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Mercury Retrograde, day 14 of 21

– Nov 13

Bitcoin −6.8% so far. 9th of 11. Ranked against the last 10 Mercury retrogrades at day 14.

Mercury · MESSENGER

6 up, 4 down: Last 10 Mercury retrogrades6 of 10 highernormal for any 10: 3–8

Aug 23+2.7%Dec 13+8.4%Apr 1−9.4%Aug 5+1.4%Nov 25+12.0%Mar 15−5.6%Jul 18−0.6%Nov 9−11.2%Feb 26+3.6%Jun 29+9.3%Oct 24−6.8% so far

Oct 24 · Day 14 of 21: −6.8% · 9th of 11 so far

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Data provided by CoinMarketCap.com · History: Coin Metrics, CC BY-NC 4.0 · Sky: NASA (sources below)

What Bitcoin did after each one

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Sky events in this chart and the last 10 Mercury retrogrades, and Bitcoin over the days after
When (ET)EventWindowBitcoinPrice (USD)
Oct 24 – Nov 13, 2026Mercury Retrogradestart to endIn progress: −6.8% so far, day 14 of 2181.1K to 75.6K
Aug 28, 2026, 12:19 AM ETPartial Lunar Eclipse7 days+1.3%80.3K to 81.3K
Aug 12, 2026, 1:37 PM ETTotal Solar Eclipse7 days+1.8%63.5K to 64.7K
Jun 29 – Jul 23, 2026Mercury Retrogradestart to end+9.3%59.5K to 65.0K
Mar 3, 2026, 6:38 AM ETBlood Moon7 days−0.6%68.9K to 68.5K
Feb 26 – Mar 20, 2026Mercury Retrogradestart to end+3.6%68.0K to 70.5K
Nov 9 – Nov 29, 2025Mercury Retrogradestart to end−11.2%102.3K to 90.8K
Sep 7, 2025, 2:09 PM ETBlood Moon7 days+5.2%110.2K to 116.0K
Jul 18 – Aug 11, 2025Mercury Retrogradestart to end−0.6%119.5K to 118.7K
Mar 15 – Apr 7, 2025Mercury Retrogradestart to end−5.6%84.1K to 79.4K
Mar 14, 2025, 2:55 AM ETBlood Moon7 days+3.7%81.1K to 84.1K
Nov 25 – Dec 15, 2024Mercury Retrogradestart to end+12.0%93.3K to 104.6K
Sep 17, 2024, 10:34 PM ETPartial Lunar Eclipse7 days+6.8%60.2K to 64.3K
Aug 5 – Aug 28, 2024Mercury Retrogradestart to end+1.4%58.3K to 59.1K
Apr 1 – Apr 25, 2024Mercury Retrogradestart to end−9.4%71.2K to 64.5K
Mar 25, 2024, 3:00 AM ETFaint Lunar Eclipse7 days+5.9%67.3K to 71.2K
Dec 13 – Jan 1, 2024Mercury Retrogradestart to end+8.4%41.5K to 44.9K
Oct 28, 2023, 4:24 PM ETPartial Lunar Eclipse7 days+2.4%33.9K to 34.7K
Aug 23 – Sep 15, 2023Mercury Retrogradestart to end+2.7%26.0K to 26.7K
May 5, 2023, 1:34 PM ETFaint Lunar Eclipse7 days−6.5%28.9K to 27.0K
Dec 29 – Jan 18, 2023Mercury Retrogradestart to end+25.2%16.5K to 20.7K
Nov 8, 2022, 6:02 AM ETBlood Moon7 days−19.2%20.6K to 16.6K
May 16, 2022, 12:14 AM ETBlood Moon7 days−2.7%31.2K to 30.3K
May 10 – Jun 3, 2022Mercury Retrogradestart to end−2.6%30.5K to 29.7K
Jan 14 – Feb 3, 2022Mercury Retrogradestart to end−3.6%42.6K to 41.1K
Nov 19, 2021, 3:58 AM ETPartial Lunar Eclipse7 days+3.9%56.8K to 59.0K
Sep 27 – Oct 18, 2021Mercury Retrogradestart to end+43.7%43.1K to 62.0K
May 26, 2021, 7:14 AM ETBlood Moon7 days−4.2%38.3K to 36.7K
Jan 30 – Feb 20, 2021Mercury Retrogradestart to end+68.3%34.2K to 57.5K
Jul 5, 2020, 12:44 AM ETFaint Lunar Eclipse7 days+1.2%9.1K to 9.2K
Jun 18 – Jul 12, 2020Mercury Retrogradestart to end−1.7%9.4K to 9.3K
Jan 10, 2020, 2:21 PM ETFaint Lunar Eclipse7 days+11.5%7.8K to 8.7K
Oct 31 – Nov 20, 2019Mercury Retrogradestart to end−12.0%9.2K to 8.1K
Jul 16, 2019, 5:38 PM ETPartial Lunar Eclipse7 days−5.6%10.9K to 10.3K
Mar 5 – Mar 28, 2019Mercury Retrogradestart to end+8.5%3.7K to 4.0K
