Mercury retrograde 1968

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 1968. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

22 days · retreats 15.19°

6 February → 28 February 1968 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 6 Feb 1968, 16:31 UTC at 2.73° Pisces
Stations direct 28 Feb 1968, 08:39 UTC at 17.54° Aquarius
Shadow opens 22 Jan 1968 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 19 Mar 1968 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.77°

6 June → 30 June 1968 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 6 Jun 1968, 05:16 UTC at 2.47° Cancer
Stations direct 30 Jun 1968, 06:08 UTC at 23.69° Gemini
Shadow opens 21 May 1968 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 14 Jul 1968 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 54 days

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

21 days · retreats 15.54°

3 October → 24 October 1968 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 3 Oct 1968, 11:33 UTC at 1.69° Scorpio
Stations direct 24 Oct 1968, 14:16 UTC at 16.15° Libra
Shadow opens 13 Sep 1968 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 9 Nov 1968 (16 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1968

Previous

1967 Ended 10 November 1967 after 20 days, moving back 15.9° through the zodiac.

Next

1969 Begins 20 January 1969 and runs 21 days.

Gap across 1968

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.

← 1967 Mercury retrograde in 1967. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1969 → Mercury retrograde in 1969.