The sky right now · Thursday, November 5, 2026
Mercury, right now.
On Thursday, November 5, 2026, Mercury is in Scorpio, at 11°, moving retrograde. Next sign ingress: Sagittarius, on December 7, 2026. Geocentric position, tropical zodiac, computed from an astronomical ephemeris and refreshed every night.
Mercury's position, today
- Sign
- Scorpio
- Degree
- 11°
- Motion
- retrograde
- Next ingress
- Sagittarius on December 7, 2026
Free to quote, with a link back to this page: the figures are recomputed every night.
Mercury, sign by sign: the windows
From one sign to the next, here is the thread of Mercury's passages: the windows just closed, the one running now, the ones ahead. Each sign opens onto its detailed fiche.
| Sign | Enters | Leaves | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo | August 9, 2026 | August 25, 2026 | past |
| Virgo | August 25, 2026 | September 10, 2026 | past |
| Libra | September 10, 2026 | September 30, 2026 | past |
| Scorpio | September 30, 2026 | December 6, 2026 | now |
| Sagittarius | December 6, 2026 | December 25, 2026 | ahead |
| Capricorn | December 25, 2026 | January 13, 2027 | ahead |
| Aquarius | January 13, 2027 | February 1, 2027 | ahead |
| Pisces | February 1, 2027 | February 18, 2027 | ahead |
| Aquarius | February 18, 2027 | March 18, 2027 | ahead |
| Pisces | March 18, 2027 | April 9, 2027 | ahead |
| Aries | April 9, 2027 | April 25, 2027 | ahead |
| Taurus | April 25, 2027 | May 9, 2027 | ahead |