Is Mercury in retrograde right now?
No, Mercury is moving direct right now. Mercury is in Scorpio at 19° 15′, with an approximate daily rate of +0.583°. This reports its current apparent motion, not a retrograde shadow period.
Calculated · updates every minute
A live status, not a fixed date list
Mercury’s status here comes from the change in its calculated geocentric longitude. A negative rate is marked retrograde; a positive rate is direct. The answer is calculated when the page is requested and refreshes every minute while visible. If an update fails, the last successful timestamp remains visible with a notice.
Retrograde and shadow are different ideas
A shadow period is an astrological convention involving degrees Mercury revisits before or after retrograde. Being in a shadow is not the same as moving retrograde. This page reports actual apparent motion at the displayed instant and does not calculate shadow dates. The status alone also does not establish a personal outcome.
Try this.
- Read the yes-or-no status and calculation time.
- Check Mercury’s tropical sign, degree and daily rate on Transits.
- Keep symbolic interpretations separate from the measured motion.
A little more context.
Does direct mean Mercury’s post-shadow has ended?
No. Direct motion only describes the current direction of longitude change. Shadow-period boundaries require a separate calculation.
Is Mercury retrograde the same everywhere?
The geocentric motion status is shared worldwide at one instant. Local clock dates differ by time zone.
Reference: NASA · Apparent retrograde motion