Mercury retrograde 1970

4 periods, 80 days inside the year — 21.8% of 1970. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

20 days · retreats 16.14°

4 January → 24 January 1970 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 4 Jan 1970, 07:59 UTC at 0.42° Aquarius

Stations direct 24 Jan 1970, 16:32 UTC at 14.28° Capricorn

Shadow opens 18 Dec 1969 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 13 Feb 1970 (20 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 9.29°

28 April → 22 May 1970 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 28 Apr 1970, 10:54 UTC at 22.91° Taurus

Stations direct 22 May 1970, 06:35 UTC at 13.62° Taurus

Shadow opens 14 Apr 1970 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 7 Jun 1970 (16 days after)

Full window including shadows 54 days

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

23 days · retreats 14.24°

30 August → 22 September 1970 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 30 Aug 1970, 07:14 UTC at 28.42° Virgo

Stations direct 22 Sep 1970, 00:14 UTC at 14.18° Virgo

Shadow opens 10 Aug 1970 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 6 Oct 1970 (15 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.29° · crosses the year boundary

19 December → 8 January 1971 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 19 Dec 1970, 05:51 UTC at 14.5° Capricorn

Stations direct 8 Jan 1971, 04:30 UTC at 28.21° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 1 Dec 1970 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 27 Jan 1971 (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 1970

1969 Ended 8 October 1969 after 22 days, moving back 15.01° through the zodiac.

1971 Begins 19 December 1970 and runs 20 days.

Gap across 1970

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.

← 1969 Mercury retrograde in 1969. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1971 → Mercury retrograde in 1971.