Mercury in Libra: Meaning and Every Date, 2000 to 2035
The short answer
Mercury makes 36 visits to Libra between 2000 and 2035, 1,208 days in all. The first stretch runs 7 September 2000 to 28 September 2000 and the last 11 October 2035 to 31 October 2035.
What Mercury in Libra means
Mercury describes how you think, talk and make arrangements. In Libra, an air sign of the cardinal modality ruled by Venus, that side of you runs on fairness, partnership, taste and the effort to keep things in balance.
Mercury has no traditional dignity or debility in Libra, so the sign's own character does most of the talking.
Between 2000 and 2035, Mercury is in Libra 36 separate times, 1208 days in all, and turns retrograde there 17 times. Anyone born during one of the stretches listed below has Mercury in Libra in their birth chart.
Mercury in Libra at a glance
- Libra is an air sign of the cardinal modality, ruled by Venus.
- Dignity of Mercury in Libra (traditional table): none.
- Visits between 2000 and 2035: 36, 1,208 days in all, with 17 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 Libra, 2000 to 2035
| Enters Libra | Leaves Libra | Days | Retrograde in Libra |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2000 | 28 September 2000 | 21 | No |
| 7 November 2000 | 8 November 2000 | 1 | 7 November 2000 to 8 November 2000 |
| 1 September 2001 | 7 November 2001 | 68 | 1 October 2001 to 23 October 2001 |
| 26 August 2002 | 2 October 2002 | 37 | 14 September 2002 to 2 October 2002 |
| 11 October 2002 | 31 October 2002 | 21 | No |
| 7 October 2003 | 24 October 2003 | 17 | No |
| 28 September 2004 | 15 October 2004 | 17 | No |
| 20 September 2005 | 8 October 2005 | 18 | No |
| 12 September 2006 | 2 October 2006 | 19 | No |
| 5 September 2007 | 27 September 2007 | 22 | No |
| 24 October 2007 | 11 November 2007 | 18 | 24 October 2007 to 1 November 2007 |
| 29 August 2008 | 4 November 2008 | 68 | 24 September 2008 to 15 October 2008 |
| 25 August 2009 | 18 September 2009 | 23 | 7 September 2009 to 18 September 2009 |
| 10 October 2009 | 28 October 2009 | 18 | No |
| 3 October 2010 | 20 October 2010 | 17 | No |
| 25 September 2011 | 13 October 2011 | 18 | No |
| 16 September 2012 | 5 October 2012 | 19 | No |
| 9 September 2013 | 29 September 2013 | 20 | No |
| 2 September 2014 | 27 September 2014 | 26 | No |
| 10 October 2014 | 8 November 2014 | 29 | 10 October 2014 to 25 October 2014 |
| 27 August 2015 | 2 November 2015 | 67 | 17 September 2015 to 9 October 2015 |
| 7 October 2016 | 24 October 2016 | 18 | No |
| 30 September 2017 | 17 October 2017 | 17 | No |
| 22 September 2018 | 10 October 2018 | 18 | No |
| 14 September 2019 | 3 October 2019 | 19 | No |
| 5 September 2020 | 27 September 2020 | 22 | No |
| 28 October 2020 | 10 November 2020 | 14 | 28 October 2020 to 3 November 2020 |
| 30 August 2021 | 5 November 2021 | 68 | 27 September 2021 to 18 October 2021 |
| 26 August 2022 | 23 September 2022 | 29 | 10 September 2022 to 23 September 2022 |
| 10 October 2022 | 29 October 2022 | 19 | No |
| 5 October 2023 | 22 October 2023 | 17 | No |
| 26 September 2024 | 13 October 2024 | 18 | No |
| 18 September 2025 | 6 October 2025 | 18 | No |
| 10 September 2026 | 30 September 2026 | 20 | No |
| 3 September 2027 | 27 September 2027 | 24 | No |
| 16 October 2027 | 10 November 2027 | 25 | 16 October 2027 to 28 October 2027 |
| 27 August 2028 | 2 November 2028 | 67 | 19 September 2028 to 11 October 2028 |
| 27 August 2029 | 8 September 2029 | 12 | 2 September 2029 to 8 September 2029 |
| 8 October 2029 | 26 October 2029 | 18 | No |
| 1 October 2030 | 18 October 2030 | 17 | No |
| 23 September 2031 | 11 October 2031 | 18 | No |
| 14 September 2032 | 3 October 2032 | 19 | No |
| 7 September 2033 | 28 September 2033 | 21 | No |
| 2 November 2033 | 10 November 2033 | 8 | 2 November 2033 to 6 November 2033 |
| 31 August 2034 | 7 November 2034 | 68 | 30 September 2034 to 21 October 2034 |
| 26 August 2035 | 28 September 2035 | 33 | 13 September 2035 to 28 September 2035 |
| 11 October 2035 | 31 October 2035 | 20 | No |
Before 2000 and after 2035
Before 2000, Mercury was last in Libra 16 September 1999 to 5 October 1999. After 2035, Mercury is next in Libra 5 October 2036 to 22 October 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 Leo · Mercury in Virgo · 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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