars is the planet of drive, action and anger, so a retrograde often feels like slowed momentum, with old arguments or unfinished projects returning for a second look. The pattern in your own chart depends on your Mars sign, which our guide to Mars in the signs covers.

Mercury: three times in 2027

Mercury is retrograde from 9 February to 3 March, from 10 June to 4 July and from 7 to 28 October. The full dates, signs and shadow periods are in our dedicated guide to Mercury retrograde in 2027. In brief:

Pluto: 8 May to 18 October

Pluto stations retrograde at 7°10′ Aquarius on 8 May (12:14 UTC) and direct at 4°44′ Aquarius on 18 October (03:51 UTC). That's about five months backwards through about two and a half degrees. Pluto is the planet of deep change, power and transformation, and its retrogrades are quiet, internal affairs: a good moment to look at the long-running themes of your life. See our guide to Pluto in Aquarius.

Neptune: 9 July to 15 December

Neptune stations retrograde at 6°39′ Aries on 9 July (22:49 UTC) and direct at 3°51′ Aries on 15 December (09:42 UTC). Neptune is the planet of dreams, imagination, ideals and illusion; during its retrograde many people find that vague hopes get a reality check and the picture becomes clearer. More in our article on Neptune in Aries.

Saturn: 9 August to 24 December

Saturn stations retrograde at 27°52′ Aries on 9 August (17:52 UTC) and direct at 21°01′ Aries on 24 December (02:49 UTC). It remains in Aries, coming back over the same degrees where it travelled earlier in the year, and enters Taurus only in April 2028. Saturn retrogrades are traditionally read as an audit: of structures, commitments and responsibilities. Details are in our guide to Saturn in Aries.

Uranus: from 15 September

Uranus stations retrograde at 9°57′ Gemini on 15 September (09:14 UTC) and stays retrograde into the new year, turning direct on 12 February 2028 at 5°55′ Gemini. Uranus is the planet of change, surprise and freedom. Retrograde, it asks you to digest recent changes rather than add more. More about the sign in our guide to Uranus in Gemini.

Why does Venus have no retrograde in 2027?

Venus turns retrograde about every 19 months, for around six weeks. Its latest retrograde runs from 3 October 2026 (07:10 UTC, at 8°29′ Scorpio) to 14 November 2026 (00:20 UTC, at 22°51′ Libra). The next one begins on 10 May 2028 (23:01 UTC, at 19°41′ Gemini). So all of 2027 is a Venus-direct year.

What does retrograde actually mean?

No planet really goes into reverse. A retrograde is an optical effect. As Earth overtakes a slower outer planet, or is overtaken by a faster inner one, the planet appears to drift backwards against the stars for a while, just like a car you pass on the motorway seems to slide back. The moment the planet appears to stand still before changing direction is called a station, and astrologers pay particular attention to those moments.

The outer planets (Jupiter to Pluto) are each retrograde for four to five months a year, so at any moment several of them are retrograde at once. That's normal, so there's no reason for alarm. Astrologers read a retrograde as a time to look inward and revisit the themes of that planet. It doesn't mean that things stop.

How can I tell if a retrograde touches my chart?

What matters is which house of your chart the retrograde falls in, and whether the station lands within a few degrees of one of your own planets or angles. A station at a degree you hold in your birth chart tends to be felt more than one that doesn't touch anything. If you don't know your Rising sign yet, the free rising sign calculator will tell you in seconds, and from there you can count the houses.

For a personalised overview, The Year Ahead lists the stations and retrogrades that touch your own chart, together with the main transits and eclipses month by month. Our explainer on transits shows how these pieces fit together.