Mercury retrograde 1983

4 periods, 77 days inside the year — 21% of 1983. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

20 days · retreats 16.1°

7 January → 27 January 1983 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 7 Jan 1983, 02:51 UTC at 2.82° Aquarius

Stations direct 27 Jan 1983, 13:18 UTC at 16.72° Capricorn

Shadow opens 21 Dec 1982 (16 days before)

Shadow closes 16 Feb 1983 (20 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

24 days · retreats 9.13°

1 May → 25 May 1983 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 1 May 1983, 16:40 UTC at 25.79° Taurus

Stations direct 25 May 1983, 12:31 UTC at 16.66° Taurus

Shadow opens 17 Apr 1983 (14 days before)

Shadow closes 10 Jun 1983 (16 days after)

Full window including shadows 54 days

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

23 days · retreats 14.37°

2 September → 24 September 1983 in Libra

Stations retrograde 2 Sep 1983, 06:34 UTC at 0.99° Libra

Stations direct 24 Sep 1983, 20:41 UTC at 16.62° Virgo

Shadow opens 13 Aug 1983 (20 days before)

Shadow closes 9 Oct 1983 (15 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

20 days · retreats 16.27° · crosses the year boundary

22 December → 11 January 1984 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 22 Dec 1983, 00:46 UTC at 16.88° Capricorn

Stations direct 11 Jan 1984, 00:33 UTC at 0.61° Capricorn

Shadow opens 4 Dec 1983 (17 days before)

Shadow closes 30 Jan 1984 (19 days after)

Full window including shadows 57 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1983

1982 Ended 11 October 1982 after 22 days, moving back 15.1° through the zodiac.

1984 Begins 22 December 1983 and runs 20 days.

Gap across 1983

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.

← 1982 Mercury retrograde in 1982. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1984 → Mercury retrograde in 1984.