Mercury retrograde 1973

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1973. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 13.58°

4 March → 27 March 1973 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 4 Mar 1973, 12:46 UTC at 28.96° Pisces
Stations direct 27 Mar 1973, 08:17 UTC at 15.38° Pisces
Shadow opens 18 Feb 1973 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 15 Apr 1973 (19 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

24 days · retreats 10.49°

6 July → 30 July 1973 in Leo

Stations retrograde 6 Jul 1973, 16:48 UTC at 3.71° Leo
Stations direct 30 Jul 1973, 21:48 UTC at 23.22° Cancer
Shadow opens 19 Jun 1973 (17 days before)
Shadow closes 14 Aug 1973 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.04°

30 October → 19 November 1973 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 30 Oct 1973, 10:14 UTC at 26.96° Scorpio
Stations direct 19 Nov 1973, 14:14 UTC at 10.92° Scorpio
Shadow opens 10 Oct 1973 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 6 Dec 1973 (17 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 1973

Previous

1972 Ended 5 December 1972 after 20 days, moving back 16.22° through the zodiac.

Next

1974 Begins 15 February 1974 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 1973

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.

← 1972 Mercury retrograde in 1972. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1974 → Mercury retrograde in 1974.