What this period actually is
Between November 2, 2032 and November 22, 2032 Mercury moves back through 16.1 degrees of the zodiac, from 0°13' Sagittarius to 14°08' Scorpio, without changing its own direction at any point. Mercury is an inner planet, so this happens as it swings between Earth and the Sun; the loop it appears to trace from 0°13' Sagittarius back to 14°08' Scorpio is Earth's own motion showing up in the line of sight.
The mechanism behind the Mercury station of November 2, 2032 is the same one described in what retrograde motion is. Read astrologically, the convention is that Mercury — thinking, wording, contracts and short journeys — turns inward between November 2, 2032 and November 22, 2032, which is a habit of reading rather than a claim about the sky.
The dates in full
Station retrograde: November 2, 2032 at 0°13' Sagittarius, 11:57 UTC. Station direct: November 22, 2032 at 14°08' Scorpio, 14:01 UTC. It begins in Sagittarius and backs into Scorpio, crossing the boundary between 0°13' Sagittarius and 14°08' Scorpio rather than working one stretch of a single sign.
Mercury first reaches 14°08' Scorpio — the degree it will retrograde back to — on October 13, 2032, and does not clear 0°13' Sagittarius, the degree it stationed at, until December 9, 2032, so counting both shadows the passage runs 56 days rather than 20.
What the period is good for
For the 20 days between November 2, 2032 and November 22, 2032 the workable version of the advice is narrow: re-read anything before signing it, back up what you cannot replace, and expect arrangements to need confirming twice.
If one thing is worth timing around the stretch that ends November 22, 2032, it is launching a product, signing a lease or buying the device you will depend on for three years — not because the sky forbids it, but because a marked period is a reasonable prompt to check work you would otherwise wave through. Treating the whole of November 2, 2032 to November 22, 2032 as a general curse is the version worth ignoring.
Which house it falls in for your sign
Counted from each sign as the first house, this Mercury retrograde, stationing at 0°13' Sagittarius falls here:
| Sign | House | What that house covers |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | 9th house | distance, study, belief, travel and the long view |
| Taurus | 8th house | shared money, debt, intimacy and what is not said out loud |
| Gemini | 7th house | partners, opponents and anyone you deal with one to one |
| Cancer | 6th house | work, routine, health and the small maintenance of a life |
| Leo | 5th house | play, romance, children and anything you make for its own sake |
| Virgo | 4th house | home, family, roots and private ground |
| Libra | 3rd house | conversation, short trips, siblings and daily information |
| Scorpio | 2nd house | money, possessions and what you consider yours |
| Sagittarius | 1st house | your own bearing, appearance and the first move |
| Capricorn | 12th house | rest, solitude, what is behind you and what runs unattended |
| Aquarius | 11th house | friends, groups, networks and what you are aiming at |
| Pisces | 10th house | career, public standing and what you are known for |
The cycle either side of this one
The previous Mercury retrograde ended 91 days before November 2, 2032, and no later one falls inside the published range.
- Previous: July 10, 2032 to August 3, 2032
- All Mercury retrograde periods: the full list
Questions people ask about this
When does Mercury go retrograde in 2032?
On November 2, 2032 at 11:57 UTC, at 0°13' Sagittarius.
When does it end?
The direct station falls on November 22, 2032 at 14°08' Scorpio, 20 days after the turn.
What is the shadow period?
For this passage it runs October 13, 2032 to December 9, 2032: the stretch in which Mercury crosses the same degrees it covers three times in all.
Does Mercury retrograde break things?
No. Between November 2, 2032 and November 22, 2032 the planet only appears to reverse, and the tradition reads that as a stretch better suited to review than to launch.