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August 5, 2103

Mercury stations retrograde

3°24′ Virgo · 11:38 am ET

Waxing Crescent in Virgo · 7% lit

Daily WeatherVirgo · waxing 7%

Sunday, August 5, 2103

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Moon in Virgo · waxing 7% · Mercury ℞ in Virgo · three planets retrograde

11:38 am ET · 3°24′ Virgo

Mercury stations retrograde

From Earth's vantage the planet stands still at 3°24′ Virgo, opening a retrograde that runs until August 29.

  • separating♀ ⚹ ♆exact Fri 5:33 pm ET

A day of turning — you may notice long-running questions asking to be revisited rather than resolved.

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Positions

  • Sun12°42′ Leo
  • Moon11°57′ Virgo
  • Mercury℞︎3°24′ Virgo
  • Venus℞︎21°34′ Cancer
  • Mars11°11′ Gemini
  • Jupiter℞︎19°38′ Capricorn
  • Saturn25°43′ Scorpio
  • Uranus7°46′ Taurus
  • Neptune22°11′ Virgo
  • Pluto8°12′ Taurus
  • North Node12°54′ Capricorn

Mercury, Venus & Jupiter retrograde

Active aspects

  • Uranus conjunction Pluto0.4° orb
  • Venus sextile Neptune0.6° orb
  • Moon square Mars0.8° orb
  • Sun sextile Mars1.5° orb
  • Venus opposition Jupiter1.9° orb
  • Jupiter trine Neptune2.5° orb
  • Saturn sextile Neptune3.5° orb
  • Moon trine Pluto3.8° orb
  • Venus trine Saturn4.2° orb
  • Moon trine Uranus4.2° orb
  • Mercury trine Uranus4.4° orb
  • Sun square Pluto4.5° orb
  • Mercury trine Pluto4.8° orb
  • Sun square Uranus4.9° orb

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