No planets are retrograde today. All planets are in direct motion.
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Mars Retrograde
01 Jan 2025 → 23 Feb 2025
Sign: Cancer
Duration: 54 days
Energy, drive and ambition turn inward. Avoid starting fights, new ventures or aggressive moves. Channel frustration into patience and revisiting unfinished tasks.
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Jupiter Retrograde
01 Jan 2025 → 03 Feb 2025
Sign: Taurus
Duration: 34 days
Growth, luck and expansion become internal. A time for spiritual reflection, revisiting beliefs and inner wisdom rather than external expansion.
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Venus Retrograde
02 Mar 2025 → 12 Apr 2025
Sign: Pisces
Duration: 42 days
Matters of love, relationships and finances slow down. Old flames may return. Avoid major relationship decisions, big purchases or beauty changes; reflect on what you truly value.
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Mercury Retrograde
15 Mar 2025 → 06 Apr 2025
Sign: Pisces
Duration: 23 days
Communication, travel and technology may face delays. Avoid signing contracts or buying electronics; double-check emails and messages. A good time to review, revise and reconnect.
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Saturn Retrograde
13 Jul 2025 → 27 Nov 2025
Sign: Pisces
Duration: 138 days
Discipline, karma and responsibility are reviewed. Old lessons resurface. A period to restructure, reassess long-term goals and clear past karmic debts.
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Mercury Retrograde
18 Jul 2025 → 10 Aug 2025
Sign: Cancer
Duration: 24 days
Communication, travel and technology may face delays. Avoid signing contracts or buying electronics; double-check emails and messages. A good time to review, revise and reconnect.
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Mercury Retrograde
10 Nov 2025 → 29 Nov 2025
Sign: Scorpio
Duration: 20 days
Communication, travel and technology may face delays. Avoid signing contracts or buying electronics; double-check emails and messages. A good time to review, revise and reconnect.
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Jupiter Retrograde
12 Nov 2025 → 31 Dec 2025
Sign: Cancer
Duration: 50 days
Growth, luck and expansion become internal. A time for spiritual reflection, revisiting beliefs and inner wisdom rather than external expansion.
What is Retrograde (Vakri) Motion?
Retrograde motion is when a planet appears to move backward in the sky from our view on Earth. It is an optical effect caused by the differing orbital speeds of Earth and the other planets - no planet actually reverses direction. In Vedic astrology a retrograde (vakri) planet is considered especially powerful, turning its energy inward and often bringing past matters, people and lessons back into focus.
Mercury retrograde is the most well-known, affecting communication and travel. Each retrograde is a time to re-view, re-visit and re-consider rather than start afresh. All periods here are computed precisely using the Swiss Ephemeris.
How Does Retrograde Affect Your Chart?
A retrograde planet's impact depends on its house and strength in your birth chart.