Mercury Transit in Gemini
Mercury in Gemini (Mithuna). Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Next entry
- 23 May 2027, 18:48, leaves 30 Jul 2027, 18:47
- Last stay
- 29 May 2026 to 5 Aug 2026
- Typical stay
- 15 days (median of 11 stays)
Mercury in Gemini: every entry and exit
Mercury returns to Gemini about every year. That makes 13 stays between 2021 and 2031, each one below to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2026, 11:02 | 5 Aug 2026, 20:10 | 29 days | 2026 |
| 23 May 2027, 18:48 | 30 Jul 2027, 18:47 | about 2 months | 2027 |
| 5 Jul 2028, 17:18 | 21 Jul 2028, 14:54 | 16 days | 2028 |
Show the other 10 stays, 2021 to 2031
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2021, 08:47 | 3 Jun 2021, 02:49 (retrograde, re-enters) | 8 days | 2021 |
| 7 Jul 2021, 11:28 | 25 Jul 2021, 11:58 | 18 days | 2021 |
| 2 Jul 2022, 10:01 | 17 Jul 2022, 00:25 | 15 days | 2022 |
| 24 Jun 2023, 12:59 | 8 Jul 2023, 12:30 | 14 days | 2023 |
| 14 Jun 2024, 23:21 | 29 Jun 2024, 12:40 | 15 days | 2024 |
| 6 Jun 2025, 09:42 | 22 Jun 2025, 21:44 | 17 days | 2025 |
| 29 May 2026, 11:27 | 22 Jun 2026, 15:46 | 24 days | 2026 |
| 28 Jun 2029, 21:54 | 13 Jul 2029, 01:38 | 14 days | 2029 |
| 20 Jun 2030, 14:58 | 4 Jul 2030, 17:07 | 14 days | 2030 |
| 11 Jun 2031, 23:38 | 27 Jun 2031, 03:24 | 15 days | 2031 |
What Mercury in Gemini means
Gemini is Budha's own sign, held for about seventeen days. Mercury commands this house with full strength.
A retrograde phase can extend the stay to more than two months. Thought, speech and exchange all run at their quickest.
Gemini governs the arms, the hands, speech, siblings and short travel. Mercury in its own sign gives clarity and range together. Writing, teaching, trade and negotiation all move well. The mind takes on more than it can finish.
The nakshatras are Mrigashira, Ardra and Punarvasu. Mrigashira, under Mars, opens the stay with searching. Ardra, under Rahu, is the sharpest stretch and suits technical study and hard analysis. Punarvasu, under Jupiter, closes by restoring perspective.
Classical gochara counts Mercury well in the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth and eleventh from the natal Moon. Taurus, Pisces, Capricorn, Scorpio, Virgo and Leo Moons receive it in those houses. Gemini Moons hold it in the first, and Cancer Moons carry it in the twelfth, where the mind runs past sleep.
A strong Mercury shows a person the reach of their own attention. Ideas arriving faster than they can be worked reveal a mind avoiding depth. One subject carried to its end teaches more than ten opened, and finish before beginning again.
- Recite Om Bram Breem Braum Sah Budhaya Namah on Wednesday.
- Take up hard technical study during Ardra.
- Close one open piece of work before starting the next.