Mercury retrograde 1972

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1972. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 12.16°

21 March → 14 April 1972 in Aries

Stations retrograde 21 Mar 1972, 18:29 UTC at 16.22° Aries
Stations direct 14 Apr 1972, 03:33 UTC at 4.06° Aries
Shadow opens 7 Mar 1972 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 2 May 1972 (18 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 11.9°

24 July → 17 August 1972 in Leo

Stations retrograde 24 Jul 1972, 23:04 UTC at 22.73° Leo
Stations direct 17 Aug 1972, 22:27 UTC at 10.84° Leo
Shadow opens 6 Jul 1972 (18 days before)
Shadow closes 31 Aug 1972 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.22°

15 November → 5 December 1972 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 15 Nov 1972, 20:15 UTC at 12.83° Sagittarius
Stations direct 5 Dec 1972, 16:24 UTC at 26.61° Scorpio
Shadow opens 27 Oct 1972 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 23 Dec 1972 (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 1972

Previous

1971 Ended 22 December 1971 after 20 days, moving back 16.3° through the zodiac.

Next

1973 Begins 4 March 1973 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1972

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.

← 1971 Mercury retrograde in 1971. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1973 → Mercury retrograde in 1973.