Mercury retrograde 1981

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 1981. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

22 days · retreats 15.07°

8 February → 2 March 1981 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 8 Feb 1981, 12:21 UTC at 5.19° Pisces
Stations direct 2 Mar 1981, 07:10 UTC at 20.12° Aquarius
Shadow opens 24 Jan 1981 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 22 Mar 1981 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 8.88°

9 June → 3 July 1981 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 9 Jun 1981, 11:32 UTC at 5.48° Cancer
Stations direct 3 Jul 1981, 13:06 UTC at 26.6° Gemini
Shadow opens 24 May 1981 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 18 Jul 1981 (15 days after)
Full window including shadows 54 days

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

21 days · retreats 15.61°

6 October → 27 October 1981 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 6 Oct 1981, 09:04 UTC at 4.12° Scorpio
Stations direct 27 Oct 1981, 09:12 UTC at 18.52° Libra
Shadow opens 16 Sep 1981 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 12 Nov 1981 (16 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 1981

Previous

1980 Ended 12 November 1980 after 20 days, moving back 15.94° through the zodiac.

Next

1982 Begins 23 January 1982 and runs 21 days.

Gap across 1981

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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