Mercury retrograde 1964

4 periods, 81 days inside the year — 22.2% of 1964. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

20 days · retreats 16.24° · crosses the year boundary

26 December → 15 January 1964 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 26 Dec 1963, 09:32 UTC at 21.25° Capricorn

Stations direct 15 Jan 1964, 11:47 UTC at 5.01° Capricorn

Shadow opens 9 Dec 1963 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 4 Feb 1964 (20 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

Read against Capricorn, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

24 days · retreats 10°

16 April → 10 May 1964 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 16 Apr 1964, 21:38 UTC at 12.02° Taurus

Stations direct 10 May 1964, 16:17 UTC at 2.02° Taurus

Shadow opens 3 Apr 1964 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 27 May 1964 (17 days after)

Full window including shadows 54 days

Read against Taurus, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

23 days · retreats 13.67°

19 August → 11 September 1964 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 19 Aug 1964, 14:11 UTC at 18.46° Virgo

Stations direct 11 Sep 1964, 17:42 UTC at 4.79° Virgo

Shadow opens 30 Jul 1964 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 26 Sep 1964 (14 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

Read against Virgo, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

20 days · retreats 16.31°

9 December → 29 December 1964 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 9 Dec 1964, 06:52 UTC at 5.38° Capricorn

Stations direct 29 Dec 1964, 02:18 UTC at 19.07° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 21 Nov 1964 (18 days before)

Shadow closes 17 Jan 1965 (19 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

Read against Capricorn, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1964

1963 Ended 15 January 1964 after 20 days, moving back 16.24° through the zodiac.

1965 Begins 29 March 1965 and runs 24 days.

Gap across 1964

1.2 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

← 1963 Mercury retrograde in 1963. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1965 → Mercury retrograde in 1965.