Mercury retrograde 1980

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 1980. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 14.1°

26 February → 19 March 1980 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 26 Feb 1980, 01:28 UTC at 21.78° Pisces
Stations direct 19 Mar 1980, 14:01 UTC at 7.69° Pisces
Shadow opens 11 Feb 1980 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 8 Apr 1980 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 9.92°

28 June → 22 July 1980 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 28 Jun 1980, 11:22 UTC at 25.4° Cancer
Stations direct 22 Jul 1980, 16:27 UTC at 15.48° Cancer
Shadow opens 11 Jun 1980 (17 days before)
Shadow closes 5 Aug 1980 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

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

20 days · retreats 15.94°

23 October → 12 November 1980 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 23 Oct 1980, 01:53 UTC at 20.19° Scorpio
Stations direct 12 Nov 1980, 10:54 UTC at 4.25° Scorpio
Shadow opens 3 Oct 1980 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 29 Nov 1980 (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 1980

Previous

1979 Ended 29 November 1979 after 20 days, moving back 16.15° through the zodiac.

Next

1981 Begins 8 February 1981 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 1980

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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