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Is Uranus retrograde right now?

As of 19 Oct 2026, Uranus is retrograde — day 40 of 152. It turned retrograde at Gemini 5°42′ on 10 Sep 2026, 18:40 UTC. It turns direct at Gemini 1°41′ on 8 Feb 2027, 12:24 UTC.

Next:

Retrograde
10 Sep 2026, 18:40 UTC · Gemini 5°42′
Direct
8 Feb 2027, 12:24 UTC · Gemini 1°41′
Shadow
25 May 2026 → 26 May 2027

The dates

Uranus retrograde 2026 dates

Uranus retrograde windows repeat on a yearly rhythm, and the dates move a little from one year to the following one. The window this page follows begins at 10 Sep 2026, 18:40 UTC and turns direct at 8 Feb 2027, 12:24 UTC. The first moment is the station, where the planet's apparent motion turns backward. The second is the direct turn, where it turns forward again. This page keeps every time in UTC so that all readers see the same moment. Your local date can differ by a day from the UTC date, so check the time zone before you plan anything around it.

Uranus retrograde windows in 2026: shadow boundaries and stations, UTC, tropical zodiac.
SignsPre-shadow beginsRetrograde stationDirect stationPost-shadow ends
Gemini
Gemini 5°42′

Gemini 1°41′

This window

The September–February window, step by step

The window opens with the station at 10 Sep 2026, 18:40 UTC. At that moment the planet is at Gemini 5°42′, its forward motion pauses, and it begins to appear to move backward. Uranus stays in Gemini from the station to the direct turn. The direct turn at 8 Feb 2027, 12:24 UTC ends the backward look, with the planet at Gemini 1°41′. Between the two moments lie 150.7 days. Read those dates as a span of attention rather than as a single day, and let the span set the pace of your review.

  1. Pre-shadow begins: Uranus first reaches Gemini 1°41′, the degree it will later turn direct at.
  2. Retrograde station at Gemini 5°42′.
  3. Direct station at Gemini 1°41′.
  4. Post-shadow ends: Uranus is back at Gemini 5°42′, where it turned.

The retrograde and both shadows lie in Gemini.

Your sign

How Uranus retrograde affects your sign

Uranus does not reach every reader in the same way, because the sky is read through a chart. The sections below are listed by Sun sign. Each one counts solar whole-sign houses from that sign and names the house the window crosses for it. Find your Sun sign, read the house it names and take the attention offered there. Treat the planet's position as a set of facts, and treat the reading as an invitation to look more closely at one area of life.

Aries — your 3rd house

Uranus retraces your 3rd house from 25 May 2026 to 26 May 2027.

Uranus in the third house touches daily conversation, short trips, the streets nearby, siblings and neighbours, and the way you write and send messages. Tradition links this house with unexpected messages and with how news is passed along. During the window the planet asks for a second read before a reply goes out. A practical attention: before you send an important message, read it once more out loud and listen for the tone you did not intend.

Taurus — your 2nd house

Uranus retraces your 2nd house from 25 May 2026 to 26 May 2027.

Uranus in the second house touches what you own, what you earn and what you keep, along with the sense of worth that sits behind those things. During the window the planet invites a second look at what you value. A practical attention: pick one thing you own and name what it means to you in a single line.

Gemini — your 1st house

Uranus retraces your 1st house from 25 May 2026 to 26 May 2027.

Uranus in the first house touches the way you begin, how you appear to others and the physical sense of who you are. Tradition links this house with the first signs of a change in how you present yourself. During the window the planet asks for a slower look at the first impression you gave and the one you are trying to give. A practical attention: name one self-description you adopted quickly, and check whether it still fits the way you live.

Cancer — your 12th house

Uranus retraces your 12th house from 25 May 2026 to 26 May 2027.

Uranus in the twelfth house touches rest, retreat, the unseen, endings, solitude and the parts of life that happen out of sight. Tradition links this house with quiet stretches and with sudden clarity. During the window the planet asks for a gentle review of what you have been avoiding, putting away or leaving unfinished, without treating the review as a verdict. A practical attention: set aside one unhurried hour without a screen, and note whatever comes up first, even if it seems small.

Leo — your 11th house

Uranus retraces your 11th house from 25 May 2026 to 26 May 2027.

Uranus in the eleventh house touches friends, groups, communities, shared hopes and the networks you join by accident. Tradition links this house with unexpected friendships and with how a group changes. During the window the planet asks for a review of a group or a hope you joined quickly, including the commitments that came with it. A practical attention: think of one group you belong to, name what it gives you, and name what it asks of you in return.

Virgo — your 10th house

Uranus retraces your 10th house from 25 May 2026 to 26 May 2027.

Uranus in the tenth house touches work in public, reputation, direction, authority and the work you are known for. Tradition links this house with how a role is chosen and how it is held. During the window the planet asks for a review of a public path you chose quickly. It also asks whether that path still describes the work you want to be known for. A practical attention: put your current goal in one plain line, then check whether your recent work has matched it.

