Mercury in Aries: Meaning and Every Date, 2000 to 2035
The short answer
Mercury makes 36 visits to Aries between 2000 and 2035, 993 days in all. The first stretch runs 13 April 2000 to 30 April 2000 and the last 28 March 2035 to 12 April 2035.
What Mercury in Aries means
Mercury describes how you think, talk and make arrangements. In Aries, a fire sign of the cardinal modality ruled by Mars, that side of you runs on directness, speed, courage and a low tolerance for waiting.
Mercury has no traditional dignity or debility in Aries, so the sign's own character does most of the talking.
Between 2000 and 2035, Mercury is in Aries 36 separate times, 993 days in all, and turns retrograde there 11 times. Anyone born during one of the stretches listed below has Mercury in Aries in their birth chart.
Mercury in Aries at a glance
- Aries is a fire sign of the cardinal modality, ruled by Mars.
- Dignity of Mercury in Aries (traditional table): none.
- Visits between 2000 and 2035: 36, 993 days in all, with 11 retrograde spells.
- A visit to one sign lasts about 36 days on average (shortest about 14 days, longest about 2 months).
Every date Mercury is in Aries, 2000 to 2035
| Enters Aries | Leaves Aries | Days | Retrograde in Aries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 April 2000 | 30 April 2000 | 17 | No |
| 6 April 2001 | 21 April 2001 | 16 | No |
| 29 March 2002 | 13 April 2002 | 15 | No |
| 21 March 2003 | 5 April 2003 | 15 | No |
| 12 March 2004 | 1 April 2004 | 20 | No |
| 13 April 2004 | 16 May 2004 | 33 | 13 April 2004 to 30 April 2004 |
| 5 March 2005 | 12 May 2005 | 68 | 20 March 2005 to 12 April 2005 |
| 16 April 2006 | 5 May 2006 | 19 | No |
| 10 April 2007 | 27 April 2007 | 16 | No |
| 2 April 2008 | 17 April 2008 | 15 | No |
| 25 March 2009 | 9 April 2009 | 15 | No |
| 17 March 2010 | 2 April 2010 | 16 | No |
| 9 March 2011 | 15 May 2011 | 67 | 30 March 2011 to 23 April 2011 |
| 2 March 2012 | 23 March 2012 | 21 | 12 March 2012 to 23 March 2012 |
| 16 April 2012 | 9 May 2012 | 22 | No |
| 14 April 2013 | 1 May 2013 | 18 | No |
| 7 April 2014 | 23 April 2014 | 16 | No |
| 31 March 2015 | 14 April 2015 | 15 | No |
| 22 March 2016 | 5 April 2016 | 15 | No |
| 13 March 2017 | 31 March 2017 | 18 | No |
| 20 April 2017 | 16 May 2017 | 25 | 20 April 2017 to 3 May 2017 |
| 6 March 2018 | 13 May 2018 | 68 | 23 March 2018 to 15 April 2018 |
| 17 April 2019 | 6 May 2019 | 20 | No |
| 11 April 2020 | 27 April 2020 | 17 | No |
| 4 April 2021 | 19 April 2021 | 15 | No |
| 27 March 2022 | 11 April 2022 | 15 | No |
| 19 March 2023 | 3 April 2023 | 16 | No |
| 10 March 2024 | 15 May 2024 | 67 | 1 April 2024 to 25 April 2024 |
| 3 March 2025 | 30 March 2025 | 27 | 15 March 2025 to 30 March 2025 |
| 16 April 2025 | 10 May 2025 | 24 | No |
| 15 April 2026 | 3 May 2026 | 18 | No |
| 8 April 2027 | 24 April 2027 | 16 | No |
| 31 March 2028 | 15 April 2028 | 15 | No |
| 23 March 2029 | 7 April 2029 | 15 | No |
| 15 March 2030 | 1 April 2030 | 17 | No |
| 28 April 2030 | 15 May 2030 | 17 | 28 April 2030 to 6 May 2030 |
| 7 March 2031 | 14 May 2031 | 68 | 26 March 2031 to 18 April 2031 |
| 2 March 2032 | 13 March 2032 | 12 | 7 March 2032 to 13 March 2032 |
| 16 April 2032 | 7 May 2032 | 20 | No |
| 12 April 2033 | 29 April 2033 | 17 | No |
| 5 April 2034 | 20 April 2034 | 15 | No |
| 28 March 2035 | 12 April 2035 | 15 | No |
Before 2000 and after 2035
Before 2000, Mercury was last in Aries 2 March 1999 to 8 May 1999. After 2035, Mercury is next in Aries 19 March 2036 to 3 April 2036.
Where these dates come from
Every date on this page is read from the site's ephemeris, the same one behind the daily horoscopes and birth charts. Positions are charted at 12:00 UTC each day from 1950 to 2045, and every five days further out for Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Each sign change is placed where the planet's path between two neighbouring days crosses the sign boundary, which lands within minutes of the true moment. Dates are UTC, so a change late in the day can fall on the next date in Australia or Asia. Retrograde spells run from the day the planet appears to stop and turn back to the day it turns forward again. Positions are geocentric, in the tropical zodiac.
Mercury in the other signs and houses
Mercury in Taurus · Mercury in Gemini · Mercury in Cancer · Mercury in Leo · Mercury in Virgo · Mercury in Libra · Mercury in Scorpio · Mercury in Sagittarius · Mercury in Capricorn · Mercury in Aquarius · Mercury in Pisces
Mercury by house: 1st house · 2nd house · 3rd house · 4th house · 5th house · 6th house · 7th house · 8th house · 9th house · 10th house · 11th house · 12th house
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