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Retrograde planets 2027

Every planet but the Sun and the Moon seems to turn back for part of the year. In 2027 that is Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, each below to the minute in your own time.

Mercury

Tuesday February 9 to Wednesday March 3
Turns back Tuesday February 9, 5:36 p.m. UTC, at 5° Pisces; turns forward Wednesday March 3, 12:32 p.m. UTC, at 20° Aquarius.
Thursday June 10 to Sunday July 4
Turns back Thursday June 10, 6:15 p.m. UTC, at 6° Cancer; turns forward Sunday July 4, 7:39 p.m. UTC, at 27° Gemini.
Thursday October 7 to Thursday October 28
Turns back Thursday October 7, 2:37 p.m. UTC, at 4° Scorpio; turns forward Thursday October 28, 2:11 p.m. UTC, at 19° Libra.

Mars

Sunday January 10 to Thursday April 1
Turns back Sunday January 10, 12:59 p.m. UTC, at 10° Virgo; turns forward Thursday April 1, 2:08 p.m. UTC, at 20° Leo.

Jupiter

Sunday December 13, 2026 to Tuesday April 13, 2027
Turns back Sunday December 13, 2026, 12:57 a.m. UTC, at 27° Leo; turns forward Tuesday April 13, 2027, 2:11 a.m. UTC, at 16° Leo.

Saturn

Monday August 9 to Friday December 24
Turns back Monday August 9, 6:06 p.m. UTC, at 27° Aries; turns forward Friday December 24, 2:46 a.m. UTC, at 21° Aries.

Uranus

Thursday September 10, 2026 to Monday February 8, 2027
Turns back Thursday September 10, 2026, 6:27 p.m. UTC, at 5° Gemini; turns forward Monday February 8, 2027, 12:30 p.m. UTC, at 1° Gemini.
Wednesday September 15, 2027 to Saturday February 12, 2028
Turns back Wednesday September 15, 2027, 9:09 a.m. UTC, at 9° Gemini; turns forward Saturday February 12, 2028, 11:49 p.m. UTC, at 5° Gemini.

Neptune

Friday July 9 to Wednesday December 15
Turns back Friday July 9, 10:41 p.m. UTC, at 6° Aries; turns forward Wednesday December 15, 9:07 a.m. UTC, at 3° Aries.

Pluto

Saturday May 8 to Monday October 18
Turns back Saturday May 8, 12:56 p.m. UTC, at 7° Aquarius; turns forward Monday October 18, 3:50 a.m. UTC, at 4° Aquarius.

Times are shown in your own time zone once the page has loaded, and in Universal Time before. Every moment is measured from NASA JPL’s ephemeris.

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New and full Moons, eclipses, retrograde turns and the Sun’s new signs, each at its minute in your own time.

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Every Sunday, the week ahead read against your chart, with the day each contact is exact. Before each month, a longer look.

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Questions

Which planets are retrograde in 2027?

Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The outer planets, Jupiter to Pluto, are retrograde for four to five months of every year; Mercury three or four times for about three weeks, Venus and Mars less often.

What is a retrograde planet?

A planet that looks, from Earth, as if it has stopped and is moving backwards against the stars. None of them really reverses: it is the view from a moving Earth as it passes them, or they pass it.

What does a retrograde planet mean in a birth chart?

A planet that was retrograde when you were born is read as turned inward: what it stands for is worked out privately first and shown later. Your free chart marks each one.