Libra — your 9th house

Uranus retraces your 9th house from 25 May 2026 to 26 May 2027.

Uranus in the ninth house touches learning, belief, the far horizon, travel, teaching and the ideas you test against the wider world. Tradition links this house with sudden insights and with unexpected teachers. During the window the planet asks for a second look at a belief you adopted quickly. It also asks about a course you started in a rush, or a plan that only made sense on one reading. A practical attention: write one belief you hold in a single sentence, then write the strongest objection to it in another.

Scorpio — your 8th house

Uranus retraces your 8th house from 25 May 2026 to 26 May 2027.

Uranus in the eighth house touches what is shared, owed and kept between people, including money, trust, intimacy and the things others hand you to hold. Tradition links this house with disclosures and with how shared matters are brought into the open. During the window the planet asks for a careful reading of any shared arrangement, a debt, a secret or a promise made under pressure. A practical attention: when a shared matter feels urgent, write down what each person agreed to before anyone acts on it.

Sagittarius — your 7th house

Uranus retraces your 7th house from 25 May 2026 to 26 May 2027.

Uranus in the seventh house touches partnership, one-to-one agreements, the person across the table and the way you meet someone new. Tradition links this house with unexpected meetings and with how a partnership changes shape. During the window the planet asks you to read an agreement or a commitment with the other person in view, not only your own hope for it. A practical attention: before you agree to something with another person, ask them to state the terms in their own words.

Capricorn — your 6th house

Uranus retraces your 6th house from 25 May 2026 to 26 May 2027.

Uranus in the sixth house touches the routines of work and the tasks that repeat. It also touches the tools you use each day and the small systems that keep a week running. Tradition links this house with how a job or a schedule is organised. During the window the planet asks for a review of a routine you adopted in a rush and never revisited. A practical attention: take one repeating task and write its steps down in order. That shows where the rush crept in and where it can be slowed.

Aquarius — your 5th house

Uranus retraces your 5th house from 25 May 2026 to 26 May 2027.

Uranus in the fifth house touches creative work, play, romance, children where they are present, and the places where you express yourself without a rulebook. Tradition links this house with unexpected attraction and with sudden creative ideas. During the window the planet asks for a second look at projects that began with a spark and were never finished. A practical attention: pick one spark from the last few weeks and give it an hour of unhurried attention, without yet deciding whether it will work.

Pisces — your 4th house

Uranus retraces your 4th house from 25 May 2026 to 26 May 2027.

Uranus in the fourth house touches home, family roots, the private base you return to and the emotional ground under daily life. Tradition links this house with the household and with how family arrangements are talked about. During the window the planet asks for a calm review of arrangements at home, including the ones everyone stopped discussing. A practical attention: walk through your home and notice one thing you keep only because it was once new, then ask whether it still serves you.

What retrograde is

What a retrograde is, and what it is not

A retrograde is a stretch of apparent backward motion. Seen from the Earth, a planet appears to slow, stop, move backward for a while, stop again and then resume its forward path. The motion comes from the viewpoint, not from any change in the planet, which keeps its course the whole time. The backward look happens because Earth overtakes the slower outer planet. Uranus is an outer planet, so this is the pattern that applies here. Astrologers read a retrograde as a period for looking again at what was started, begun or decided, and for reviewing a topic rather than opening it fresh. That reading is a practice, not a measurement. Since its discovery, astrology has tied Uranus to sudden change and the unexpected idea. It is also tied to the break that clears a stale arrangement, and to the independence that wants its own door. A retrograde of Uranus tends to turn that quality inward, toward the parts of a life that changed fast and were never reviewed. The window asks for a slower second look at a surprise, a break or a new idea. It does not decide what the change means, and it does not cancel a plan, a meeting or a purchase. The page treats the retrograde as a window to notice, not as an event to fear.

The shadows

Pre-shadow and post-shadow

Astrologers call the stretches on either side of the window the shadow. Ahead of the station the planet lies over ground it will cover again, and that stretch is the pre-shadow. Past the direct turn it lies over ground already covered, and that stretch is the post-shadow. The pre-shadow runs from 25 May 2026, 10:47 UTC to the station at 10 Sep 2026, 18:40 UTC, a span of 108.3 days. The post-shadow runs from the direct turn at 8 Feb 2027, 12:24 UTC to 26 May 2027, 03:45 UTC, a span of 106.6 days. Many readers find the shadow to be the part of the window where the topic feels most present. The topic is being reviewed both before and after the formal turn. That is a reading, not a rule. The shadow is a useful word for the quiet days at either edge of the window. Some readers use the pre-shadow to notice a change that is only beginning, and the post-shadow to look back at it.

This window's pre-shadow lasts 108.3 days and its post-shadow 106.6. The retrograde itself lasts 150.7 days, across 152 calendar dates in UTC.

