Mercury in Cancer: Meaning and Every Date, 2000 to 2035
The short answer
Mercury makes 36 visits to Cancer between 2000 and 2035, 1,023 days in all. The first stretch runs 30 May 2000 to 7 August 2000 and the last 6 July 2035 to 21 July 2035.
What Mercury in Cancer means
Mercury describes how you think, talk and make arrangements. In Cancer, a water sign of the cardinal modality ruled by the Moon, that side of you runs on protection, memory, home and the people you count as family.
Mercury has no traditional dignity or debility in Cancer, so the sign's own character does most of the talking.
Between 2000 and 2035, Mercury is in Cancer 36 separate times, 1023 days in all, and turns retrograde there 11 times. Anyone born during one of the stretches listed below has Mercury in Cancer in their birth chart.
Mercury in Cancer at a glance
- Cancer is a water sign of the cardinal modality, ruled by the Moon.
- Dignity of Mercury in Cancer (traditional table): none.
- Visits between 2000 and 2035: 36, 1,023 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 Cancer, 2000 to 2035
| Enters Cancer | Leaves Cancer | Days | Retrograde in Cancer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 May 2000 | 7 August 2000 | 69 | 23 June 2000 to 17 July 2000 |
| 12 July 2001 | 30 July 2001 | 18 | No |
| 7 July 2002 | 21 July 2002 | 15 | No |
| 29 June 2003 | 13 July 2003 | 14 | No |
| 19 June 2004 | 4 July 2004 | 15 | No |
| 11 June 2005 | 28 June 2005 | 17 | No |
| 3 June 2006 | 28 June 2006 | 25 | No |
| 10 July 2006 | 11 August 2006 | 31 | 10 July 2006 to 29 July 2006 |
| 29 May 2007 | 4 August 2007 | 68 | 15 June 2007 to 10 July 2007 |
| 10 July 2008 | 26 July 2008 | 16 | No |
| 3 July 2009 | 17 July 2009 | 14 | No |
| 25 June 2010 | 9 July 2010 | 14 | No |
| 16 June 2011 | 2 July 2011 | 15 | No |
| 7 June 2012 | 26 June 2012 | 19 | No |
| 31 May 2013 | 8 August 2013 | 69 | 26 June 2013 to 20 July 2013 |
| 29 May 2014 | 17 June 2014 | 19 | 7 June 2014 to 17 June 2014 |
| 13 July 2014 | 31 July 2014 | 19 | No |
| 8 July 2015 | 23 July 2015 | 15 | No |
| 29 June 2016 | 14 July 2016 | 14 | No |
| 21 June 2017 | 6 July 2017 | 15 | No |
| 12 June 2018 | 29 June 2018 | 16 | No |
| 4 June 2019 | 27 June 2019 | 22 | No |
| 19 July 2019 | 11 August 2019 | 24 | 19 July 2019 to 1 August 2019 |
| 28 May 2020 | 5 August 2020 | 68 | 18 June 2020 to 12 July 2020 |
| 11 July 2021 | 28 July 2021 | 16 | No |
| 5 July 2022 | 19 July 2022 | 14 | No |
| 27 June 2023 | 11 July 2023 | 14 | No |
| 17 June 2024 | 2 July 2024 | 15 | No |
| 8 June 2025 | 26 June 2025 | 18 | No |
| 1 June 2026 | 9 August 2026 | 69 | 29 June 2026 to 23 July 2026 |
| 28 May 2027 | 26 June 2027 | 29 | 10 June 2027 to 26 June 2027 |
| 12 July 2027 | 2 August 2027 | 21 | No |
| 9 July 2028 | 24 July 2028 | 15 | No |
| 1 July 2029 | 15 July 2029 | 14 | No |
| 22 June 2030 | 7 July 2030 | 14 | No |
| 14 June 2031 | 30 June 2031 | 16 | No |
| 5 June 2032 | 25 June 2032 | 20 | No |
| 25 July 2032 | 10 August 2032 | 16 | 25 July 2032 to 3 August 2032 |
| 29 May 2033 | 6 August 2033 | 69 | 21 June 2033 to 15 July 2033 |
| 12 July 2034 | 29 July 2034 | 17 | No |
| 6 July 2035 | 21 July 2035 | 14 | No |
Before 2000 and after 2035
Before 2000, Mercury was last in Cancer 7 June 1999 to 11 August 1999. After 2035, Mercury is next in Cancer 27 June 2036 to 11 July 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 Aries · Mercury in Taurus · Mercury in Gemini · 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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