Mercury Retrograde 2026: Every Date, Every Sign

• ✦February 26 – March 20, 2026 — Pisces. Boundaries, dreams, and the things you tell yourself.
• ✦June 29 – July 23, 2026 — begins in Leo, retrogrades into Cancer. Family, home, and public identity.
• ✦October 24 – November 13, 2026 — Scorpio. Money that touches other people; anything hidden.

Two-week shadow periods flank each window. If a topic feels loud two weeks before the station, that's why.

Water retrogrades run quieter than earth or fire ones. Less "the airline lost my luggage," more "I've been avoiding this conversation for six months." The instructions are the same — review, revise, don't sign — but the material is inner.

Journaling actually helps here. So does one honest conversation per window.

• ✦Back up your files before the station date; that alone catches most of the "chaos."
• ✦Read every contract twice. Have someone else read it once.
• ✦Schedule buffer time around travel; keep documents on two devices.
• ✦Save major launches for the direct periods between (April, September, December).