Using it

Reading it, not fearing it

A retrograde is easier to use when you treat it as a review rather than a verdict. Start with the area of life named in the section for your Sun sign. Ask what changed there quickly, and what you have not looked at since. Write the answer down in one line, on paper, so that it stays the same when your mood does. The page does not ask you to undo a decision or to refuse a new start. It asks you to check the first version of a plan against the second. A call you took in a hurry is the kind of thing worth a second look in a Uranus window. So is an agreement you made without a second read, or a new friend you met in an unexpected place. For each one, ask what you agreed to, and what you left out. Then decide whether it needs a change, a note or nothing at all. Sometimes the review confirms what you already did, and that is useful too. Keep the dates in view without letting them become the story of your month. A reading like this should leave you with a clearer list, not a heavier mood.

Later windows

Uranus retrograde 2027 and 2028

The windows after the one described above follow the same rhythm, with the dates moved a little each year. The window that begins at 15 Sep 2027, 09:15 UTC turns direct at 12 Feb 2028, 23:40 UTC, and its station falls at Gemini 9°57′. Uranus stays in Gemini from the station to the direct turn. The year after, 2028, has its own window, so the pattern can be checked against the dates on this page rather than assumed. A reader planning a longer project can place milestones around these review periods without treating any single window as a verdict. Check the times in UTC before you set a calendar entry, because a time zone can move a date by a day.

2027

Uranus retrograde windows in 2027, UTC.
SignsPre-shadow beginsRetrograde stationDirect stationPost-shadow ends
Gemini
Gemini 9°57′

Gemini 5°56′

2028

Uranus retrograde windows in 2028, UTC.
SignsPre-shadow beginsRetrograde stationDirect stationPost-shadow ends
Gemini
Gemini 14°14′

Gemini 10°12′

Your chart

Uranus in your own chart

Find your Sun sign first. The birth chart calculator gives it from your birth date. Open that sign's section below and read the house it names, because the solar whole-sign houses count from your Sun sign. For a fuller picture of the houses themselves, see the house guide. Keep the section beside the dates on this page. For where the planet's positions come from, the ephemeris entry explains the tables behind every date shown here.

Cast your chart to see your Uranus sign →

Frequently asked questions

Is Uranus retrograde right now?

The answer depends on the moment you read this page, because the page computes the planet's state at your visit. The top of the page shows the answer for that moment. The window described here runs from 10 Sep 2026, 18:40 UTC to 8 Feb 2027, 12:24 UTC. The state changes at the shadow boundaries, the station and the direct turn, and the day count moves once a day.

When does the September–February Uranus retrograde end?

The window that starts in 2026 ends on 8 Feb 2027, which falls in 2027. The direct turn is the moment the planet's apparent motion returns to forward, and the post-shadow runs for a further stretch after it. For the exact moment, use 8 Feb 2027, 12:24 UTC and convert it to your own time zone. Some zones will show a different date, so confirm the local time first.

How often is Uranus retrograde, and for how long?

Uranus turns retrograde on a yearly rhythm, and the dates move a little from one year to the following one. Each window runs for about 150.7 days from station to direct turn. The planet's apparent backward path covers only a few degrees, even though the stretch lasts for months. Add the pre-shadow and the post-shadow, and the span of attention runs longer than the retrograde alone.

What does Uranus retrograde mean for my sign?

Find your Sun sign and open its section. It names the whole-sign house the window crosses for that sign, and the house describes the area of life the reading invites you to review. A reading invites a closer look, and it forecasts nothing about events, health, money or relationships. The birth chart calculator shows your Sun sign from your birth date.

What is the Uranus retrograde shadow, and when is this one?

Ground still to be covered again lies in the pre-shadow, and ground already covered lies in the post-shadow. The pre-shadow for this window runs from 25 May 2026, 10:47 UTC to 10 Sep 2026, 18:40 UTC. The post-shadow runs from 8 Feb 2027, 12:24 UTC to 26 May 2027, 03:45 UTC.

When is the next Uranus retrograde?

The window this page follows runs from 10 Sep 2026, 18:40 UTC to 8 Feb 2027, 12:24 UTC. The window after it begins at 15 Sep 2027, 09:15 UTC and turns direct at 12 Feb 2028, 23:40 UTC, with its station at Gemini 9°57′. The shadow frames described on this page apply to that window as well, so its pre-shadow and post-shadow can be read in the same way.

Method & limits

Astronomy first, reflection second.

Every date here is computed with Astronomy Engine, run once into this site's event tables. They are geocentric, in the tropical zodiac, in UTC to the minute, with your own zone beside them once the page loads. The sentence at the top is dated for the data date shown at the top, midnight UTC. Your browser corrects it against your own clock. Readings are for reflection, never health, legal or money guidance. Nothing about you is sent anywhere.