Mercury retrograde 1966

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1966. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 13.01°

12 March → 4 April 1966 in Aries

Stations retrograde 12 Mar 1966, 02:19 UTC at 6.23° Aries
Stations direct 4 Apr 1966, 04:12 UTC at 23.22° Pisces
Shadow opens 26 Feb 1966 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 23 Apr 1966 (19 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 11.09°

14 July → 7 August 1966 in Leo

Stations retrograde 14 Jul 1966, 19:59 UTC at 11.89° Leo
Stations direct 7 Aug 1966, 23:34 UTC at 0.8° Leo
Shadow opens 27 Jun 1966 (18 days before)
Shadow closes 22 Aug 1966 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.13°

6 November → 26 November 1966 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 6 Nov 1966, 17:45 UTC at 3.71° Sagittarius
Stations direct 26 Nov 1966, 17:42 UTC at 17.59° Scorpio
Shadow opens 18 Oct 1966 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 14 Dec 1966 (17 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 1966

Previous

1965 Ended 12 December 1965 after 20 days, moving back 16.26° through the zodiac.

Next

1967 Begins 23 February 1967 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 1966

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.

← 1965 Mercury retrograde in 1965. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1967 → Mercury retrograde in 1967.