Jan 21, 2019, 12:16 AM ETBlood Moon7 days−0.0%3.5K to 3.5K
Nov 16 – Dec 6, 2018Mercury Retrogradestart to end−36.1%5.5K to 3.5K
Jul 27, 2018, 4:21 PM ETBlood Moon7 days−4.7%7.9K to 7.5K
Jul 26 – Aug 19, 2018Mercury Retrogradestart to end−20.9%8.2K to 6.5K
Jan 31, 2018, 8:27 AM ETBlood Moon7 days−22.3%10.0K to 7.7K
Dec 3 – Dec 22, 2017Mercury Retrogradestart to end+36.4%10.9K to 14.9K
Aug 7, 2017, 2:11 PM ETPartial Lunar Eclipse7 days+25.8%3.2K to 4.1K
Apr 9 – May 3, 2017Mercury Retrogradestart to end+28.3%1.2K to 1.5K
Feb 10, 2017, 7:33 PM ETFaint Lunar Eclipse7 days+6.2%996.7 to 1.1K
Sep 16, 2016, 3:05 PM ETFaint Lunar Eclipse7 days−1.9%607.1 to 595.6
Aug 30 – Sep 22, 2016Mercury Retrogradestart to end+3.9%573.4 to 595.6
Mar 23, 2016, 8:01 AM ETFaint Lunar Eclipse7 days−0.2%416.6 to 415.9
Jan 5 – Jan 25, 2016Mercury Retrogradestart to end−9.6%433.4 to 392.0
Sep 27, 2015, 10:50 PM ETBlood Moon7 days+2.7%233.2 to 239.5
Sep 17 – Oct 9, 2015Mercury Retrogradestart to end+6.7%229.0 to 244.4
May 18 – Jun 11, 2015Mercury Retrogradestart to end−1.4%232.9 to 229.6
Apr 4, 2015, 8:06 AM ETBlood Moon7 days−7.4%254.8 to 235.9
Oct 8, 2014, 6:51 AM ETBlood Moon7 days+20.2%333.6 to 400.9
Oct 4 – Oct 25, 2014Mercury Retrogradestart to end−3.3%357.7 to 345.8
Apr 15, 2014, 3:42 AM ETBlood Moon7 days+8.0%461.1 to 498.1
Feb 6 – Feb 28, 2014Mercury Retrogradestart to end−29.7%784.5 to 551.3
Jun 26 – Jul 20, 2013Mercury Retrogradestart to end−13.2%97.8 to 84.9
May 25, 2013, 12:25 AM ETFaint Lunar Eclipse7 days−0.9%129.0 to 127.8
Nov 28, 2012, 9:46 AM ETFaint Lunar Eclipse7 days+10.0%12.2 to 13.4
Nov 6 – Nov 26, 2012Mercury Retrogradestart to end+13.4%10.7 to 12.2
Jul 14 – Aug 8, 2012Mercury Retrogradestart to end+46.0%7.58 to 11.1
Jun 4, 2012, 7:12 AM ETPartial Lunar Eclipse7 days+4.7%5.21 to 5.46
Mar 12 – Apr 4, 2012Mercury Retrogradestart to end+0.5%4.89 to 4.92
Dec 10, 2011, 9:36 AM ETBlood Moon7 days+8.6%2.96 to 3.21
Aug 2 – Aug 26, 2011Mercury Retrogradestart to end−33.5%12.2 to 8.13
Jun 15, 2011, 4:13 PM ETBlood Moon7 days−9.1%19.3 to 17.5
Dec 21, 2010, 3:13 AM ETBlood Moon7 days−0.8%0.27 to 0.26
Dec 10 – Dec 30, 2010Mercury Retrogradestart to end+50.0%0.20 to 0.30

Since July 2010: 51 Mercury retrogrades, up by the end in 26 (51%). Any 23-day stretch: 56%.

Not a forecast or advice. How we count

How we count: Bitcoin’s daily closes (UTC), from the day a planet turns retrograde to the day it turns direct, compared with every stretch of the same length since July 2010.

Sources

Sources · Moon images: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio · Solar eclipses: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak (NASA's GSFC) · Lunar eclipses: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus (NASA's GSFC) · Eclipse photos: NASA/GRC/Jordan Salkin, NASA/Bill Ingalls, NASA/Jim Spann, NASA/Joel Kowsky · Mercury (enhanced color, PIA16853): NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington; 3D map: MESSENGER MDIS mosaic, USGS Astrogeology · Sky geometry (crescents, Mercury’s phase): computed with Astronomy Engine (Don Cross, MIT) · Venus: NASA/JPL-Caltech · Mars: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), J. Bell (ASU), and M. Wolff (Space Science Institute)