Mercury in Pisces: Meaning and Every Date, 2000 to 2035
The short answer
Mercury makes 36 visits to Pisces between 2000 and 2035, 1,107 days in all. The first stretch runs 5 February 2000 to 13 April 2000 and the last 11 March 2035 to 28 March 2035.
What Mercury in Pisces means
Mercury describes how you think, talk and make arrangements. In Pisces, a water sign of the mutable modality ruled by Neptune, that side of you runs on sensitivity, imagination, compassion and soft edges.
Traditional astrology counts Mercury in Pisces as both in detriment and in fall: Pisces sits opposite Virgo, where Mercury rules and is exalted, so clear thinking has to make room for intuition here.
Between 2000 and 2035, Mercury is in Pisces 36 separate times, 1107 days in all, and turns retrograde there 14 times. Anyone born during one of the stretches listed below has Mercury in Pisces in their birth chart.
Mercury in Pisces at a glance
- Pisces is a water sign of the mutable modality, ruled by Neptune.
- Dignity of Mercury in Pisces (traditional table): detriment and fall.
- Visits between 2000 and 2035: 36, 1,107 days in all, with 14 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 Pisces, 2000 to 2035
| Enters Pisces | Leaves Pisces | Days | Retrograde in Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 February 2000 | 13 April 2000 | 68 | 21 February 2000 to 14 March 2000 |
| 1 February 2001 | 6 February 2001 | 6 | 4 February 2001 to 6 February 2001 |
| 17 March 2001 | 6 April 2001 | 20 | No |
| 11 March 2002 | 29 March 2002 | 18 | No |
| 5 March 2003 | 21 March 2003 | 16 | No |
| 25 February 2004 | 12 March 2004 | 16 | No |
| 16 February 2005 | 5 March 2005 | 16 | No |
| 9 February 2006 | 16 April 2006 | 67 | 2 March 2006 to 25 March 2006 |
| 2 February 2007 | 27 February 2007 | 25 | 14 February 2007 to 27 February 2007 |
| 18 March 2007 | 10 April 2007 | 24 | No |
| 14 March 2008 | 2 April 2008 | 19 | No |
| 8 March 2009 | 25 March 2009 | 17 | No |
| 1 March 2010 | 17 March 2010 | 16 | No |
| 21 February 2011 | 9 March 2011 | 16 | No |
| 14 February 2012 | 2 March 2012 | 17 | No |
| 23 March 2012 | 16 April 2012 | 24 | 23 March 2012 to 4 April 2012 |
| 5 February 2013 | 14 April 2013 | 68 | 23 February 2013 to 17 March 2013 |
| 31 January 2014 | 13 February 2014 | 13 | 6 February 2014 to 13 February 2014 |
| 17 March 2014 | 7 April 2014 | 21 | No |
| 13 March 2015 | 31 March 2015 | 18 | No |
| 5 March 2016 | 22 March 2016 | 17 | No |
| 25 February 2017 | 13 March 2017 | 16 | No |
| 18 February 2018 | 6 March 2018 | 16 | No |
| 10 February 2019 | 17 April 2019 | 66 | 5 March 2019 to 28 March 2019 |
| 3 February 2020 | 4 March 2020 | 30 | 17 February 2020 to 4 March 2020 |
| 16 March 2020 | 11 April 2020 | 26 | No |
| 15 March 2021 | 4 April 2021 | 19 | No |
| 10 March 2022 | 27 March 2022 | 17 | No |
| 2 March 2023 | 19 March 2023 | 16 | No |
| 23 February 2024 | 10 March 2024 | 16 | No |
| 14 February 2025 | 3 March 2025 | 17 | No |
| 30 March 2025 | 16 April 2025 | 17 | 30 March 2025 to 7 April 2025 |
| 6 February 2026 | 15 April 2026 | 67 | 26 February 2026 to 20 March 2026 |
| 1 February 2027 | 18 February 2027 | 17 | 9 February 2027 to 18 February 2027 |
| 18 March 2027 | 8 April 2027 | 22 | No |
| 13 March 2028 | 31 March 2028 | 18 | No |
| 6 March 2029 | 23 March 2029 | 17 | No |
| 27 February 2030 | 15 March 2030 | 16 | No |
| 19 February 2031 | 7 March 2031 | 16 | No |
| 11 February 2032 | 2 March 2032 | 19 | No |
| 13 March 2032 | 16 April 2032 | 34 | 13 March 2032 to 30 March 2032 |
| 3 February 2033 | 12 April 2033 | 68 | 18 February 2033 to 13 March 2033 |
| 16 March 2034 | 5 April 2034 | 20 | No |
| 11 March 2035 | 28 March 2035 | 18 | No |
Before 2000 and after 2035
Before 2000, Mercury was last in Pisces 12 February 1999 to 17 April 1999. After 2035, Mercury is next in Pisces 3 March 2036 to 19 March 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
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