Mercury in Leo: Meaning and Every Date, 2000 to 2035
The short answer
Mercury makes 36 visits to Leo between 2000 and 2035, 1,011 days in all. The first stretch runs 7 August 2000 to 22 August 2000 and the last 21 July 2035 to 5 August 2035.
What Mercury in Leo means
Mercury describes how you think, talk and make arrangements. In Leo, a fire sign of the fixed modality ruled by the Sun, that side of you runs on warmth, pride, play and the wish to be seen for what you make.
Mercury has no traditional dignity or debility in Leo, so the sign's own character does most of the talking.
Between 2000 and 2035, Mercury is in Leo 36 separate times, 1011 days in all, and turns retrograde there 12 times. Anyone born during one of the stretches listed below has Mercury in Leo in their birth chart.
Mercury in Leo at a glance
- Leo is a fire sign of the fixed modality, ruled by the Sun.
- Dignity of Mercury in Leo (traditional table): none.
- Visits between 2000 and 2035: 36, 1,011 days in all, with 12 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 Leo, 2000 to 2035
| Enters Leo | Leaves Leo | Days | Retrograde in Leo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2000 | 22 August 2000 | 15 | No |
| 30 July 2001 | 14 August 2001 | 15 | No |
| 21 July 2002 | 6 August 2002 | 16 | No |
| 13 July 2003 | 30 July 2003 | 17 | No |
| 4 July 2004 | 25 July 2004 | 21 | No |
| 25 August 2004 | 10 September 2004 | 16 | 25 August 2004 to 2 September 2004 |
| 28 June 2005 | 4 September 2005 | 69 | 23 July 2005 to 16 August 2005 |
| 28 June 2006 | 10 July 2006 | 12 | 4 July 2006 to 10 July 2006 |
| 11 August 2006 | 27 August 2006 | 17 | No |
| 4 August 2007 | 19 August 2007 | 15 | No |
| 26 July 2008 | 10 August 2008 | 15 | No |
| 17 July 2009 | 2 August 2009 | 16 | No |
| 9 July 2010 | 27 July 2010 | 18 | No |
| 2 July 2011 | 28 July 2011 | 27 | No |
| 8 August 2011 | 9 September 2011 | 32 | 8 August 2011 to 26 August 2011 |
| 26 June 2012 | 1 September 2012 | 67 | 15 July 2012 to 8 August 2012 |
| 8 August 2013 | 23 August 2013 | 15 | No |
| 31 July 2014 | 15 August 2014 | 15 | No |
| 23 July 2015 | 7 August 2015 | 15 | No |
| 14 July 2016 | 30 July 2016 | 17 | No |
| 6 July 2017 | 25 July 2017 | 20 | No |
| 31 August 2017 | 10 September 2017 | 9 | 31 August 2017 to 5 September 2017 |
| 29 June 2018 | 6 September 2018 | 69 | 26 July 2018 to 19 August 2018 |
| 27 June 2019 | 19 July 2019 | 22 | 7 July 2019 to 19 July 2019 |
| 11 August 2019 | 29 August 2019 | 18 | No |
| 5 August 2020 | 20 August 2020 | 15 | No |
| 28 July 2021 | 11 August 2021 | 15 | No |
| 19 July 2022 | 4 August 2022 | 16 | No |
| 11 July 2023 | 28 July 2023 | 18 | No |
| 2 July 2024 | 25 July 2024 | 23 | No |
| 15 August 2024 | 9 September 2024 | 25 | 15 August 2024 to 28 August 2024 |
| 26 June 2025 | 2 September 2025 | 68 | 18 July 2025 to 11 August 2025 |
| 9 August 2026 | 25 August 2026 | 16 | No |
| 2 August 2027 | 17 August 2027 | 15 | No |
| 24 July 2028 | 8 August 2028 | 15 | No |
| 15 July 2029 | 31 July 2029 | 16 | No |
| 7 July 2030 | 26 July 2030 | 19 | No |
| 30 June 2031 | 7 September 2031 | 69 | 29 July 2031 to 22 August 2031 |
| 25 June 2032 | 25 July 2032 | 30 | 10 July 2032 to 25 July 2032 |
| 10 August 2032 | 29 August 2032 | 19 | No |
| 6 August 2033 | 21 August 2033 | 15 | No |
| 29 July 2034 | 13 August 2034 | 15 | No |
| 21 July 2035 | 5 August 2035 | 16 | No |
Before 2000 and after 2035
Before 2000, Mercury was last in Leo 26 June 1999 to 31 August 1999. After 2035, Mercury is next in Leo 11 July 2036 to 28 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 Cancer · 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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