Uranus retrograde 2026: the last weeks in Taurus, then all of Gemini
In 2026, Uranus is retrograde twice: 6 September 2025 to 4 February and 10 September to 8 February 2027.
Today Uranus is retrograde in Gemini. It turns direct on 8 February 2027, in 115 days.
Exact dates
6 September 2025 – 4 February 2026 · 151 days
Signs: Gemini → Taurus
Stations retrograde at 1°27′ Gemini, direct at 27°27′ Taurus
Backs into Taurus on 8 November 2025
Pre-shadow from 20 May 2025, post-shadow to 21 May · 366 days in all
10 September 2026 – 8 February 2027 · 151 days
Sign: Gemini
Stations retrograde at 5°41′ Gemini, direct at 1°41′ Gemini
Pre-shadow from 25 May, post-shadow to 26 May 2027 · 366 days in all
Dates are Universal Time (UT). A station close to midnight can fall on the previous day in the Americas and on the next day in Europe.
How Uranus retrograde feels
Uranus stands for change, freedom and sudden ideas. Retrograde, it turns the urge to break free inward: change slows down, and you get time to see what a freer life would really require. Habits, tools and groups that no longer fit tend to show it in these months.
Uranus is retrograde for about five months of every year, so almost half of any life is spent under it and nobody feels the switch. What is worth watching is restlessness without a clear target: a sudden impatience with work that seemed fine, or an urge for change that has no direction yet. Treat that feeling as information and give it time to show you what it wants.
A sign change seven years in the making
These two windows sit on either side of a sign change. The first backs out of Gemini and finishes in Taurus, the sign Uranus has been shaking up since 2018, and after it Uranus leaves Taurus for good in April 2026. The second stays in Gemini from start to finish and is the first retrograde of the new chapter, which moves the focus from money and security to information, learning and speech.
What to do and what to avoid
Communication and tech
Do: Test new ideas with a few people first
Avoid: Announcing big changes on a sudden impulse
Contracts and money
Do: Make money changes in small, reversible steps
Avoid: Dropping stable income without a transition plan
Work
Do: Experiment in private before a public change
Avoid: Rebelling against structure just to feel free
Relationships
Do: Talk about the freedom you need before you take it
Avoid: Treating every restless feeling as a reason to leave
See which part of your life Uranus retrograde touches in your free birth chart, or compare two charts with synastry.
Where to go from here
Questions about Uranus retrograde 2026
When is Uranus retrograde in 2026?
Two windows touch the year: 6 September 2025 to 4 February and 10 September to 8 February 2027. The first carries over from September 2025, the second runs on into February 2027, and 2026 holds seven months of direct motion between them.
What sign is Uranus retrograde in?
The window closing in February backs from Gemini into Taurus; the one opening in September stays in Gemini, turning at 5°41′ Gemini. That makes 2026 the handover year between the two signs.
How long is Uranus retrograde each year?
Roughly five months, every year. With the shadows counted the cycles run 20 May 2025 to 21 May and 25 May to 26 May 2027, near enough the whole calendar. That is why nobody reports a Uranus retrograde the way they report a Mercury one.
Can you feel Uranus retrograde?
Rarely as an event, and never as a date. The outer planets are read for the years they sit on a point in your own chart rather than for their stations, so the effect is a long restlessness in one area of life. If nothing in your chart sits in the early degrees of Gemini, this cycle passes without a signature.
What should you do during Uranus retrograde?
Test the change before you announce it. The retrograde months suit the private version of a plan, tried on a small scale or discussed with one trusted person. Big breaks made in this phase hold better when the groundwork was laid earlier.
Dates recalculated 22 September 2026