Mercury retrograde 1978

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1978. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

24 days · retreats 11.27°

1 April → 25 April 1978 in Aries

Stations retrograde 1 Apr 1978, 16:16 UTC at 26.44° Aries
Stations direct 25 Apr 1978, 06:39 UTC at 15.17° Aries
Shadow opens 18 Mar 1978 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 13 May 1978 (18 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

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

24 days · retreats 12.67°

4 August → 28 August 1978 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 4 Aug 1978, 22:48 UTC at 3.31° Virgo
Stations direct 28 Aug 1978, 15:36 UTC at 20.64° Leo
Shadow opens 16 Jul 1978 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 11 Sep 1978 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.28°

25 November → 15 December 1978 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 25 Nov 1978, 21:29 UTC at 21.93° Sagittarius
Stations direct 15 Dec 1978, 15:50 UTC at 5.65° Sagittarius
Shadow opens 7 Nov 1978 (19 days before)
Shadow closes 2 Jan 1979 (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 1978

Previous

1977 Ended 31 December 1977 after 20 days, moving back 16.31° through the zodiac.

Next

1979 Begins 15 March 1979 and runs 23 days.

Gap across 1978

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.

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