Mercury retrograde 1965

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1965. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

24 days · retreats 11.5°

29 March → 22 April 1965 in Aries

Stations retrograde 29 Mar 1965, 14:47 UTC at 23.75° Aries
Stations direct 22 Apr 1965, 04:00 UTC at 12.25° Aries
Shadow opens 15 Mar 1965 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 10 May 1965 (18 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

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

24 days · retreats 12.48°

1 August → 25 August 1965 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 1 Aug 1965, 21:41 UTC at 0.57° Virgo
Stations direct 25 Aug 1965, 16:24 UTC at 18.1° Leo
Shadow opens 14 Jul 1965 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 8 Sep 1965 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.26°

23 November → 12 December 1965 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 23 Nov 1965, 02:01 UTC at 19.55° Sagittarius
Stations direct 12 Dec 1965, 20:38 UTC at 3.29° Sagittarius
Shadow opens 4 Nov 1965 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 30 Dec 1965 (18 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1965

Previous

1964 Ended 29 December 1964 after 20 days, moving back 16.31° through the zodiac.

Next

1966 Begins 12 March 1966 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1965

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.

← 1964 Mercury retrograde in 1964. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1966 → Mercury retrograde in 1966.